Why Healing Your Relationship with Food Matters

For many people, food and body image can be sources of stress, guilt, or shame. Messages from diet culture about what, when, and how much we “should” eat can leave us feeling disconnected from our bodies and unsure of how to trust ourselves.

For LGBTQ+ individuals, this struggle can be even more complex. Many of us have experienced pressures around appearance, stigma, gender dysphoria, and gender expression that shape how we relate to our bodies and food. 

Healing that relationship isn’t about willpower or motivation– it’s about reconnecting with yourself and finding healing in nourishment and self-acceptance.

At Transformations Counseling, we offer both individual and group therapy for Intuitive Eating, helping people heal from diet culture and learn to trust their bodies again in a warm, affirming space.

What Is Intuitive Eating?

Intuitive Eating is not a diet, it’s a self-care framework that helps you rebuild a healthy, compassionate relationship with food and your body. 

Created by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, Intuitive Eating is built on 10 guiding principles that generally encourage you to:

• Reject diet culture
• Make peace with food
• Tune in to hunger, fullness, and satisfaction cues
• Challenge the food police
• Respect your body at every size
• Honor emotions without using food to cope
• Find joyful movement

At its heart, Intuitive Eating is about trust. Trusting your body, your instincts, and your worth beyond appearance. It invites you to move away from self-criticism and toward curiosity and compassion.

How Therapy Helps Build Intuitive Eating Practices

While many people learn about Intuitive Eating through books or podcasts, therapy offers a deeper level of healing. Unlearning years of diet culture and body shame often requires support, reflection, and care.

In therapy, we explore:

• Emotional patterns around eating, guilt, and body image
• Internalized diet culture messages that keep you stuck in shame
• Connections between identity and body image, including how gender, sexuality, and societal expectations impact your sense of self
• Mindfulness and self-compassion tools to help you reconnect with your body’s cues

Individual Therapy

Work one-on-one in individual therapy with a therapist who will tailor sessions to your unique experiences and goals. You’ll have the space to explore your personal history with food and body image, identify triggers, process emotions, reconnect with your hunger and fullness cues, and develop skills for healthier eating patterns.

Group Therapy

Healing your relationship with food doesn’t have to be a solitary process. Our Intuitive Eating Therapy Group provides a supportive, affirming community where you can learn and grow alongside others who share similar goals and struggles. In group therapy, you’ll learn the principles of intuitive eating, challenge diet culture, share experiences, and cultivate compassion for yourself and your body.

At Transformations Counseling, our approach combines the principles of Intuitive Eating with evidence-based practices such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and mindfulness. Together, these approaches help you build flexibility, resilience, and self-acceptance. Because our practice is by and for the LGBTQ+ community, you never have to explain or justify your identity. Therapy with us affirms who you are—it’s a space where your full self is welcome and understood.

Why LGBTQ+ Affirming Intuitive Eating Therapy Matters

For many LGBTQ+ people, body image is deeply intertwined with identity and safety. Gender dysphoria, societal expectations, and pressures to “fit in” can all affect how we experience our bodies.

Traditional spaces that focus on body image or eating issues often overlook these intersections—or worse, reinforce harmful norms. That’s why LGBTQ+ affirming Intuitive Eating therapy is so essential.

At Transformations Counseling, we believe:

• All bodies are worthy of respect and care
• Therapy should affirm who you are—not question it
• Healing happens when you feel safe, seen, and valued

Our therapists use an inclusive, compassionate, and evidence-based approach to help you reconnect with your body in ways that align with your identity and lived experience.

What to Expect When You Start

Getting started is simple—and you don’t need to have it all figured out before you begin. Your therapist will meet you where you are, at your own pace.

Sessions may include:

• Reflecting on your relationship with food and body image
• Identifying thought patterns that fuel guilt or shame
• Learning tools to navigate triggers and rebuild body trust
• Practicing mindfulness and self-compassion
• Exploring how gender and identity shape your experiences with food and your body

There are no weigh-ins, diet rules, or “good” vs. “bad” foods—just genuine support and guidance as you work toward healing and body trust.

Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?

Healing your relationship with food and your body is not about perfection—it’s about connection, curiosity, and compassion.

Whether you’re interested in individual therapy or our Intuitive Eating Therapy Group, we’re here to help you grow and thrive as your most authentic self.

At Transformations Counseling, we believe therapy should be a place where you feel seen, heard, and valued—not questioned.

Together, we can help you reconnect with your body, find freedom with food, and build a more peaceful relationship with yourself.

👉 Contact us today to learn more about our therapists – Taryn Henning and Dr. Taplin – who offer individual therapy focused on intuitive eating or to join our Intuitive Eating Therapy Group.