Hi, I'm Paula.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, a psychotherapist in private practice.
I have been working for years with those who suffer from disordered eating, food obsession, internalized weight stigma and body hatred.
I also work with clients who suffer more broadly from anxiety, relationship struggles, and the malaise that can result from living in a society that worships money, power, masculinity, and the intellect.
I work mainly with adults, members of the LGTBQIA+ community, young people, couples, and anyone hoping to make some truly lasting changes.
I am an Internal Family Systems-informed therapist.
My style integrates principles and practices of spiritual psychotherapy, holistic healing, mindfulness, relational therapy, and interpersonal work.
I also include concepts and teachings from my many years of studying Yoga, Eastern philosophy, spirituality in all its expressions,
and trainings in Reiki, energy work and psychic healing.
ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
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 Association of Social Work Boards.
I am an Internal Family Systems informed practitioner.
I am proud to call myself a body justice activist and teach courses for professionals and at George Washington University about 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
EXPERIENCE
After being a yoga teacher and eating disorders recovery advocate 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 & 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.
SPECIALTIES
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Adults & Older Adolescents
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Food, Eating, & Body Struggles
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LGBTQIA+
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Depression & Anxiety
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Relationship Issues
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Addictions
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Trauma
Links for more about me & how I work:
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CONTACT ME
MOST SESSIONS ARE STILL VIRTUAL, PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RETURNING TO IN-PERSON THERAPY.
PHONE
202-215-8356
ADDRESS
2201 Wisconsin Ave. 2nd Flr
WDC, 20007