FAT LIBERATION SUPPORT GROUP

Number of sessions: 10 Start date: January 28th Frequency: Sessions weekly, Tuesday 6-7:30 PM Location: Online

Registration Deadline: January 6th

Hanna Vaughn, LCSW

Facilitator

Hanna Vaughn, LCSW

Participants may use insurance or pay out of pocket $50 per group session. 

Participants

This group is for adults (18+) looking for a space that prioritizes intersectional fat acceptance and liberation. Ready to discuss divesting from internalized fatphobia. Not pursuing intentional weight loss.

Description

This group is for those looking to process in community how to break up with diet culture and develop a more trusting and compassionate relationship with yourself and your body. Group members offer each other feedback, engage in empathetic listening, building community, and practice sharing their stories in a safer space. We welcome you whether this is day one or day one thousand on your journey. 

Topics may include: 

  • fat liberation

  • medical fatphobia

  • identity

  • disordered eating

  • intuitive eating

Navigating the realm of being anti-diet or recovering from dieting can feel isolating, especially when surrounded by those still immersed in every new diet trend. While diet culture fosters harmful attitudes towards our bodies and others', it also serves as a common ground for connection in society. So, what options are there for those feeling excluded or overwhelmed by diet talk?

As we progress on our paths towards body acceptance, finding support from like-minded individuals, alongside guidance from experts, becomes crucial. Embracing this journey together, with understanding and assistance, paves the way for meaningful progress.

This group provides:

  • A space to explore societal impacts on group members’ relationship with their bodies, self image and health.

  • A space to share individual and collective experience of living in this society; including workplace, dating, family of origin, social media, health systems, etc.

  • A space to authentically connect with others around experiences, thoughts, and feelings of living in a thin obsessed, fat phobic culture.

  • Resources and information to learn more about the concepts of Anti-Diet, Fat Liberation, Health At Every Size (as defined by ASDAH), etc.    

Insurances accepted

BlueCross and BlueShield
Cigna: Wellfleet Medicare
Optum: Allways, VACCN, UnitedHealthcare, Health Plans Inc, Oxford, UMR, Mass General Brigham Point32: Tufts Public, Tufts Health Plans, Harvard Pilgrim Tufts Commercial
Tufts Public Out-of-Pocket/Self-Paid