HOW EVOLVE COUNSELING ASSOCIATES HELP WITH BODY IMAGE

Body image is beyond just a mental picture of what you look like - body image consists of your personal relationship with your body. It includes the perceptions, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and actions that pertain to your physical appearance.

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE IN WOMEN:

  • Strongly disliking aspects of your physical appearance

  • Thinking more about what you dislike about your looks than about what you like

  • Spending a lot of time worrying about what others think of your looks

  • Avoiding activities or situations because you feel physically self-conscious

  • Spending a lot of time, effort, or money attempting to “repair” your looks or trying to achieve physical perfection 

  • Self-worth depends greatly on looks/physical appearance

  • Feeling shame, anxiety, or self-consciousness about your body 

  • Using unhealthy methods or behaviors to change your weight such as dieting, restricting, vomiting/purging, and smoking 

WHAT TO EXPECT IN COUNSELING FOR BODY IMAGE

Your counselor will guide you in exploring how body image has shown up in your life both in the past and present. From there, your counselor will cater to your individual needs and intervene with evidence-based practice approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and more.