In This Body
7 week online support & process group
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR FALL 2024
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In This Body
Welcome to In This Body - a 7 week psychoeducation and support group for folks who are working on befriending their bodies amidst the cacophony of diet culture and rampant anti-fat bias.
Come find a soft place to land. Come process the grief and joy of building a relationship with food and body that is rooted in acceptance, freedom and liberation. Come do this work in community of like-minded folks who just get it.
Join us in learning, growing and healing, in this body, as we are.
Previous In This Body group member:
“The In This Body group helped me feel connected to other people so I didn’t feel alone in my journey. I learned a lot about myself and my resilience. I saw firsthand how resilience manifests differently in people and it gave me strength to find my own. I highly recommend this group.”
Details
We will explore:
diet culture & healthism
social justice, weight stigma and its impact on bodies and minds
relationship with our bodies
relationship with food, intuitive eating
trauma & mental health
perception/being seen by others
grief & loss
self-compassion, self-kindness
acknowledging, honoring and moving away from self-hate
Meetings:
DATES: September 18, 2024 - October 30, 2024
DAY OF THE WEEK: Wednesdays
TIME: 6:30 PM PST
Meetings will take place via Zoom
*Please note that we ask all members to commit to the entire 7 sessions, with no sessions missed. Absences mean that not only you would miss out on amazing content and group times, but that your fellow group members do too.
You have things to share and your words matter. Please commit to showing up consistently.
Cost:
Your insurance may fully cover the cost of this group - check out the Fees & Insurance page for questions you can ask your insurance provider to help determine coverage.
Insurances accepted are: Premera, Lifewise, GreatWest Healthcare, Cigna, Aetna, First Choice, Kaiser Permanente and Regence.
Four out-of-state participants, or those wanting to pay a cash rate, the group fee is $630 total for 7 weeks. The group fee is due in full prior to the sign-up process to guarantee your spot.
This is a no cancellation group, meaning group members pay for all 7 sessions regardless of attendance. As cancellations are not billed through insurance and are cash pay, the fee for one missed session is $95.
Who is a good fit for this group?
This psychoeducation and support group is a great fit for folks who have realized that their relationship with their body needs to change and are looking for support in a community of like-minded folks doing the same work.
You may be a good fit for this group if some/all of these apply to you.
The underlined points are what would really help you get the most out of this group and what we base group fit on when we receive registrations:
• You have struggled/continue to struggle with body shame and feeling distanced from your body, its wants, desires and sensations and want to tune in to listen.
• You are not sure how to listen to or trust your body but are eager for this process to start.
• You want to heal your relationship to your body, food, movement, etc.
• You are or have examined and begun to let go of behaviors rooted in dieting and disordered eating. You are pursuing ways to be kinder to your body, like ditching dieting and learning about Health At Every Size (HAES), intuitive eating, or social justice around food and body.
• You are realizing that dieting does not work, and are actively working toward not restricting your food intake.
• You are curious about the stories your body holds, how you learned what you learn, why you think what you think.
• You have the desire to begin the slow unpacking process of what it means to have a body in a world obsessed with thinness.
• You are willing to try something new that may stretch your comfort zone.
• You are wanting community and to feel like you are not alone in how you feel.
Group facilitators:
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Anna Cannata, LMHC, CN (she/her)
NUTRITIONIST & MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
Anna is an anti-diet Certified Nutritionist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and a Certified Body Trust Provider™. Anna is a private practitioner with more than 10 years of experience helping people with disordered eating and eating disorders. Anna recognizes that she benefits from white, thin, straight, cis privilege, and stays mindful of this in her work with clients.
Anna helps educate folx about the myths propagated by weight science and actively supports people as they grieve the losses associated with debunking diet culture.
Together with her clients, Anna holds space while they find their own magic glasses that let them choose to begin to see things a different way. -
Yuliya Rae, LMCHA, MA (they/them)
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
Yuliya Rae is a therapist working with folks on healing trauma through story, relationship and embodiment. In their counseling work, Yuliya’s focus is on helping their clients heal trauma and abuse by turning toward the body as a source of wisdom, as well as an avenue to cultivate compassion and peace in relationship to self, others and the rest of the world.
Yuliya works with trauma, anxiety, relationship issues, body image concerns and neurodivergence, with a particular affinity toward late diagnosed ADHD and autistic adults.
You can learn more about Yuliya and their work on their practice website - Kin Therapy.
Previous In This Body group member:
“As a former participant I just want to say - this group is amazing! Yuliya and Anna have put together a fantastic, empowering curriculum and facilitate an authentic, engaging space for people of all identities/backgrounds."
FAQs
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Our group is a mix of styles: didactic/educational, support and process. This means that for the first half hour of our time together we go over education materials, with each week being themed regarding what we learn (example: diet culture week, roots of weight stigma week, trauma week, etc.). For the next hour of our time together we facilitate discussion that ranges from a supportive chat to processing past experiences of being a body in a diet culture-obsessed world, impact of trauma on our bodies, etc. Each week’s prompts are different and are in line with that week’s theme.
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Our group is rooted in a body liberation framework and considers social justice and impacts of systems on our bodies as we dive deeper into our various topics week to week.
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Please take a look at the group info above to learn more about our group’s facilitators - Anna and Yuliya.
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The group is billed to insurance providers as a nutrition visit. We take the following WA insurances: Premera, Lifewise, GreatWest Healthcare, Cigna, Aetna, First Choice, Kaiser Permanente and Regence.
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Absolutely. Our group fee is $630 total for 7 weeks. The group fee is due in full prior to the sign-up process to guarantee your spot.
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Please note it is your responsibility to determine whether you have coverage and we are unable to help in this regard. Some questions you can ask your insurance provider to determine coverage are:
• What are my nutrition therapy and/or mental health therapy benefits?
• Are my benefits limited to a specific diagnosis?
• Is there a limit to the number of visits allowed?
• Do I need a pre-authorization or a referral from my primary care doctor? -
Our group is a no cancellation group, meaning group members pay for all 7 sessions regardless of attendance. Cancellations are not billed through insurance and are cash pay, and the fee for one session is $95.
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To get you signed up for the group the process is as follows:
• Click here to email us know you want to join and are willing to commit to all the group sessions.
• You will receive an invitation from Simple Practice to join our client portal.
• Once you join, there will be intake forms for you to fill out electronically.
• Please fill these out within 48 hours of receipt so we can access your fit for the group and secure your spot. We cannot guarantee your spot until the paperwork is completed.
• You will need to fill out a credit card authorization form and put down a non-refundable $50 deposit to secure your spot.
• You’re in! Now you wait for the group to start.
Registration is closed
Please make sure you have read through the group’s information & FAQ section above.
When you have done so, please click the button below to fill out the form to request a spot in future groups. Or feel free to reach out to us via email - inthisbodygroup@protonmail.com - for any questions.
While you wait for the group to start…
Register your email below to receive a free copy of the Debunking Diet Culture Kit - it is full of great information to introduce you to a lot of the concepts we will be discussing. It also has reading recommendations, podcasts to listen to and much more!
