Body image & self-worth
Stop tying your worth to your body, your appearance, or whether other people approve of either.
Body image therapy · NY + VT
A healthier relationship with yourself, beyond how you look.
Therapy for Gen Z and Millennial women who are tired of comparison, appearance anxiety, and measuring their worth against a mirror.
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Virtual across NY & VT
In person in Patchogue
- Licensed
- New York and Vermont, LCSW
- Select New York plans
- Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare, Optum
- Vermont and out of network
- Private pay with a sliding scale
Does this sound familiar
If it does, you are not broken and you are not alone.
These are the things clients tell me in a first session, usually after apologizing for saying them out loud.
- 01You cancel plans because you feel ugly that day.
- 02You replay every interaction wondering how you were perceived.
- 03You feel confident until you see a photo of yourself.
- 04You compare yourself constantly and still never feel good enough.
- 05You stay in relationships where you feel chosen, but not truly secure.
Hi, I'm Donnie
Real healing looks at the whole picture.
I help Gen Z and Millennial women with body image concerns, food and exercise guilt, and appearance anxiety, so they can build a healthier relationship with themselves beyond beauty standards.
My approach is collaborative, honest, and grounded in real life. I am not here to sit silently and nod. I am here to help you understand yourself on a deeper level, challenge the patterns keeping you stuck, and support change that actually lasts.
What we work on
Your worth was never supposed to depend on proving you are enough.
Anxiety & overthinking
Learn how to stop replaying conversations and feel grounded in your mind and in your body.
Relationships & boundaries
Build relationships that feel secure and clear, instead of ones where you feel chosen but never safe.
Identity & confidence
Reconnect with who you are outside of comparison, perfectionism, and performing for other people.
Holistic healing
No pressure to love your body in order to heal your relationship with it.
If therapy has not worked for you before, it might not be because you were doing anything wrong. It might be because you were trying to change your thoughts while your body was still in survival mode. That gap is what my approach is built around.
For me, healing means looking at the whole picture: your mind, your body, your emotions, and the deeper layers of who you are. In practice that can look like grounding and mindfulness work, breathing, or tools like EFT tapping and visualization, so your nervous system can begin to feel safer rather than simply being told that it is.
Together we start to understand how those pieces connect, so you feel more grounded and more like yourself, not in theory but in your ordinary day.
Book a free consult
Fifteen minutes, free, and nothing to prepare.
What colleagues say
I highly recommend Donnie for any Gen Z or Millennial in NY wanting to address body image and self-esteem issues. She is authentic, witty, and an all around amazing person and therapist.
The first conversation is free, and it is just a conversation.
Fifteen minutes to talk about what is going on and whether we are a good fit. No pressure, no commitment, nothing to prepare.
Book a free consult
Prefer to call or text? 631-371-4888
Insurance accepted for select New York plans: Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Private pay and sliding scale available everywhere, including Vermont.