My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity and respect for your unique experiences. Together, we'll explore what matters most to you, including the challenges you're facing, the relationships and experiences that have shaped you, and the patterns that may be contributing to distress or keeping you feeling stuck.

I don't believe therapy is about becoming a "perfect" or "optimized" version of yourself. Rather, it's an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of yourself, including the ways you've learned to navigate difficult experiences, relationships, and emotions. With greater awareness and self-compassion, new possibilities for change can emerge.

Our work may involve relieving painful symptoms, navigating life transitions, or exploring longstanding emotional and relational patterns. My role is to listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and help you discover new ways of relating to yourself and others.

I welcome people of diverse backgrounds, identities, and life experiences, and strive to create a therapeutic relationship in which you feel respected, understood, and free to explore the full complexity of who you are.

Eating, Body Image & Substance Use Concerns

Our approach to eating disorders, body image struggles, and substance use concerns is compassionate, collaborative, and nonjudgmental. We recognize that these difficulties are complex and often connected to emotional experiences, relationships, personal history, and the larger cultural and social environments in which we live.

We have extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders and helping people develop a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies. Our work is informed by a weight-inclusive, Health at Every Size (HAES) perspective that recognizes the impact of weight stigma, diet culture, trauma, oppression, and other social determinants of health and well-being.

We also embrace a harm reduction approach to substance use and other behaviors that may have become difficult to manage. Rather than focusing on judgment or rigid expectations, we work together to understand the role these behaviors may play in your life and explore possibilities for meaningful change.

Through thoughtful inquiry, we help you better understand recurring thoughts, beliefs, and patterns, including the emotional and relational experiences that may underlie them. Alongside this deeper exploration, we offer practical tools to help you navigate difficult feelings, manage urges, and develop greater flexibility and choice in your daily life.

 Consultation/Clinical Supervision:

As a clinical supervisor and consultant, I bring 30 years of academic and clinical expertise to my work with licensed and license-eligible mental health professionals.

Some of the areas I consult on include: starting, developing and sustaining practice, uncovering hidden skills and niches, getting clear on finances, life/work balance as well as working with challenging or complex client situations. I’m also available to meet with groups and organizations around mental health advocacy, harm reduction and eating and body image topics.

Please call or text (646) 334-2895 or email anne.wennerstrand.lcsw@gmail.com to inquire.