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, exercise compulsion, internalized weight stigma and body hatred.
I work mainly with adults, members of the LGTBQIA+ community, young people, couples, and anyone hoping to make some truly lasting changes.
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.
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.
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. I am also a professor at George Washington University, teaching a course on body justice called Weight & Society.
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:
Member Spotlight June 2022
Clearly Clinical Podcast July 2021
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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