Body Image and Acceptance Support in Brookline & the Boston Area
You Deserve to Feel at Home in Your Body.
Whether you’re navigating body dysmorphia, unpacking years of messages about your appearance, or looking to build a healthier relationship with food and exercise, you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Who Can Benefit From Body Image Support?
Whether your body is changing or staying the same, it can be hard to feel at peace with your appearance. Absorbing years of messaging about what we should or shouldn’t look like can take a significant toll on a person. Therapy can help you deconstruct harmful memories and messages, while you build a happier and freer relationship with food, exercise, and your body.
You might benefit from support if:
You spend a lot of time and energy thinking about your appearance, what you are eating, and when you will exercise
You consider skipping social events where your body might be easier to see, like beach trips, pool days, etc.
You feel that others might not understand or trust your experiences around food, weight, and health
You have spent your life yoyo dieting and want to regain the freedom to exist as you are
How Can Integrative Psych Help?
Therapy at Integrative Psychological Services provides you with a space to explore the subtle and not-so-subtle messages that you have internalized about your appearance. We work with you to understand the roots of your relationship to your body and help you to leave behind the shame and guilt.
A Space That's Genuinely Weight-Neutral
We have no judgments related to your body, health, or diet. We are here to help you feel understood and safe in our space, which includes armless chairs and a big comfy couch. We want our clients to feel comfortable here at every size.
Support for Body Dysmorphia
If you suffer from body dysmorphia, you know all too well how challenging it is to move past what the mirror or photos tell us about ourselves. We work with you to heal your relationship with your body beyond surface-level coping.
Untangling Internalized Fatphobia
A lot of the way we see our bodies is shaped by harmful messaging from the media, our families and friends, and sometimes our medical providers. We help you to deconstruct these messages and learn to find neutrality or positivity towards your body.
Getting Your Life Back
When so much of our thoughts are consumed by body image, food, or exercise, there is little room for more. Relationships, spontaneity and joy struggle to find space in our lives. Therapy helps you to let obsessive thoughts and worries go so you can fully immerse yourself in life.
A Gentler Relationship With Food and Movement
Not a meal plan, not a fitness goal. Just a softer, less loaded way of relating to eating and moving that doesn't feel like punishment or something you have to earn.
Learning to Set Boundaries
Even the most well-meaning comment on our appearance can fuel our negative self-image. Learn to tell others what does and doesn't feel okay.
Integrative Psychological Services:
By The Numbers
Modalities
Therapists at IPS are trained in 14+ evidence based modalities
Based
80% of our clients are referred to us by existing clients, past clients, physicians, or other therapy practices
Experience
Clinicians at IPS bring 29+ combined years of clinical experience
Your body has carried a lot. Let's work through it together.
Frequently Asked Questions
You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers.
What kinds of body image challenges can therapy at Integrative Psych help with?
Therapy at Integrative Psych can support a wide range of experiences. Some clients come to us because too much of their time is spent looking in the mirror. Others want to learn to abandon self-criticism and live a fuller, happier life. We are here to support you and your unique challenges, however they show up.
Therapy at Integrative Psychological Services gives you space to learn to love or accept yourself.
How long does therapy for body image take?
The length of therapy at Integrative Psych looks different for each client. Sometimes clients want a shorter more skills-based approach to target a particular feeling. Other times clients want a longer ongoing relationship to dig deeper and find healing and peace in their relationship to their bodies.
Therapy at Integrative Psychological Services moves at a pace that feels right for your needs.
What if I’m not sure how to talk about what I’m feeling?
That would be completely normal! A lot of people who struggle with body image have spend years feeling invalidated or criticized for their feelings and appearance.
Your therapist at Integrative Psychological Services will help guide the conversation in a way that gives you the space and agency to discover and share your true feelings.
How do I know if therapy is the right fit for me?
Some clients reach out when things start to get worse, while others reach out earlier to avoid things getting out of control.
Either way, a consultation can be a good way to ask questions, talk about what you’ve been experiencing, and see whether working together feels like the right fit.