Therapy for everyone and everyBODY who has ever felt different
Online therapy across New York State specializing in Body Image, Eating Disorders, Anxiety and Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
Rooted in body-positive values & neurodivergent affirming care.
Alison Mann, LCSW, Therapist & Founder
Welcome!
If you’ve found your way here, you’re likely familiar the ache of feeling like you don’t belong.
Maybe you’re used to the weight of stares for looking different, or you’ve worked hard to hide parts of yourself so you wouldn’t stand out.
Or maybe your differences are less visible but equally real—like being neurodivergent or carrying an inner world that feels hard to explain to others.
You may have been told that you’re “weird” or that your body is a problem to be “fixed”
At Authentically You Therapy, we do not believe these things were ever the problem.
Living with these experiences may have left you battling self-doubt, anxiety, or shame, and sometimes coping in ways that have made it harder to feel at peace within your unique body and brain.
You are not alone.
As someone who has been bald since the age of 6 due to Alopecia Areata and has navigated learning differences and ADHD, I understand the feeling of being different to my core. I also know how scary it can feel to embrace your authenticity in a world that wants us to conform. You deserve a space where you don’t have to explain or defend who you are.
In our work together, my hope is to help you start feeling at home in your body, release the weight of shame, and build confidence in showing up authentically. Therapy here isn’t about “fixing” you, it’s about helping you feel safe to be you.
Our Services
Body Image Counseling
Eating Disorder Therapy
Body-Positive Therapy
Therapy for Low Self-Esteem
Therapy for Anxiety
Therapy for OCD
Therapy for Perfectionism
Therapy for ADHD
Therapy for BFRBs
Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy
Helping you reclaim wholeness in a world that made you feel separate
Our Values
Providing body-positive therapy.
(and no, this does not mean we believe in toxic positivity — let us explain)
Our practice of being body-positive therapists means that we advocate for and believe in the acceptance and equitable treatment of ALL bodies regardless of size, ability, appearance, race or gender expression. Body-positivity is a value system, rather than a way you need to feel about yourself. We understand that it can be hard to feel positive about your body in such an appearance-obsessed culture and we apply no pressure for you to feel this way. The cool thing about having body-positive values is that it also encompasses more accessible practices such as body-neutrality & body-acceptance, which Alison uses often in her approach. In other words, you don’t need to feel “positive” about your body in order for body image healing to occur. We believe everyone deserves a peaceful relationship with their body and we will meet you where you’re at to help you get there.
Providing neuro-affirming therapy.
In the pursuit of developing a peaceful relationship with your body, we can’t leave out your brain! The same way we recognize body diversity, we recognize that all brains are wired differently.
Whether ADHD, Autsim, learning disabilities and all other forms of neurodivergence — we do not believe these are conditions that need to be “fixed” or “eradicated”. Our focus is on creating a validating environment that allows you to show up authentically without pressure to mask or conform. We understand the burnout that often comes as a result of operating in world that does not account for differently wired brains and together we can explore your challenges, strengths and navigate what it means to show up as your authentic self.
Specialities
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Body Image Counseling
Body image counseling incorporates body neutrality, self-compassion practices, gentle mirror exposure and other interventions to help you shift away from constant critical body thoughts toward a more grounded, peaceful relationship with your body. We support folks with any degree of body image injury and body dysmorphia.
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Physical & Visble Differences
While we support more traditional and common body image injuries, we also specialize in supporting those with physical differences such as baldness at a young age, facial differences, limb differences and absolutely everything in between.
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Eating Disorder Therapy
Size inclusive eating disorder therapy from a social justice lense for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, orthorexia or chronic dieting. Incorporating evidence-based practices, such as CBT-E, with a relational approach to tailor treatment to your needs and at your own pace.
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Athletes
We work often with athletes who have trained at a high level and are navigating the impacts of their sport on their mental health and identity. Whether is it body image, anxiety or finding your authentic self outside of your sport.
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Anxiety & OCD Therapy
Anxiety and OCD treatment is targeted towards reducing the intensity of intrusive thoughts, obsessions, compulsions and racing thoughts. For those who feel anxiety is shrinking their life and are looking for support to expand their life again.
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BFRB Therapy
Management techniques for those struggling with hair pulling, skin picking disorders and other forms of BFRBs. Offering interventions to increase acceptance, reduce shame and feeling in more control of these behaviors.
