Having a good relationship with your body is such a challenge for so many. I know the journey well.
I work with many tools to facilitate a transformation the way a person perceives themselves.
Developing a friendly relationship with your body takes work especially if the messaging in childhood was not healthy.
We dig into the family-culture to fully unpack and understand it. We look at the self doubt, the inner self talk and the habits of self shame. I often will have clients do home exercises in between therapy sessions.
Here is an example... I have found this exercise game changing for me and for many of my clients.
Try an experiment of no longer looking in the mirror at parts of your body that lead you to deeply criticize yourself which then impacts your self esteem in negative ways. Even if you're the most amazing human being in the world, if you engage in a lot of mirror time that's all about self criticism your self-value will no longer be based on your inner value, it'll be all based on that body part that you loathe. Change your mirror time! Do it for a couple months and see how your self esteem changes. This is an experiment that I did that was highly successful and I share this with clients and they have found it very successful in terms of how they now feel about themselves and their self value.. Change your relationship to how you look at yourself in the mirror now!
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Therapy for Body Image Issues and Healing from Past Trauma at Lotus Beacon of Hope Psychotherapy in Toronto and Ontario
Struggling with body image issues and past trauma can significantly impact your self-esteem and quality of life. At Lotus Beacon of Hope Psychotherapy, we offer specialized therapy to help you address these challenges and embark on a journey of healing and self-acceptance. Our services are available to individuals in the Toronto GTA and Ontario region, providing a compassionate and supportive environment for your recovery.
Our therapy services for body image issues and trauma include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps you identify and change negative thought patterns related to body image and self-worth.
Schema Therapy: Focuses on uncovering and transforming deep-seated beliefs that contribute to body image issues and trauma responses.
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices: Techniques to enhance self-awareness, reduce self-criticism, and promote a positive body image.
Trauma-Informed Interventions: Addressing and processing past trauma to reduce its impact on your present life.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and building healthier relationships with yourself and others.
Somatic Experiencing and EMDR: Specialized techniques to release trauma stored in the body and mind, facilitating holistic healing.
In our initial sessions, we focus on understanding how body image issues and past trauma are affecting your life. We work collaboratively to set meaningful goals and create a personalized treatment plan using evidence-based interventions tailored to your needs.
If you are ready to address body image issues and heal from past trauma, reach out for a consultation. Discover how our psychotherapy services in the Toronto GTA and Ontario can support you on your path to recovery and self-acceptance.
Are you so preoccupied with your body image that it affects your adjustment in different domains of your life? Does it bring down your self-esteem and cause you discomfort? Do you find it difficult to accept your body as it is? I believe you can benefit from therapy by developing a level of comfort with your own body.
Poor self esteem and body image are often paired with self worth. Bodies can go through changes throughout our lifetime, learning to accept ourselves as we are, knowing that things do change.
Our dedicated team of therapists in Vaughan offers specialized body image counseling, which is designed to assist individuals in exploring, comprehending, and addressing their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors associated with their body image. The primary goal of this counseling approach is to foster a healthy and positive body image, enhance self-esteem, and aid individuals in developing a balanced and realistic perception of their physical appearance. Through personalized guidance and support, our therapists are committed to helping clients cultivate a positive body image and embrace their unique selves.
We are bombarded daily with ideals and opinions about ideal body shapes. We need to uncover an acceptance of who we are as we are. I work with clients to develop a healthier mindset and self-image.
It's common to struggle with how we see ourselves and our bodies, which can significantly affect our self-esteem, mood, and overall well-being. Together, we will work to understand the origins of your body image concerns, challenge negative thoughts and perceptions, and build a healthier, more positive relationship with your body. This process is about embracing self-acceptance from a realistic, accessible lens, and fostering a sense of confidence in who you are, both inside and out.
Registered Psychotherapist, HBEd, MA (Hons.), Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I have never met anyone who did not like something about themselves. In today's world we are all victims of what we see and what is fed to us in the media. I will teach you to accept yourself and strive for excellence and not perfection.
Liana Weinberg, Rahwa Gebredingle, Myroslava Tyzkyj and Terri Roberton are all skilled in working with body image concerns. Contact our Intake Worker to help determine who will be the best fit for you.
I have borrowed Andrew Seuber's approach to working with a negative body image, that is from the inside out.
He suggests that "The negative image is understood as a dissociated and shame-based “part” of the personality in need of understanding and compassion, achieved via mindful awareness, “parts” dialogue and trauma processing.
The first step is to create healthy separation between the "observing" or aware Self and the part(s) absorbed in the eating disorder via mindful awareness.
Once this separation between the "whole" self and part of self is established, the Gestalt polarity tradition (empty chairs) is utilized to develop understanding of the shame-based part.
Understanding leads to compassion for the eating disordered part from a non-enmeshed state of consciousness, aka the aware self, the experiencing self, the observing self.
Healing of the eating disordered part occurs when that part no longer feels exiled as a "not-I" and is assisted in processing the traumatic roots of the disorder."
32 Years Experience
