​        My therapy practice is grounded in the ​
         Health At Every Size® (HAES) philosophy.
          HAES is a social-justice movement working to
          promote size-acceptance, end weight-based
          discrimination, and lessen the cultural obsession
          with weight loss and thinness.

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                                     Health at Every Size Core Principles

WEIGHT INCLUSIVITY
Accept and respect the inherent diversity of all body shapes and sizes and reject the idealization of
thinness as superior.
    
HEALTH ENHANCEMENT
Support health policies that improve and equalize access to information and services, and personal
practices that improve human well-being, including attention to individual physical, economic,
social, spiritual, emotional and other needs.

EATING FOR WELL-BEING
Promote flexible, individualized eating based on hunger, satiety, nutritional needs, and pleasure,
rather than any externally regulated eating plan focused on weight control.

RESPECTFUL CARE
Acknowledge our biases, and work to end weight discrimination, weight stigma, and weight bias.
Provide information and services from an understanding that socio-economic status, race, gender,
sexual orientation, age, and other identities impact weight stigma, and support environments that
address these inequities.

LIFE-ENHANCING MOVEMENT
Support physical activities that allow people of all sizes, abilities, and interests to engage in
enjoyable movement, to the degree that they choose.
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