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Allison Gasca-Backman

(she/her)

Brown Dog Therapy and Wellness

LICSW

Currently accepting new clients. 

Clients I Work With

Folks in larger bodies who have experienced weight stigma, medical trauma, chronic health conditions, eating disorders, and chronic dieting. Folks with a history of trauma, especially during childhood/attachment, as well as due to identity. Folks who want to explore their identity, culture, gender, and who want to deconstruct beliefs about themselves that have been placed on them by dominant worldview narratives.

Approach

I utilize Internal Family Systems (IFS) to really emphasize that all parts of you are welcome. I help my clients to get to know all of these parts, even the ones that bring up the most shame and judgment, and to see these parts as good, protective, and adaptive.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

I live in a larger body, and I identify as Jewish.

Ages Served

Adults (18+)

Services Provided

Group Therapy
Individual Therapy
Parenting Therapy

Specialized Experience

Body-positive / Health at Every Size
LGBTQ+ Affirming
Race & cultural identity
Sex-positive / kink friendly

Languages Spoken

English

Specializations

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
EMDR
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Motivational Interviewing
Parts Work

Specialties

Anxiety
Attachment
Chronic Pain and Illness
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Identity
Grief
Immigrant & Refugee Mental Health
Perfectionism
Pregnancy, Postpartum & Perinatal Mental Health
Trauma & PTSD

Insurance and Payment

Session Fees

-$180

State Licensed In

Maryland
Massachusetts
Virginia