Wallace Family Therapy
Our team is educated and experienced in the treatment of a variety of conditions and concerns, ranging from depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image, personality disorders and self-injurious behaviors, marital issues, parenting, adoption and family dynamics. We use contemporary and integrative treatment approaches including psychodynamic, relational, cognitive behavioral and supportive psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, families and professionals. We offer you and your family:
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Bodies are Not a Battleground
Research indicates that one-half of teenage girls and one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting and taking laxatives.
Teens opinion on health, weight and their bodies are influenced by their parents and doctors. When these trusted adults focus on healthy eating and physical activity teens are less likely to have eating disorders:
- Discourage dieting
- Promote balanced nutrition
- Emphasize exercising for strength
- Encourage family meals
- Don’t talk about weight
Teen Self-Esteem & Body Image Support Group
Body image is the cognitive thought and emotion one has about their own body. Teens with poor body image have negative and critical thoughts that lead to feelings of low self-esteem. These concerns begin at a young age with pressure and comparisons to be like someone else who the teen thinks is prettier, smarter, funnier, skinnier…
How teens feel about themselves and their bodies today is terribly complicated and conflicting. Our society is absorbed with unrealistic messages that are hypocritical and confusing about the appearance ideal perpetuated by the media. You can read an article in a magazine or on social media about increasing your self-esteem and then on the very next page find advertisements for “fixing” your body with diet-aids and so on.
This engaging 10-week group will help teens understand and overcome body-image discomfort and related distortions in order to gain awareness and self-confidence to propel their lives forward.
Each 75-minute weekly group is focused on therapeutic discussions and practical exercises that address the most common circumstances associated with low self-esteem and poor body-image including: comparison, social and family pressure, perfectionism, negative self-talk, unrealistic media and social media images, fear of disappointing and unhealthy friendships.
This group will empower teens to overcome body image concerns, gain self-confidence and give them a voice to what has seemed unspeakable.
Call Wallace Family Therapy today to reserve your seat in the conversation this October.
CONTACT US to arrange a free initial phone consultation for individual, family and group psychotherapy or to learn more about how therapy can help you and your family today.