Individual Counseling

Consultation &
Publlic Speaking

Workshops

E-Consultations

Phone Sessions

Eating with Grace Other Services:

Individual Counseling

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Body-Mind Psychotherapist, I counsel women and men who struggle with overeating, emotional eating, binge eating, night eating, and of course, weight loss. I help clients with the anxiety, depression, grief, and low sef-esteem that are so tangled in the web of the compulsive eating. I call the work “Eating with Grace” because I believe we want to make peace with ourselves, our bodies, and our compulsive eating, we want to feel good about ourselves and our lives. It is a great joy to see my clients move out of the mire of compulsive overeating, befriend their feelings and needs, take charge of their challenges, and find peaceful, sustainable ways to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle that fits their unique being.  

Counseling sessions are tailored to each client’s unique needs in a safe, supportive, confidential environment. Where appropriate, I integrate “talk” psychotherapy with experiential, body-mind work (for example, deep relaxation, meditation, guided interactive imagery, hypnosis, movement exploration, expressive arts). My professional training has included traditional and body-centered psychotherapy, clinical hypnotherapy, behavioral medicine, Reiki, energy healing, meditation, NLP, various bodywork modalities, and the arts. I’ve been a student and practitioner of Buddhist meditation since 1978, and a yoga practitioner since 1985. I integrate many different approaches in my healing work, and I practice what I teach.  

Fees. Individual counseling fees are on a sliding scale. PayPal, checks, money orders, and cash are accepted. Contact Anya for more info.  

Consultation & Public Speaking

I offer consultation services to individuals, families, and other practitioners, and give public talks and presentations on compulsive eating and recovery. Consultations can happen over the phone or in person. I help people assess their compulsive eating and weight loss issues, and direct them to resources that can really help them. Contact Anya for more info.

Fees. Consulting and public speak fees vary. Contact Anya for more info.

Workshops

Eating With Grace™ half-day and one-day workshops offer Eating With Grace™ participants a time-out to focus on feelings and self-care, to deepen their journeys of recovery, and to practice eating mindfully and peacefully with others who share the journey. Anya designs the workshop around topics pre-selected by the participants. Possible workshop topics include

• body image and shame
• developing and living a healthy food and self-care plan
• loving, healthy limits
• inner child work (working with feelings, needs, core beliefs, resistance)
• being a part of a peer support network
• balance, stress management
• competition, criticism, judgment – with self, with others
• coping strategies
• communication and assertiveness, setting safe boundaries
• food and mood
• inspiration and spiritual guidance and support
• creativity and recovery
• letting go/control issues/fear
• letting go of black & white thinking about a food
• self-love and self-nurturing
• natural weight

Any woman who has participated in an Eating With Grace™ group (and those currently in groups) is eligible. In the workshops, we use guided meditations, visualizations, discussion, movement, other experiential exercises, inner child work, drawing and collage, and inner dialogue. And we have fun!

Workshop registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Fill out the Info Form to find out more.

Fees. Workshop fees are on a sliding scale. Insurance does not cover workshops. PayPal, checks, money orders, and cash are accepted.Contact Anya for more info.

Workshop Schedule

E-Consultations    Back to Top

Anya is available for consultation and support through e-mail. If you are not an Eating With Grace™ participant, you can ask questions and receive an answer, or a recommendation of resources that Anya thinks could help you. If you have participated in an Eating With Grace™ group, or individual counseling, you can ask for support and feedback.

E-consultations come in series. The cost is $36 for 3 e-consultations or $72 for 6 e-consultations.

Anya will answer your emails the number of times you choose (3 or 6) and let you know when your series is completed. You can do as many e-consultations as you’d like as often as you’d like. Each series expires one year after date of purchase.

Here’s a sample:

M: I did it again! I came home from work and was in the refrigerator before I knew what I was doing! I hate this! I can’t hear my Inner Child, I don’t know what I need, this is too hard! I need you to tell me I’m not hopeless and give me some suggestions, HELP!!

Anya: Dear M, you are loveable and good, just as you are. Dinnertime is a hard time for grownups and for kids! Here are some ideas: can you pick ONE that is doable and just try it -- ?

listen to relaxing music or affirmations on the way home from work

come in the door and wash your face, change your clothes, and lie down for just 5 minutes and practice breathing BEFORE dealing with dinner. Find an affirmation to say as a mantra throughout the transition from work to home, such as: breathing in space, breathing out ease, or I am safe and good

Good for you for reaching out! Take Good Care, Anya

Fees. E-consultation fees are on a sliding scale. Insurance does not cover e-consultation. PayPal, checks, money orders, and cash are accepted. Contact Anya for more info.

To Start E-Consultations. Simply fill out the Eating with Grace Connection Form and you will be contacted about payment options.. Anya will respond within one week. If you prefer to mail in your information with cash, check or money order, mail to: Eating With Grace™, c/o Anya Hunter, LICSW, 45 State Street, Box 216, Montpelier, VT 05602.

If you are looking for local or national resources for help with food, weight and body image issues, click RESOURCES.

Note: e-consultations are not intended to be or replace therapy. They are for information, suggestions, resources, support and referrals only.

Phone Sessions     Back to Top

Anya is available for phone consultations. You can ask questions, learn about resources, explore feelings and obstacles, receive feedback, or simply have contact with someone who understands.

Fees. Phone session fees are on a sliding scale. Insurance does not cover phone sessions. PayPal, checks, money orders, and cash are accepted.

To Start Phone Sessions. Please call the office to inquire about phone sessions. Contact Anya for more info.

If you are looking for local or national resources for help with food, weight and body image issues, click in RESOURCES.