What does it look like to have shame around your body image?
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.
Signs and Symptoms of Poor Body Image
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.
BODY IMAGE COUNSELING IN BOZEMAN, MONTANA CAN HELP YOU
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.