I know first hand what it is like to deal with food and body issues. For years, I struggled with food issues and hating my body. I compared myself to every woman I saw and resisted exercising refusing to give into what other people told me I should do and how I should look. I ate to hide how I was feeling and to avoid being close to anyone. I thought I couldn't be loved if I was fat.
12 years later, I am pleased to say all that has changed for the better.
I no longer use food to cope. I feel good about myself, my body, and my
life. I am now passionate about helping others recover as well. I love
that my job as a counselor is helping you to eat whatever you want and
feel good about it.
Along with my personal and professional experience with eating disorders,
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and a Licensed
Professional Counselor in Oregon. I hold a Master’s Degree in Counseling
Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA.
My counseling experience spans 8 years and has included studying and working
with experts in the eating disorder field, teaching counseling and communication
skills classes, and assisting and managing several personal growth seminars
and support groups. I have provided counseling to people with a variety
of relationship issues, including adults who were abused as children.
I look forward to working with you. Please contact me for a free phone
consultation.
Anne
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As a therapist, I will help you discover how to:
• eat and enjoy the foods you really love, without worrying about
gaining weight
• accept and even like your body
• lose weight naturally through uncovering the underlying causes
for your behaviors
• focus on and improve your relationships by helping you move away
from blaming food and your body
• learning to like yourself, your whole self
As a counselor, I go beyond traditional talk therapy to help you to learn healthier coping skills around food, your body, and your life in general. I use a counseling approach that will help you address the root causes of your problems around food. Through therapy, you can end the cycle of using food and hating your body to cope with your emotional needs.
In counseling, I'll help you make step-by-step changes that will help you overcome your problems around food and help you feel good about your body. Food issues and having a poor body image are symptoms of deeper needs that need to be met. In order to make permanent changes you need to get to the root of the problem and find healthier ways to meet your needs. In the end, counseling will help you overcome your problems with food and how you feel about your body. Overall, you will develop a richer and more satisfying life.
Can counseling help? Although many studies do show that counseling is very helpful, many people aren’t sure it will work for them. I want to help make sure it will. To do that, I use a proven technique called "Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy." In each of our sessions, we'll keep track of how helpful you find our work together, and whether you're seeing improvement in the areas that are important to you.
This works in the following way: At each session, you'll fill out two
simple, quick questionnaires. One measures how you're feeling and the
other evaluates how we're doing together - in other words, how well our
relationship is working for you. The answers you provide on these questionnaires
will tell us whether - and how well - we're working on your goals, my
interventions are helpful, our teamwork is effective and you feel truly
heard. If something isn't working, these questionnaires will help us uncover
what needs to change for the best possible outcome. Research has shown
that this process doubles or even triples the effectiveness of therapy.
1235 SE Division St, Suite 104 Portland, OR 97202 (503) 766-3399
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