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More Wellness Near Monarch’s Chevy Chase/Friendship Heights Office

By Dana Harron, posted September 7, 2023

Urban park in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Chevy Chase MD, where the Monarch Wellness counseling offices are located.

Where You Can Process Your In-Person Therapy Session in Chevy Chase, MD Friendship heights has more to offer than just amazing therapists. 🙂  We have been finding that some people have been taking the entire morning or afternoon for wellness when they visit our in-person offices. As body-mind practitioners, Monarch therapists strongly endorse this idea!  […]

Healing Self-Criticism

By Katie Zweig LGPC, posted September 2, 2023

Self-criticism is a damaging part of eating disorders, trauma and anxiety. Here, a more helpful conversation is framed between a person and her eating disorder.

Are You “Your Own Worst Enemy”? “I shouldn’t have eaten that.” “I can’t do anything right.” “I’m a failure.” Have thoughts like these ever popped into your head? Or perhaps they don’t pop in so much as linger on repeat.  Thoughts like these can feel so isolating, and it can feel like you are the […]

Body Image During the Sweltering Washington DC Summer!

By Mary Blair Holden LPC, posted August 3, 2023

Sunglasses represent hot sun, an issue for body image for those with eating disorders.

Body Image During a Hot, Humid Summer We are about three quarters of the way through summer, which can be a good time to pause and check in with yourself about how you’ve been feeling this season. Summer can be a fun time of the year filled with beach vacations, concerts, rooftop dinners etc. These […]

Care for the Caregiver

By Yvette Mitchell LCSW, posted July 22, 2023

A couple showing caregiving.

Caregiver mental health is a vitally important and often overlooked issue. In this post, clinical social worker Yvette Mitchell discusses ways to improve self-care for people in this role.

Sensory Issues, ARFID, Body Image, and Eating Disorders

By Chris Sherman LGPC, posted June 28, 2023

Chris Sherman, eating disorders therapist at Monarch Wellness & Psychotherapy.

Tips from a Washington DC Psychotherapist on Body Image, ARFID, & Eating Disorders   Caroline stared at the meal on their plate. The meat was stringy. It might have been one of those strings that made them gag and if they gagged, they knew they would be unable to eat the rest. The pasta would […]

What is Health at Every Size (HAES?)

By Katie Zweig LGPC, posted June 21, 2023

HAES therapists recognize health at every size, and this woman doing yoga in a larger body epitomizes that.

Finding health at every size (HAES) therapist is an important part of inclusive care. This post discusses HAES and finding a HAES therapist.

Eating Disorders in Adolescents

By Katie Zweig, posted March 31, 2023

Katie Zweig is a Monarch Wellness therapist specializing in eating disorders, trauma and attachment issues.

Monarch Wellness therapist Katie Zweig discusses eating disorders in adolescence.

Exploring “Safe Risks”: Moving Past Fear and Embracing your Values During the New Year

By Carissa Hannum LPC, posted January 22, 2023

New years resolutions can be unhelpful for people with eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, binge eating disorder), anxiety, trauma and other mental health conditions..

New Year’s can be a stressful time for anyone working on recovery from an eating disorder, mood disorder, or trauma disorder. The world around you continues to tell you to “change yourself” and “New Year, New You”! I hear from many of my clients how stressful these comments and this time can be. Many of […]

Hosting a Guest with an Eating Disorder at Thanksgiving

By Dana Harron, posted November 12, 2022

HostingaGuestwithanEatingDisorder

So, you are having someone over for Thanksgiving that has an eating disorder and you are looking for some information about how to best support them (or at least not make a major faux paus!) Congratulations, you have already taken the first and most important step – trying to get yourself educated.  The second, equally […]

Self-Compassion for Parents

By Yvette Mitchell LCSW, posted September 26, 2022

happy Dad and baby

Back to school? Already? Whether you are the parent of a school-aged child or helping your young adult child move into a dorm or first apartment, transitioning from the carefree, schedule-free days of summer to managing new school and extracurricular schedules, social calendars, and homesickness can make for a bumpy transition. As summer winds down […]

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  • About Us
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    • Join Our Team!
    • Dana Harron, PsyD (She/Her)
    • Carissa Hannum, LPC (She/Her)
    • Mary Blair Holden LPC (She/Her)
    • Chris Sherman (She/They) MA, E-RYT 200, CPT, LGPC
    • Meg Seymour PhD (She/Her)
    • Yvette Mitchell, LCSW (She/Her)
    • Katie Zweig, LGPC (She/Her)
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    • Couples Counseling
    • Group Therapy
  • Specialties
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      • Bulimia Nervosa
      • Anorexia Nervosa
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