therapy for body image + disordered eating in california
Online therapy to help you heal your relationship with food and body—without shame, diets, or judgment.
If you’re looking for an anti-diet therapist in California, you might…
be sick and tired of all the diet noise, but wonder what else you might do
feel like diet culture has stolen so much joy, money, and life from you and it’s time to do something new
wish for support from someone who understands that dieting isn’t it
want a different approach to how you treat your body and learn compassionate ways to care for it
If you’re familiar with the term diet culture, you might also think: “but how can literally everyone around me—even medical providers—be suggesting dieting as the magic solution to life’s problems?”
The truth: it’s normalized, it’s expected, and it may even garner side eyes if you choose to divest from this mindset. All of this, alongside the billion-dollar diet industry, keeps people stuck.
Here’s the deal: diets don’t work—and there’s profit to be made from the self-hatred of our bodies.
Diet Culture + Body Image
It’s almost impossible to go a day (or even a few hours) without being reminded of the so-called “ideal body” our culture has put on a pedestal. Commercials, billboards, your friend’s latest diet, your coworker talking critically about their body—the list is endless.
All of this noise eventually becomes your inner voice. Living in diet culture is a major risk factor for disordered eating and body image struggles. Many of these beliefs were planted early—at home, in school, even by well-meaning providers.
Recognizing the harmful systems we live in—and the power they hold over our beliefs—is a key step in disarming the shame that comes from diet culture.
You and your body deserve compassion and care. Working with a body image therapist can help you:
move closer to neutral feelings about your body
learn how to set compassionate boundaries with yourself and others
use self-compassion as an act of care for your body
get the tools to return to body neutral when body image noise pulls you down
build the courage to stand up for your body and all that it does for you
I offer online therapy for disordered eating in California to support people of all sizes and identities in healing from harmful food and body struggles.
Here’s the truth: Eating disorders happen in all bodies, at all sizes. Disordered eating is often a response to trauma. Whether you’re recovered from treatment, seeking aftercare, or just noticing troubling thoughts or habits around food and body—healing is possible.
Disordered eating is sold to us everywhere: at the grocery store checkout, in TV shows, and even around the family dinner table. It’s no wonder so many people get caught in it.
Signs you may be crossing into disordered territory include:
cutting out food groups without a medical reason
feeling extreme guilt after eating outside your “plan”
pushing yourself to exercise when exhausted or injured or sick
mood swings or a ruined day because of a number on the scale
These signs don’t always mean you have an eating disorder—but they’re worth exploring. Therapy offers a safe place to look at your relationship with food and body with a specialist who truly understands
You weren’t born hating your body—and you can return to acceptance, trust, and even joy.
Healing disordered eating in therapy can help you:
reconnect to your body and its needs
quiet the disordered eating voice
bring back joy stolen by food rules
create a self-care plan for tough moments
rediscover fun and freedom in having a body
Meet Sarah, Your Therapist & Fellow Body Rebel:
I know firsthand what it’s like to live in a world shaped by fatphobia and diet culture. In my own healing journey with body image and food, I’ve had providers who invalidated, misunderstood, or made assumptions about me based solely on my body. Those experiences fueled my passion for embodying body acceptance in my own life — and supporting clients in finding their own liberation and empowerment.