Art Therapy for Body Liberation
Welcome! If you’ve found your way here, you might be feeling stressed about food. Maybe you’re feeling consumed by constant thoughts of hating your body. Or perhaps, frustrated with the pressure to be thin from our society. You wish that going out to eat wasn’t so scary and that you could enjoy food again. Maybe you wish you could feel safe to exist as your true self. You’re tired of all the space taken up by dieting and looking to find peace in your body. Body liberation can create a path to acceptance.
Recovery is personal.
Recovery can be scary and it can feel like there is a lot to lose. What if your eating disorder is something that helped you feel safe to exist in the world?
Maybe it’s hard to imagine recovery because it feels like your eating disorder is the only thing you’ve known.
When you’re grieving the body you had twenty years ago and it’s hard to accept the body in you’re in now.
Recovery is a journey and it doesn’t need to be perfect. You get to decide what recovery means to you. And you don’t have to do it alone.
Gender Affirming Care in Philadelphia
Individual therapy for LGBTQ, transgender and non-binary folks struggling with an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating and body image issues.
Diet culture sucks.
Diet culture makes it hard to trust yourself. Maybe you feel like you are not enough, and feel stuck in a constant loop of comparing yourself to others. You might feel like you need to make yourself smaller in order to fit in. Or to hide yourself in order to feel safe. These messages can get stuck in your brain and it’s hard to remember that they came from somewhere else.
Diet culture can disrupt your connection with your authentic self. Sometimes it takes support to heal your relationship with food and reconnect with your emotional and physical needs. Embodied practices such as art therapy can offer a different way to unpack negative messages and make sense of your experiences.
Services Offered
I provide individual therapy to folks ages 11 and up. Therapy sessions range from 45 to 120 minutes. I offer both virtual sessions and in-person sessions in Philadelphia.
Art Psychotherapy
Gender Affirming Surgery Letters
Clinical Supervision and Consultation
Meet Christine
My aim as a therapist is to help you find ways to heal and access a more authentic sense of self. I will help you discover strengths that feel accessible and guide you through areas in your life that need change.
I feel my identities are important in the therapy room. I am a white, queer, cisgender therapist and I feel my life experiences impact our therapeutic relationship. In my work, I do my best to walk along side of you in your therapy journey, and to create a safe space as much as possible.
Eating disorder recovery can be overwhelming and scary. I’m here to support you in that journey, whatever it may be.
Ready to get started?
I offer free 15-minute consultations. Phone consultations are helpful to see if we’re a good fit and to discuss scheduling and fees.