Is there a body image therapist actually on Long Island?

Yes. This is a Suffolk County practice with an office in Patchogue, focused specifically on body image and the self-worth underneath it. A lot of people assume the only specialist option is a practice in Manhattan and a long trip each way, and that is not the case.

Do I have to come to Patchogue?

No. In person sessions happen in Patchogue, and virtual sessions are available anywhere in New York. Many Long Island clients choose video simply because a weekly drive is the thing most likely to make them stop attending.

Which parts of Long Island do you cover?

In person is realistic for the South Shore villages around Patchogue, and virtual covers the whole of Long Island and the rest of New York, including Nassau County, the North Fork and the East End.

Do you take insurance on Long Island?

Select New York plans are accepted, currently Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Coverage varies by plan, so verify your own benefits before your first session. Private pay and a sliding scale are also available.

Do I need an eating disorder diagnosis to come?

No. Body image struggles sit on a wide spectrum and most people doing this work would not meet criteria for an eating disorder. If what is happening needs a higher level of care, I will tell you rather than take it on regardless.

Long Island, New York

A specialist here, not a train ride away.

Body image therapy in Suffolk County, in person in Patchogue or virtually anywhere in New York. For women whose confidence, mood and plans move with how they think they look.

Book a free consult

Fifteen minutes, free, and nothing to prepare.

Prefer to call or text? 631-371-4888

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In person: Patchogue, on the South Shore of Suffolk County.
Virtual: Anywhere in New York, including Nassau and the East End.
Focus: Body image, comparison, food and exercise guilt, self-worth.
Insurance: Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, plus private pay.

What brings people in

It is rarely dramatic. It is mostly constant.

Body image struggles do not usually announce themselves. They run quietly, all day, underneath an otherwise capable life, which is exactly why they go untreated for so long.

Checking your reflection in every surface you pass.
Choosing an outfit by what it hides.
Cancelling plans over how you think you look.
Feeling guilty after eating, or after missing a workout.
Measuring yourself against everyone in the room, and online.
Reading a photograph of yourself as a verdict.

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Why local matters here

Three things a Manhattan practice cannot offer you.

A room you can actually get to

There is real value in therapy happening somewhere that is not your bedroom. That only works if the room is reachable on a weeknight, which for most of Suffolk County a Manhattan office is not.

A schedule that survives the LIRR

A weekly appointment involving a train and a subway is the first thing to fall over in a hard week, and the hard weeks are the ones worth attending. Local or virtual both fix that.

Someone who knows the context

Growing up and living here has its own texture: small villages, everyone knowing everyone, summers when the whole area fills up. It is not the same context as Brooklyn, and it comes up in the work.

Common questions

Asked by people across the Island.

Is there a body image therapist actually on Long Island?: Yes. This is a Suffolk County practice with an office in Patchogue, focused specifically on body image and the self-worth underneath it. A lot of people assume the only specialist option is a practice in Manhattan and a long trip each way, and that is not the case.
Do I have to come to Patchogue?: No. In person sessions happen in Patchogue, and virtual sessions are available anywhere in New York. Many Long Island clients choose video simply because a weekly drive is the thing most likely to make them stop attending.
Which parts of Long Island do you cover?: In person is realistic for the South Shore villages around Patchogue, and virtual covers the whole of Long Island and the rest of New York, including Nassau County, the North Fork and the East End.
Do you take insurance on Long Island?: Select New York plans are accepted, currently Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Coverage varies by plan, so verify your own benefits before your first session. Private pay and a sliding scale are also available.
Do I need an eating disorder diagnosis to come?: No. Body image struggles sit on a wide spectrum and most people doing this work would not meet criteria for an eating disorder. If what is happening needs a higher level of care, I will tell you rather than take it on regardless.

Across Long Island

Where sessions happen.

What I work on

Beyond body image.

You do not have to arrive with the words for it.

Most people book this call without knowing how to explain what is wrong. That is genuinely fine, and it is where we start.

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.

A specialist here, not a train ride away.A specialist here,not a train rideaway.

It is rarely dramatic. It is mostly constant.It is rarely dramatic.It is mostlyconstant.

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