Have you have spent years feeling upset about your body size? Do you believe life would be better if you were thinner, prettier, or more closely aligned with society's beauty standards? If so, you are not alone.
We live in a culture that treats body size as a reflection of health, discipline, and worth. Over time, we internalize these messages and they begin to impact how we eat, dress, move, seek medical care, date, show up in relationships, travel, socialize, or participate in activities we once enjoyed.
I offer a compassionate, weight-neutral space to explore body shame, diet culture, weight stigma, chronic dieting, weight cycling, and the painful belief that your life must wait until your body changes.
I also offer support for other mental health challenges, such as anxiety and depression, that so often accompany or intensify negative feelings about our bodies and ourselves.
Services
I offer individual, group, and couples therapy for clients who are exploring body shame, diet culture, weight stigma, chronic dieting, weight cycling, food and movement concerns, and the impact these experiences have on relationships and daily life. I also offer support to parents concerned about their loved ones.
Healing often benefits from a team approach. When additional support would be helpful, I can refer clients to size-inclusive medical providers, psychiatrists, dietitians, and personal trainers.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy offers a private, supportive space to explore your relationship with your body, food, health, shame, and self-worth.
Group Therapy
Group therapy offers a supportive space to connect with others who understand what it is like to live in a world shaped by diet culture and weight stigma.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy offers a space to explore communication patterns, physical intimacy, and emotional closeness.
Parent Support
Parent support can help strengthen your relationship with your child and help you respond to concerns in ways that protect your child's self-worth and emotional well-being.
Hi. I'm Susan.
I believe therapy should be supportive, compassionate, and nonjudgmental.
I use a flexible, trauma-informed approach that incorporates Cognitive Behavioral, mindfulness, and strengths-based techniques. I practice from an intersectional and weight-neutral lens, guided by Health at Every Size® principles.
I earned an MSW from Fordham University, an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in investment banking and private equity and then ran my own small business in the medical imaging field.
Over the past 10 years, I have worked to reduce weight stigma, challenge harmful myths about body size and eating disorders, and improve access to quality care. I have served on the boards of the Binge Eating Disorder Association, the National Eating Disorder Association, and Project HEAL.
These experiences give me a broad perspective on work, life transitions, stress, personal growth, and the ways body size can influence how people move through the world, relate to themselves, and experience care.
I provide psychotherapy services as a Licensed Master Social Worker under the supervision of a licensed clinical social worker.
My Specialties
- Body-Positive Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Anxiety and Stress Management
- Depression and Other Mood Disorders
- Life Transitions
- Grief
- Relationship Concerns
- Parenting Concerns
My Philosophy
At the heart of my practice is a deep commitment to body-positive and weight-neutral care. I believe that every individual deserves to live with dignity and trust in their own skin, free from the harmful cycles of shame and weight stigma that diet culture often imposes. My work is guided by the understanding that health is complex, looks different for everyone, and is not achieved through self-shrinking or deprivation.
I integrate a compassionate, evidence-based approach that combines trauma-informed techniques with practical support. By fostering a nurturing environment, I can help you challenge long-held beliefs about self-worth and body size, empowering you to move toward a more hopeful, balanced relationship with yourself and the world around you.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Are you the right therapist for me?
Our sessions may be helpful if you: Experience judgment or shame related to your body size, feel exhausted by lifelong cycles of dieting and weight preoccupation, struggle with the belief that thinness is a prerequisite for happiness, feel out of touch with your body’s natural signals of hunger, avoid life experiences or medical care due to weight-related anxiety, seek a supportive space where weight loss is not the primary focus, or are ready to explore a life defined by something other than body shame.
I also help clients manage anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, relationship concerns, and parenting concerns.
2
If I'm seeking help for anxiety or depression, is this the right place?
Yes! Body image does not need to be your main concern. My approach to therapy helps clients explore anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders in the full context of their lives, including the cultural pressures and personal experiences that shape how we see ourselves. I also work with clients experiencing grief, life transitions, and relationship concerns.
3
Will you help me lose weight?
I do not offer weight-loss treatment, but I will not judge you for wanting to lose weight. Rather, we will work to understand where your desire for weight loss comes from, how it affects your life, and whether there may be another path toward peace, care, and self-trust.
4
What if I am taking or considering a GLP-1 medication?
You are welcome here. This is not a space where you will be judged for your choices. We can explore your relationship with your body, food, health, and self-worth whether or not GLP-1 medications are part of your life.
The focus is on helping you make sense of your experiences with compassion and without shame.
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I'm worried about my child. Can you help?
Yes! I support parents who are worried about their child’s weight and want to respond in a way that protects their child’s health, confidence, and emotional well-being.
I help parents move away from shame-based comments about weight, food, and exercise, and toward a more supportive, connected, and body-respecting approach.
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How much do you charge and do you accept insurance?
The fee for a 90-minute initial consultation is $300. Individual therapy sessions are $250 for 50 minutes. Group therapy sessions are 90 minutes and are $50 per session.
In order to best support my clients and allow therapy to progress at a pace and duration that is most beneficial to them, I am not paneled with insurance. However, I can provide a superbill that you may submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Equity pricing is available for clients who need it.
Contact Me
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I look forward to speaking with you!