Individual Therapy for Women in Los Angeles, CA
If you are a woman in the Los Angeles, CA, area struggling with:
Chronic dieting
Binge-restrict cycles
Compulsive eating
Body image struggles
Or experience a relentless critical inner voice about food and weight…
You are the person I am here to help.
I take food and body struggles seriously as real suffering, not vanity or lack of willpower. This is a space where your body gets to be what it is while we work on what actually hurts.
Therapy for Women Who Are Struggling With Food and Body Image
My clients are typically women who have spent years fighting their bodies and are exhausted by it. The people I help aren’t new to therapy. They have often tried other therapeutic modalities and have not felt seen. Either the process was overly clinical or not sufficiently suited to their needs.
As a Certified Nutrition and Mental Health Counselor who is also trained in eating disorder treatment, I offer clients an individual approach based on what they need.
I totally get how you can know that diet culture is harmful to you and still struggle to translate it to your body and eating.
If you are drawn to introspective work that looks at the emotional, relational, and even spiritual dimensions of how we relate to food and ourselves, therapy can make a big difference in shifting how you feel about your body and your relationship with food.
A Collaborative Approach to Individual Therapy
Working with me, you can expect warmth, candor, and a pace that follows yours. I won't push you faster than you're ready to go, but I also won't let you stay stuck indefinitely.
I'll name what I'm noticing and invite you to look at it with me.
Sessions feel collaborative rather than hierarchical. I'm not the expert on your life. I'm a skilled guide who will help you access what you already know but may not yet trust. You'll likely do more than just talk.
We may work with body sensations, with the parts of you that hold old beliefs, or with memories that still carry charge.
Expect to be met with curiosity rather than judgment, including about the parts of you that feel hardest to show.
Credentials & Expertise
Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy, Argosy University, San Francisco
Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies, University of California at Berkeley
Certified Nutrition and Mental Health Counselor
Trained in eating disorder treatment through Dorie McCubby’s EDIT system
Training and experience in EMDR, IFS parts work, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, supportive therapy, and psychodynamic therapy
20 years of experience working with individuals and adults
Meet Deane, Certified Nutrition and Mental Health Counselor
I have 20 years of experience as a therapist working with adults, in particular women struggling with food and body image.
I’m a Certified Nutrition and Mental Health Counselor. And I have also trained in eating disorder treatment with Dorie McCubbry in her EDIT system.
My background in marriage and family therapy, along with my extensive training, allows me to provide an individual approach based on what you need.
I may draw from IFS parts work, EMDR, psychodynamic therapy, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, and supportive therapy. I also incorporate principles of intuitive eating and Health at Every Size (HAES) into my work with clients navigating food and body image concerns.
