Body Image therapists in Leaside-Bennington, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Body Image
Yidia Xin
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, registration no. 13745
Are you tired of the constant battle with negative thoughts about your body? Hi, I'm Yidia, and I understand the pain and struggle that comes with body image disorder. I am here to provide you with the understanding, support, and guidance you need to cultivate a healthy and positive relationship with your body.
Living with body image disorder can be incredibly isolating. The constant self-criticism, comparison, and dissatisfaction can take a toll on your self-esteem, relationships, and overall well-being. But I want you to know that you don't have to face it alone. I've dedicated my career to helping individuals like us break free from the grip of negative body image and embrace self-acceptance.
Through a deeply empathetic and personalized approach, I'll help you explore the underlying factors that contribute to your body image struggles. Together, we'll challenge distorted beliefs, develop coping strategies, and cultivate self-compassion. I'll be there to listen without judgment, providing a safe space for you to heal and grow.
Recovery is possible. You deserve to feel confident and comfortable in your own skin. Let's embark on this journey together, empowering you to embrace your uniqueness, challenge societal standards, and redefine beauty on your terms. Contact me at [Your Practice Name] today, and let's begin the transformative process of healing your relationship with your body. Remember, you are worthy, just as you are.
4 Years Experience
Body Image
Bridges Clinical Hypnotherapy Services
Hypnotherapist
Poor body image or "Body dysmorphic disorder" is a mental health disorder that can cause you to unduly focus on perceived defects or flaws in your appearance. This may be something easily overlooked by others but can trigger such negative feelings inside of you that it can present as social anxiety, embarrassment or shame. Hypnosis can help you overcome these feelings and reach a point of self-acceptance that will allow you to move on with living your life unhindered.
6 Years Experience
Body Image
Adrienne Sharma-Richardson PhD MEd RP OCT
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Gestalt Psychotherapist Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Gottman Trained Couples Therapist
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."
11 Years Experience
Body Image
The Cohen Clinic
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Are you struggling with your self-image? Our clinicians will work with you by applying modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotion Focused Therapy to understand and challenge these beliefs about yourself.
10 Years Experience
Body Image
Therapedia Centre
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Our therapist help clients explore their body image issues by identifying their negative thought patterns and challenging their maladaptive thoughts with the use of art therapy interventions and CBT.
14 Years Experience
Body Image
Andrea Rowell
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Do you have a part of you that consistently checks if you're acceptable in the eyes of others? Learning what this part of you is trying to do for you can often support this part of you to ease up with it's hold on you. There is often a benefit of the IFS (internal family systems) approach for healing from the profound impact of body image and self-esteem issues.
5 Years Experience
Body Image
Nisrine Maktabi
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Psychology
So many messages tell us how our bodies and faces should look to be accepted, valued, validated, and fit in. In fact our bodies and faces are beautiful and work so hard to help us function and experience the world. Together we will discover the messages received that have lead to feeling disconnected from your true self, and reclaim it and honour it.
16 Years Experience
Body Image
Lauren Schneider
Registered Psychotherapist, R.P. (Qualifying)
My goal is to create a warm, welcoming environment where you feel comfortable to share your concerns. Body-image concerns and body-dysmorphia can be quite distressing and you're not alone. Your needs are important to me, and together we can explore those concerns, better understand the influences that have played a role in your experiences, and discover therapeutic goals and strategies that genuinely resonate with you.
1 Years Experience
Body Image
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health
Psychologist
Our team includes several therapists who specialize in body image issues. In individual therapy, we will help you deal with difficult, painful, and/or vulnerable emotions and issues, and skillfully work with you to transform them in lasting ways.
21 Years Experience
Body Image
Brian Baumal
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
Body Image issues often go hand-in-hand with eating disorders and obesity and weight issues. People can judge their body harshly or have a negative relationship with it. Body image issues are often one of the latter topics that get discussed in therapy, because they are often so personal, and in some cases they may even be unknown to the client. There are a significant number of ways to address body image issues, but one that always is effective somewhat is to say to clients "Your body doesn't have a mouth. If it did, what would it say, and how would it say it?" Putting these words to one's body is a great and refreshing start to dealing with these important issues.
14 Years Experience