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Andrea Ontiveros, LCSW
LCSW, Certified Yoga Teacher
Santa Barbara, CA · Virtual + In-Person · $$
Andrea has worked with eating disorders since 1999, when she trained as an intern in a women's residential programme, then spent six years as a primary therapist in residential and day treatment. A Santa Barbara LCSW and certified yoga teacher, she pairs three years of psychodynamic training with somatic, IFS and mindfulness study she's still adding to.
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Psychodynamic at heart: curious about what the eating disorder or anxiety has been doing for you, and how family and relationships come into it. Warm, but direct enough to challenge you. Gentle yoga, meditation and somatic tools if they help. Firmly health at every size, and glad to work alongside your dietitian or doctor. 50-minute sessions.
Who They're Great For
The girl who's stuck in diet cycles or emotional eating, or just never feels at home in her body, and wants someone who knows eating disorders inside out. Also great if perfectionism, a loud inner critic or old trauma keeps resurfacing and you want therapy that brings in your body, not just talk.
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If you're experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately — Woo isn't equipped for urgent or emergency care.