Stephanie Zone, Psy.D.
Compassionate Psychotherapy
Heal and Thrive
Stephanie Zone, Psy.D.
Compassionate Psychotherapy
Heal and Thrive
Heal and Thrive
Eating and Body Image Recovery
Eating and Body Image Recovery
I believe people are inherently oriented to heal and grow. Sometimes on the healing journey we need support to navigate difficult transitions, especially if old traumas are clouding our current vision.
My role as a psychologist is to accompany you on your personal path. I use multiple therapeutic modalities including EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment therapy, Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Mindful Self-Compassion to help people discover their values, set goals, and live with vitality.
Eating and Body Image Recovery
Eating and Body Image Recovery
Eating and Body Image Recovery
Even if you don’t remember it, there was a time when you delighted in your body. As an infant you excitedly discovered your feet and hands. You experienced the joys of touch, movement, and taste without any idea that your body was something that would one day be judged or that your body was supposed to look a certain way. That natural connection with our body as an avenue to joy is often lost as soon as we internalize judgments about how we are supposed to look, how we are supposed to eat, and how we are supposed to organize our emotions and behavior.
Recovery is about reclaiming our birthright to enjoy being a physical being. It helps reconnect us with the sensations of hunger and satiety and the pleasure of eating and movement as a joyful pursuit.
I work with all people who are struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, body image issues, and body dysmorphia. In my years of practice, I have worked with people across the gender spectrum and I welcome everyone.
Covered in Mud
Eating and Body Image Recovery
Covered in Mud
In Bangkok there was a very large clay statute of the Buddha. In 1955, while attempting to move the statute, a crack appeared on the mud surface. Through the crack, the gold underneath the mud was revealed. The statute was solid gold. Hundreds of years ago the statute was covered with mud to conceal its value. Over time the priceless true interior of the statute was forgotten.
The process of therapy often starts with a painful crack. It might be a life transition, an illness, or even a death. An essential part of therapy is honoring the pain. At the same time, there’s an opportunity in the crack to go beyond the surface mud. I believe therapy can help you not only survive the crack, but to also discover your gold, which might include your natural resilience and your natural warmth and tenderness.
My Background
My Experience
I love being a psychologist. It is my privilege to connect with people in their most honest and raw moments. I hold people’s pain with the utmost compassion and care. I hope the process of therapy helps you increase your compassion for yourself.
Since 2001, I have worked with individual adults and adolescents, couples, and families. I welcome clients with all types of concerns. I am especially experienced in treating people struggling with trauma, eating and body image issues, depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, life transitions, and relationship and parenting issues.
In addition to my work as a psychologist, I taught at the Wright Institute, City College of San Francisco, and other academic institutions. I instructed undergraduate and doctoral students, as well as developing classes and workshops for professionals. Currently, I am a consultant at Alta Mira Recovery Programs as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) provider.
I teach yoga and meditation. I weave mindfulness and mindful self-compassion into my work as a psychologist.
I have worked with many people struggling with eating disorders, and body image issues. I use a non-diet perspective to encourage people to live peacefully in their bodies.
I am an EMDR certified therapist. Since 2007 I have used EMDR to help people heal from trauma and transform their lives. EMDR is a powerful tool that enables people to heal from trauma, reduce anxiety, and reinforce new desired behaviors.
