Body Image Treatment Workshop
A Relational Approach to Transform Self-Criticism and Shame
- Speakers:
- Deb Schachter, MSW, LICSW | Whitney Otto, MA, PCC
- Duration:
- 3.5 Hours
- Copyright:
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Jan 15, 2027
- Product Code:
- POS151086
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar
Description
- Shift clients out of body hatred and into curiosity and compassion
- Concrete tools to cultivate partnership with the body and connection with others
- Non-pathologizing prompts to support emotion processing and regulation
I hate when this comes up. I don’t know what to say.
You didn’t get trained in how to work with body image concerns. Few therapists have.
And being human – you’re just as immersed in the culture of body shame as your clients are.
Standards of beauty that can’t be met. Diet culture and weight stigma.
We get life-long lessons on how to hate our bodies.
It’s time to make a shift – to seeing our bodies not as a problem to solve but as a source of insight that creates opportunities for growth.
In this workshop, Deb Schacter and Whitney Otto – body image experts and co-authors of the highly acclaimed book Body Image Inside Out – introduce you to a revolutionary, user-friend approach in which you’ll use body image concerns as a bridge into deeper understanding of your clients’ emotional lives and relationships. You’ll learn:
- How to frame moments of body image distress as opportunities to tune in with curiosity
- Relational mirror exercises, mindful awareness techniques, and other practical tools
- Compassion-focused reframing strategies to reduce shame – for your clients and you
- Tools to connect clients with body sensations in a productive rather than destructive way
- And much more!
PURCHASE TODAY to reframe negative body image from an enemy to a teacher and a pathway to deeper self-awareness.
Credit
Speaker
Deb Schachter, MSW, LICSW Related seminars and products
Deb Schachter, MSW, LICSW, is recognized as one of Boston’s leading clinicians in the areas of body image and eating disorder recovery. She has dedicated her 30-year career to helping people unpack their body’s story and the wisdom it has to offer. She has an IFS-informed private practice in Brookline, MA where she provides individual and group psychotherapy as well as supervision and training services. Deb is the co-author of the book Body Image Inside Out and has co-facilitated body image workshops with Whitney Otto for over 20 years.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Deborah Schachter maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Deborah Schachter is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association.
Whitney Otto, MA, PCC Related seminars and products
Whitney Otto, MA, PCC, is an executive coach and thought leader who works with global senior leaders to redefine performance from the inside out. With over 20 years of experience as a therapist, facilitator, and leadership consultant, she helps high achievers move beyond burnout and over-functioning into aligned, sustainable leadership. She is the co-author of the book Body Image Inside Out and writes the Substack Chief Energy Officer, where she explores energy as the most valuable resource in leadership.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Evaluate the relational components and impacts of body image.
- Analyze the impact of personal history and systemic, cultural factors on body image.
- Utilize mindful awareness strategies to increase clients’ awareness of body image thoughts.
- Choose two practical body image-focused interventions to decrease shame and self-criticism.
Outline
Body Image as a Relational Phenomenon
- Why body image work feels so hard and how to create safety
- Body image as a multidimensional, relational experience
- Impact of early relational “mirrors” and family dynamics
- “Shapeshifting” as an adaptive relational embodied strategy
- Experiential exercise
Reframing Body Image: From Symptom to Signal
- Use of body image to navigate connection, belonging, and safety in relationships
- “Bad Body Image Moments” as adaptive responses to unprocessed experiences
- Body-self framework to shift from “fixing the body” to understanding the signal
- Relational Mirror Exercises to deepen client insight into patterns
- Help clients recognize relationships that increase body criticism
- Case study
Body Image Interventions
- Mindful awareness to observe body image thoughts
- Curiosity-based interventions to uncover underlying triggers
- Compassion-focused reframes to reduce shame and increase self-compassion
- Sensations as an entry point to connect emotional and body image experiences
- Differentiate between what is felt in the body and how the body is felt about
- Concrete tools – Body Image Weather Report & Bad Body Image Moments
- Prompts to support emotional processing and regulation
- Move from self-criticism to meaningful self-understanding and choice
- Experiential exercise
Additional Clinical Considerations
- The impact of systemic, cultural, and identity-based factors
- Importance of clinical judgment, pacing, and attunement
- When higher levels of care or specialized eating disorder treatment is indicated
- The therapist’s own body image
- Limitations of the research and potential risk
- Case study
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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