What is fat positive therapy?
Working with a fat positive coach or clinician can help you facilitate your journey to body acceptance by unpacking the harmful systems in place that perpetuate anti-fat bias.
In a world full of toxic body-shaming beliefs and expectations, living comfortably and confidently in your body is no easy thing to do. Add to that confusing and artificial gender roles, sexual fears, and a whole lot of systemic oppression across all aspects of identity, and it’s no wonder so many of us have a difficult relationship with our bodies.
Get personalized, supportive guidance on your journey of body affirmation and personal expression. At The Pincus Center, we reject diet culture and believe in each individual’s agency over their own body and how they present it to the world.
Together with your therapist or coach, you’ll establish a safe, sympathetic container for the work YOU want to do; whether that’s figuring out how to make peace with your body’s changes, how to fully inhabit your body, or how to develop a personal aesthetic that expresses the true you. We will be able to make recommendations to other body-affirming professionals when you need an area of expertise outside of therapy and coaching. When it comes to the one body you get to inhabit in this lifetime, there truly is no place like home—so let us help you feel welcome there.
Debo Katz, LGSW, LMSW (they/them)
Serves VA, MD, DC
Reese Hebrank, LMSW (he/him)
Serves DC, MD, VA
Kate Gilles, LMSW, LGSW (she/her)
Serves DC, MD, VA
Sara Burleson, LMSW (she/they)
Serves VA, DC
How is fat positive therapy different than embodiment coaching?
They certainly go hand in hand. Your body carries and protects you through decades of life, and it has wisdom to share with you. In embodiment coaching, the goal is to support you in learning to connect with and fully inhabit your body, paying attention to its signals, and giving it the love and nurturing it needs. You may also learn somatic techniques to involve your body as a more active partner in any areas of life you’re working on. Our embodiment coaching focuses on sexual and relational wellness as well as body image and confidence. We may use Western Neo-Tantric techniques, intuitive art and music/sound exercises, and energy work such as Usui Reiki. This form of coaching may also support you in work you wish to do in other areas of life as well.
Embodiment coaching can help you if you are exploring your gender or sexuality, trying to become ready to enter into intimate relationships and/or a new form of relationships such as BDSM or polyamory, seeking support for transforming your feelings about your body, or looking for techniques to connect more deeply on a physical and/or sexual level with one or more partners. You and your coach may also decide to take a blended approach with our other types of coaching, depending on your needs.
Classes
Fat Empowerment Bundle
Join fat liberation activist and body image educator Rebecca Rose Vassy for this broad look at fat empowerment over four classes.
Details
This bundle includes the following classes (valued at $160):
- Befriend Your Fat Bod: A Body Image Workshop
- Big Lust: Embracing Sexuality in a Fat Body
- InFATuated: Better Dating for Fat People
- Living Large: Embracing Life in a Fat Body
By purchasing, you gain access to each class recording. When possible, the audio and chat transcripts, resources, and any other handouts that came with the classes will also be provided. Sliding scale not available for bundles as they are already a reduced rate.
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