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5. Refer to a psychologist.
Dietitians!
Do you want?
Psychologists are not weirdos, waiting to
hear all the juicy details about your past for
a couple of hundred bucks an hour, without
any real point to it. Did I miss any clichés?
Oh yeah, the men don’t all have beards and
pipes, and the women don’t all wear glasses
and shawls either. Body image issues are
complex. A trained psychologist can help
clients with all of the following, and more:
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• Defuse critical body talk stemming from
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• Question the common assumptions
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• Reframe negative body thinking
• Do more positive body image
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• Help make sure body image
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Point being, psychologists can really help
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