Body Trust Network
Body Trust Network
The wisest, most caring advocates, thinkers, helpers and process holders we know
About our
certified Body
Trust Specialists
Meet a multidisciplinary group of professionals who have spent a minimum of 12 months training with us.
Sharing your process with people who support your liberation is an important part of reclaiming Body Trust.
If you do not find someone in your area, many of our specialists offer support via video conference or phone.
A note about
our directory
The voices and experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color, gender variant folks, fat folks, and/or people with disabilities have been absent and minimized in the eating disorder, healthcare, and wellness-related professions.
Therefore, we are working hard to draw an increasingly diverse group of people to be part of our Body Trust Provider Community.
To include providers who are often excluded or unable to participate in trainings such as ours, we offer equity-pricing and additionally have 10 low or no cost spots in every cohort.
Read more about our professional training program here.
Find a proFESSIONAL
Interact with the list below to find a Certified Body Trust® Specialist in your area.
U.S. Based Specialists
Non U.S. Based Specialists
Oregon
Amanda Akinyi
Ludka Soden
Mental Health Counselor
Providing compassionate, weight-inclusive counseling for those healing from eating disorders.”
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Amanda@AmandaLudka.com
Phone: (503) 660-3097
Website: AmandaLudka.com
Video and phone sessional available.
Amy Frasieur,
MS, RDN, LD
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Disrupting body shame and exploring Body Trust.”
Angela Braxton-
Johnson
Poetess, Coach, Healer
Using Poetry and Creativity to Teach, to Touch, to Liberate and to Inspire! I aM a woman of faith, as well as a fat-positive poet and coach, focusing on healing in spirit, mind and body from abuse, eating disorders and just Life Honey Chile. Mmhmm.”
In 2022, Angela was the featured artist at the first annual BIPOC Eating Disorder Conference. Please invite Angela to share liberation poetry with your groups or at your events (she can cater her poems to fit your themes); to share and talk about her books and/or to co-facilitate virtual healing groups that focus on 1) Anti-Diet/Anti-Racist Healing, 2) Liberation, 3) Reclaiming Movement, 4) Healing from Abuse, 5) Processing Grief, or 6) Intersectionality.
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: her/she
Practice Name: Poetically Inspiring Change, LLC
Email: Poet@AngelaBraxtonJohnson.com
Website: AngelaBraxtonJohnson.com
FB: @PoeticallyInspiringChange
IG: @AngelaBraxtonJohnson / @AbundantFatness
LinkedIn: @AngelaBraxtonJohnson
YouTube: @AngelaBraxtonJohnson
Azhar Sultanova,
LMFT
Therapist
As the founder of THE Empowered Families Project, a psychotherapy practice in Oregon, I specialize in eating disorder treatment, couples therapy, and work with adults, teens and couples.”
Location: Campbell, CA (Licensed in Oregon)
Pronouns: she/her
Email: AzharMft@Gmail.com
Website: EfProject.org
Video and phone sessions available.
Betsy Lindeland,
PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
I strive to help folks feel at home in their bodies, capable agents of change in their lives, and deserving of the pleasures life has to offer.”
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Practice Name: Bridge City Counseling
Phone: (503) 954-2188 x20
Website: BridgeCityCounseling/Betsy-Lindeland-Psy-D.com
Video and phone sessions available.
Christine Anderson,
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Compassionate counseling for body shame, disordered eating, and chronic dieting. Support rooted in curiosity, respect, weight inclusivity, and the belief you are worthy as you are now.”
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Info@CAndersonCounseling.com
Phone: (503) 907-4584
Website: CAndersonCounseling.com
Debbie Kaufman,
MA
School of Public Health Senior Instructor
Working at the intersection of Body Liberation and public health.“
Debbie is the creator of the Body Liberation for Public Health Project, a Body Trust-informed resource for public health educators and practitioners wanting to join the body liberation movement. Consulting, presentations, and discussions on moving from weight-centric to weight-inclusive and a more expansive equity perspective.
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Hello@BodyLiberationForPublicHealth.com
Website: BodyLiberationForPublicHealth.com
Gillian Cooper
Personal Trainer
Movement Coach
I support curiosity, trust, and respect in your relationship with your body –just as it is right now. Through movement and sensation exploration and unique-to-you strength building I help you connect with your body in ways that feel safe so you can move through life with more ease and joy.”
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
(Video sessions available across state lines.)
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Gillian@MindfullyActive.com
Website: MindfullyActive.com
FB: @MindfullyActive
Video and phone sessions available.
Jessica Starr,
LCSW
Therapist/LCSW/Registered Yoga Teacher
We can be our own healers, though we often need someone to support and guide us through our healing journey.
I am a Certified IFS therapist, Certified Body Trust Provider, Certified Mother Hunger group facilitator and registered yoga instructor located in Portland, Oregon. My passion is being a support to those who struggle with disordered eating, addictive behaviors, trauma, grief, childhood wounds, and Mother Hunger.“
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: JessicaStarrLCSW@Gmail.com
Website: JessicaStarrTherapy.com
Video and phone sessions throughout Oregon.
Katie Borofka,
MPH, LCSW, CST
Clinical Social Work & Certified Sex Therapist
Our bodies are incredible instruments for pleasure, and I love working with people at the intersections of sexuality, gender, body reclamation, and relational wellness.“
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: KatieBorofkaLCSW@Gmail.com / KBorofka@Quest-Center.org
Phone: (559) 273-5828
Website: KatieBorofkaLCSW.com / Quest-Center.org/Katie-Borofka
Kristen Scher
Family Feeding & Body Trust® Coach
I believe that mealtime is an early playground to practice long term life lessons like consent, pleasure, autonomy, connection, and trust.”
Location: Portland, Oregon
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Kristen@EmbodiedKiddos.com
Website: EmbodiedKiddos.com
FB: @EmbodiedKiddos
IG: @EmbodiedKiddos
Video and phone sessions available.
Lael Atkinson,
CPRC, CPC
Recovery Coach
If you are questioning your drinking, or your participation in diet culture, please know that you can do it without labeling yourself, without judging yourself, and without it reaching a point of being “bad enough.” It’s more than enough to start from a place of asking if your life might be better without it.”
I am a certified professional recovery coach and work at the intersection of drinking & dieting (that includes disordered eating & eating disorders). I support folks who struggle with alcohol and/or with disordered eating & body image issues. I find that they are often intertwined (as they were for me). I also offer a course and group coaching program called Beyond Shrinking & Drinking.
My mission is to bring my expertise, empathy, and sense of humor to folks who wonder if there is another way of being, but don’t know how to find it in a culture that often encourages the same behaviors that are perpetuating our pain. As I know I’m not the only one for whom drinking intersects with disordered eating & body image issues, I choose to focus on both areas. But I leave it to those who want to work with me whether they choose to focus on one or the other, or the two in combination. I’m here to support your healing, on your own terms.
Location: Olympia, WA
Pronouns: they/them
Email: Info@LaelAtkinson.com
Website: LaelAtkinson.com
IG: @BeyondShrinkingAndDrinking/@Lael.Atkinson
Video and phone sessions available across the U.S. and internationally.
Meredith Noble,
MA
Professional Counselor Associate
Providing fat-positive, compassionate counseling to those struggling with body shame, disordered eating, trauma, and/or chronic illness.”
Location: Portland, OR and throughout Oregon via telehealth
Pronouns: she/her
Website: MeredithNoble.com
Video and phone sessions available.
Natalie Rhodes,
MS, NCC, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
& Body Trust® Coach
I am here to tell you that your body is not something that needs to be fixed. I offer mental health counseling via telehealth in both South Carolina and Oregon. I also offer online Body Trust® coaching sessions to anyone in the US or Canada. Visit my website for more details!“
Location: South Carolina (licensed in OR for video sessions)
Pronouns: she/her
Email: NatalieRhodesCounseling@Gmail.com
Phone: (503) 583-2830
Website: NatalieRhodesCounseling.com
Video and phone sessions available.
Natascha (Tasch) Yogachandra,
MS, PCA, NCC
Mental Health Counselor
Offering relational, liberatory and compassionate counseling for those restoring their relationship with their body—specializing in chronic illness/pain & disability, racial identity/trauma, and sexuality.“
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Tasch@YogaChandraCounseling.com
Website: YogaChandraCounseling.com
Video and phone sessions available.
Rachael Ringwood,
LCSW
Private Therapist
We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves that we can love”. ~Lori Deschene
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Phone: (385) 743-1725
Website: RootedInWisdom.org
Video and phone sessions available.
RanDee Anshutz,
RDN, LD, LMT
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Licensed Massage Therapist
Offering curious, kind-hearted nutrition, massage, and movement therapies to help you realize your inherent wisdom and worth.”
Location: Bend, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Nutrition@SynergyHealthBend.com
Phone: (541) 323-3488
Website: SynergyHealthBend.com
Video and phone sessions available.
Stasha Hornbeck,
MS, RD, LD, CDCES
Outpatient Dietitian
Diabetes Educator
“Hello! I have been an outpatient dietitian and diabetes educator, in the field of diabetes and eating disorder recovery, since 2005. As a cis, hetero, white, neurotypical girl I’ve bumped up against a lot as I’ve worked to identify and dismantle my own anti-fat bias, complicity with diet and fitness culture, and the thin ideal. I work from a weight inclusive care paradigm, using trauma-informed, and harm reduction interactions, to help me, and the people I work with, to heal relationships with food & the body. I offer one-to-one virtual, and in-person appointments, as well as an 8-week virtual group titled “Making Peace with Food.” As a Kaiser employee, working with me is by referral only, for Kaiser members. In my personal life, I am raising two amazing kiddos, who teach me what it truly means to be intuitive eaters and explore and support a non-binary world.”
Location: Portland, OR
Pronouns: she/her
Email: Stasha.A.Hornbeck@Kp.org
Video and phone sessions available.
Need to have Kaiser insurance and be referred.
Can’t find someone in your area?
Many of our providers offer support via video conference or phone.
Contact us for assistance.