Body Image Therapy - Greenwich, CT & New York City, NY

What is Body Dysmorphia?

Body dysmorphia is a mental condition that causes you to focus on the flaws you perceive in how you look.

Negative body image has little to do with weight or muscles. It is your ‘perception’ of how you look. No amount of weight loss or exercise can help. The struggle with your body can go under the radar and impacts your health and emotional well-being.

Negative body image may co-occur with other conditions such as eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, depression, or substance abuse. These symptoms can trigger isolation, feelings of embarrassment, and guilt.

Treatment for Body Image

At Greenwich Psychology Group, our top priority is listening and deeply understanding who you are and your struggles. We understand each individual’s complexity and resist the temptation of simplifying issues or providing a diagnostic label. Instead, we work together to see the world as you see it; we listen, embrace your complexity, understand how negative body image came to be, offer evidence-based treatments and connect with you.

Entrusted with your treatment, you will be under the care of a compassionate, specialized, trained clinician. We focus on a two-pronged approach that emphasizes cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and problem-solving skills. CBT helps you focus on the critical role of thought and behaviors that play a role in maintaining a negative body image.

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The cognitive (thought) piece addresses and challenges their constant negative evaluation of your body and distortions in the way you see yourself. The behavior piece focuses on changing the negative behaviors by analyzing how you react to your negative thoughts. As you become more aware of your patterns, your ability to interrupt negative thoughts, you will learn better-coping skills to overcome body image issues.

We also focus on emotional regulation skills, stress tolerance strategies, and communication skills to encourage assertiveness and healthy boundaries rather than letting the body be the scapegoat. An essential piece in helping you, is to help you see that self-bullying does not create positive change; it perpetuates the problem. It is hard to care for a body we hate. We help you identify what these negative thoughts and symptoms represent. It may be feeling powerless, low self-esteem, perfectionism, or trauma. We focus on health and the amazing functions a body serves. This is not an easy task, especially for high functioning perfectionistic adults, but neither is focusing on negative body image and missing out on your life.

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Take the GPG Symptom Checker

At Greenwich Psychology Group, our symptom checker helps clients track their symptoms of depression or anxiety. Taking the assessment doesn't provide a formal diagnosis, but it can help you determine what next steps you may need to take. The evaluation uses a series of questions to review the feelings and symptoms you've experienced over the past two weeks. The results will help you distinguish if professional help is the best next step.

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