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Discussing Weight Stigma in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Leila, Bernie and Mel.

The #TherapistsConnect Podcast

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Addressing Weight Stigma and Fat Phobia in Counseling

This chapter emphasizes the importance of training counselors to address weight stigma, fat phobia, and food issues as core competencies. It discusses the need to explore topics like race, privilege, and class in therapy and cautions against congratulating clients on weight loss. The speakers share their experiences with weight stigma in counseling and highlight the significance of body acceptance.

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