Ages 18+
Mindfulness for Binge Eating Group
A wait list is currently forming for an art-based Mindfulness for Binge Eating Group, to be held Saturday mornings 10:30am-12pm on either a monthly or every other week basis.
This in-person group is for adults ages 18+ who are looking to end the toxic relationship with dieting and embrace intuitive eating. Using art-making and other hands on activities participants will challenge the stories they’ve internalized about their body, their weight, and the food they consume. Somatic and mindfulness practices will offer participants opportunities to reconnect with their bodies and their emotions, and help them process through trauma that keeps them turning to food in times of distress.
This group is appropriate for those seeking a healthier relationship with food whether or not they are embracing weight loss medication or surgery. While helpful for weight loss these tools unfortunately do not address the trauma of living a lifetime in a fat body or the reasons we turn to food when our nervous system is activated.
Interested in participating? Please fill out this brief form and we’ll be in touch once we have enough participants!
- creative expression
- identity development
- community building
- communication skills
- boundary setting
- values development
- emotion regulation
- mindfulness practices
- coping skills
Sarah Beren, LCAT is licensed in New York State as a creative arts therapist. She has a MS in creative arts therapy from Nazareth College and a BS in art education from Nazareth College. Sarah has worked as an art-based psychotherapist since 2012.
Sarah is also the former director of REDO (Rochester Eating Disorders Organization) where she spent 12 years as a group facilitator. As someone who has been overweight since childhood, Sarah knows firsthand how body size and weight impacts your sense of self and how intuitive eating and mindfulness can help you feel more in control.