Hi, I'm Paula.
I am a psychotherapist in private practice, (a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker).
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For over a decade, I have helped clients who suffer from depression and anxiety, relationship strife, self doubt and the despair that results from living in a society that worships perfection, productivity, and restriction.
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My passion is working with those who suffer from years of dieting, disordered eating, food obsession, internalized weight stigma and body hatred.
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I work mainly with young people, adults, members of the LGTBQIA+ community, couples, and anyone hoping to get some freedom from that which does not resonate with them.
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ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
I am licensed to practice clinical social work in California, Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland.
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I treat clients with a Body Justice-focused, weight neutral, anti-diet approach.
I am a member of The International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the National Association of Social Workers and the California Society for Clinical Social Work.
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I am a professor of Body Justice at George Washington University, a course that explores the myths of the U.S.'s measures of health, our culture's thin idealism, and society's relentless oppression of large bodies.
EDUCATION
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San Francisco State University, Bachelors in Psychology
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Hunter College School of Social Work, Masters in Social Work
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Registered Yoga Teacher, 2003
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Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, 2011
LICENSES
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LCSW, California
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LICSW, Washington DC
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LCSW, Virginia
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LMSW, Maryland
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EXPERIENCE
SPECIALTIES
After teaching yoga full time in DC for over a decade, I completed a Master's Degree in Social Work in New York City.
I then moved back to Washington DC where I worked as an addictions counselor in an Outpatient Substance Abuse clinic, continuing to teach group and private yoga sessions all over the DC area, and providing workshops on Yoga & Healing Body Hate. I received my license to practice privately in 2013.
Since then, I've completed trainings in Internal Family Systems and Psychic Healing.
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Food, Eating, & Body Hatred
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LGBTQIA+
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Depression & Anxiety
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Relationship Issues
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Spiritual/Energy healing
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Trauma
CONTACT ME
I am currently providing only virtual sessions.
PHONE
202.215.8356