Therapy for athletes (ages 16+), women experiencing body image issues, and highly sensitive people.

As an athlete, you are held to a different standard and the invisible pressures of your role and responsibilities can be debilitating. You love your sport, but lately the demands of it paired with the stress of academics, work, your social life and taking care of your health have been exhausting and you’re wondering if continuing to compete is even worth all the stress. You feel pressure from your coaches, peers and yourself, and your sport is starting to lose its joy. You dread going to practice and feel anxious almost every time you compete, and you fear that you’re one small stressor away from just leaving your sport behind, but you know that you don’t actually want to quit. Worst of all, you feel like you can’t talk about it because athletes “aren’t supposed to show their struggles.” I’ve been there, and I’m here to help.

Diet culture and impossible beauty standards are everywhere and the pressures to measure up to them often feel inescapable. You feel unrelenting pressure to be smaller, smoother, smarter, healthier, younger, “better,” but you never feel like you or your body are enough. You’ve expressed hatred, frustration and annoyance toward your body, and you try to follow it up with positive affirmations but they don’t always seem to work. You wonder if you’ll ever be at peace with your body.

Body acceptance is possible, but first we’ve got to tear down the toxic standards and norms that are rooted in the patriarchy and systems of oppression that keep you feeling small. Your body is not the problem. Together let’s dismantle the thought patterns and negative social influences that impact your body image, and let’s bring you closer to your authentic self and that younger version of you who never thought twice about the body that allowed her to explore & live without limits.

You feel deeply and notice what others miss — the emotions, the energy, the silent conflicts that build inside your body. Your sensitivity is a gift, but it feels hard to see it that way in a loud and fast world that views empathy and vulnerability as weakness. You’ve been told you’re anxious and just need to relax, maybe even that you take life too seriously. As a child, you were labeled as shy or quiet, but you know that was just you being a strong observer of the world around you.
Now you find yourself easily overwhelmed, deeply affected by others’ moods, or experiencing strong reactions to your experiences. You often deeply feel your emotions in your body, not just in your mind. Your reflections of yourself, the world and your experiences are deep and meaningful, and other people don’t always seem to value reflecting on things the way you do. You struggle to understand yourself because it feels like you’re the only one who feels this way.