Deb Schachter, LICSW

Deb is recognized as one of Boston’s leading clinicians in the areas of body image and eating disorder recovery. She has dedicated her 30-year career to helping people unpack their body’s story and the wisdom it has to offer. She brings authenticity, curiosity and compassion to her work and emphasizes the profound power that connection has in the healing process. She integrates playfulness and mindfulness into her workshops, individual and group work and is inspired by how unique the growth process is for each of us. She believes wholeheartedly that we all have the ability to find our inner alignment and has seen how her confidence in her clients translates into change. Blending together her East Coast sensibility and her West Coast spirit, Deb has developed a language and an approach that is accessible to all.

Deb runs multiple body image and recovery groups and is co-author of Body Image Inside Out: A Revolutionary Approach to Body Image Healing. Deb co-facilitates workshops with Whitney Otto in person and online through their Body Image Inside Out platform, @bodyimageinsideout.com.

Beyond her private practice, Deb trains therapists and other health professionals, sharing her paradigm-shifting perspectives on body image healing and eating disorder recovery. She offers consultation as well as body image trainings for clinicians.