We are constantly bombarded by messages from advertisers, social media, Hollywood, and sometimes even our own loved ones that our bodies are not good enough as they are. Beginning in childhood, we internalize these unwanted messages and often develop a powerful inner critic, such that we take up the mantle of shaming our bodies ourselves.
Would you like to change your relationship with your body? Would you like to learn more about how stress, anxiety, and other emotions connect to the body? Are you interested in gaining new skills and perspectives from other women?
Let’s talk about it. The Women’s Embodiment Group at SSFHC is now open for registration. Participants will have the opportunity to talk and think about their relationships with their own bodies, find connection and support with other group members, and learn valuable skills and knowledge from two experienced clinicians. Our objective is to create a space and a community in which we can begin to accept, understand, trust, and maybe eventually even love our bodies.
In each session, the group facilitators will provide a suggested topic, questions for exploration, and skills or activities to try (see the proposed topic schedule below). The topic schedule is subject to change based on input from the group members, so if there is something you’d like to explore in this group that you don’t see included below, please let us know!
Group Information:
The group will meet once per month for six months. Group size will be limited to 5-8 participants. Participants will be asked to commit to all six meetings upon joining the group. Day and time of the week will be determined with the input of participants.
Session Topics:
1. Introduction
2. The Body and Emotion
3. The Body and Stress
4. Body Image
5. Sex and the Body
6. Reflections
The group will be co-led by Florina Apolinar Claudio PhD, LMFT (she/her) and Stephanie Wallace, LMFT, CST (she/her). If you’d like to learn more, ask questions, or register for the group, please fill out our Interest Form.
