BODY IMAGE COUNSELING
Transform Your Self-Image: Expert Body Image Counseling in Montana at Bridger Peaks Counseling
Embrace a positive self-view with Bridger Peaks Counseling, a leading provider of body image counseling in Bozeman, Montana. Our compassionate therapists are dedicated to helping you cultivate a healthier relationship with your body. Through personalized counseling strategies, we aim to boost your self-esteem, reduce negative thoughts, and empower you to feel confident in your own skin.
You’re struggling with body image. Often, feeling shame or embarrassment about your body. Perhaps, you do a lot of comparing your body and appearance to that of other people. People concerned with body image may think that they are over or under weight and are preoccupied with appearance, food, and exercise.
This can be an exhausting way of living your life! Food is something that no human can live without, so obsessing over eating or not eating can take up a lot of space. Body image issues can plague anyone, regardless of age, sex, gender, size and/or body type.
This cycle of negative self-perception not only impacts your mental health but can also hinder your social interactions and overall quality of life. Our body image counseling at Bridger Peaks Counseling is designed to break these cycles, offering you strategies to rebuild a positive body image and reclaim joy in your daily activities.
Some signs related to concerns of body image include spending an excessive amount of time comparing bodies.
Additional concerns with body image are:
a preoccupation with the body
obsessive thoughts about food
extensive or extreme exercise
a lack of acceptance for how your body currently looks
If you're noticing these symptoms in yourself or someone you know, it's important to seek help. Bridger Peaks Counseling provides expert guidance and supportive strategies to help individuals develop a healthier body image and a more balanced approach to self-care and wellness.
As you get started working together, your therapist will take an individualized approach to your treatment. We will work on exploring the root of the problem, using Humanistic theoretical orientations. Some questions we might explore in therapy for body image concerns are:
Where did the emphasized value of a certain body image came from?
When did you feel accepted or not accepted in your younger years?
After exploring those questions, we’ll have a little more information to work with. We can then examine which behaviors may be increasing symptoms and which help to offer relief from symptoms. This process can be helpful to establish a baseline for where your treatment should go as we continue working together. Often, our therapists take a narrative-based approach to treatment for body image concerns. Through this type of counseling, we help you look at identity and story with a multi dimensional lens. By taking this perspective, we can recognize that our worth is based on a depth of qualities, rather than a single focus on body image.
Body image counseling is designed to help individuals who struggle with negative perceptions of their bodies. At Bridger Peaks Counseling, we offer specialized support for anyone feeling dissatisfaction or distress about their body shape, size, or appearance, helping them develop a healthier self-image.
After treatment for body image concerns, you will feel a higher level of self acceptance. You will be able to understand the sources of your pain. You can also use your strengths and personal values as guides to help navigate all of life's challenges. But, most importantly, you will feel seen, heard and understood. Our caring therapists look forward to helping you in therapy for body image concerns.
You do not have to walk through life trying to achieve an unrealistic standard of body image. Therapy with an expert counselor will help you see life in a more balanced way. Confidence is possible with professional support. Let us help you feel more in control of the life you want to live.
In our Bozeman, MT counseling clinic, we can help you through a number of issues including anxiety, worry, stress, depression, and more. Our caring team of therapists and professional mental health staff are here for you and your loved ones. Visit us for addiction treatment, group counseling sessions, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing for trauma therapy, opportunities to explore coping patterns, marriage counseling and couples therapy, postpartum depression and anxiety counseling, mindfulness training, workshops, and more tools for client education. Your therapist can also work with our psychiatric nurse practitioner to provide psychiatric care and medication. We look forward to talking with you soon!
You are an incredible individual who has so much to offer to the world. Your perceived body image should match that level of excellence! Our professional, caring team of therapists are here to help you at our Bozeman, MT counseling clinic. We want to make taking that next step simple.
To start therapy with Bridger Peaks Counseling:
Effortlessly Make an appointment online at your convenience
Meet with one of our expert Bozeman therapists
Begin to feel more confident on in all areas of your life
Mercedes Machado
BS, SWLC
Parker Day
MS, Professional Counselor Licensure Candidate
Patti Salomonsen
MS, LCPC, In-person / Telehealth Therapist in Missoula Office
Megan Pennel
MSW, LCSW, LAC
