Anne Cuthbert

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I help women and men who feel out of control with food, to enjoy life again.

I know first hand what it is like to deal with food and body image issues. For years, I struggled with food issues and hating my body. I compared myself to every woman I saw, obsessed about which diet program might work this time, and resisted exercising refusing to give into what other people told me I should do and how I should look. I ate to hide how I was feeling and to avoid being close to anyone. I thought I couldn't be loved if I was fat.


12 years later, I am pleased to say all that has changed for the better. I no longer use food to cope. I feel good about myself, my body, and my life. I am now passionate about helping others recover as well.


I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Califo ia and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon. I hold a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA.


My counseling experience spans 12 years and has included studying and working with experts in the eating disorder field, teaching counseling and communication skills classes, and assisting and managing several personal growth seminars and support groups.

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Your Eating Disorder Voice is communicating something. Your Healthy Voice is communicating something. Often, these “Voices” are competing with each other, but what are they really trying to say? I often talk to clients about the “Eating Disorder Voice” and the “Healthy Voice.” Part of the treatment for an eating disorder is to make the Healthy Voice louder (bigger) while decreasing the Eating Disorder Voice.

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I am big on emotions. Sadness, Joy, Anger, Fear, Hurt, Happiness, and Shame are all important to recognize and express. An important part of my job is to help people learn to feel. Those who work with me know I talk about feelings a lot. Shame (aka guilt, bad) is the emotio I will address now. Shame is the inner, critical voice that judges everything you do, say, believe, and think. It keeps you withdrawn, hiding, feeling worthless and unlovable. Although some shame is healthy, most of us feel too much shame.

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Although some shame (aka: guilt) is healthy, most of us feel too much shame. I believe all of those who suffer with disordered eating experience too much shame. This shame keeps you a slave to the eating disorder and destroys you. Shame is the inner, critical voice that judges everything you do, say, believe, and think. It keeps you withdrawn, hiding, feeling worthless and unlovable. An antidote to shame is sharing. Shame wants to stay secret. By sharing what you feel shame about, the shame starts to lift and heal. I am big on emotions.

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My intern Tina and I were recently discussing the word FAT. She couldn’t imagine herself saying the word, believing it to be filled with shame, stereotypes and disgust. For me, it is merely a description, such as tall, brown hair, or big feet. (It wasn’t always this way for me and Tina is changing her view now too.) I believe it is our society that made this particular descriptive word feel bad. We learned that being fat is bad and something to avoid like the plague.

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Many people who suffer with disordered eating also suffer with a fear of being out of control. The two go hand in hand. Dieting and attempting to control your body’s size and shape are all ways to pretend to be in control of something. However, what is so often forgotten is that these attempts are the very things that you can’t control. Overeating and under eating is not control, it is fear. The things you do have control over, i.e. yourself, involve taking risks and facing fears and other emotions. It may seem hard, painful, and/or scary.

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Living in a weight obsessed society is no picnic. You don’t need to have an eating disorder to feel the effects of it. It is very difficult to escape talk about dieting and weight, even if you don’t participate. It is familiar and common to talk about “my big butt” or to hear others chat about what diet they are currently torturing themselves with… all to get to the perfect size and weight. Without wanting it, others may comment about your body or the foods you eat. Or, perhaps a lack of compliments might leave you thinking “they must think I’m fat”.

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When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Where do you focus your attention? If you are like most people who feel dissatisfied with their body, you look straight to the places you hate the most.

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“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi Many who come in to work with me are interested in losing weight. It is no surprise. After all, our society tends to judge us based on the size of our body. Size discrimination is rampant and perceived as acceptable. If you are reading this newsletter, you probably have some experience with the fact that diets don’t work! Perhaps you have tried diet after diet with no long term success. Perhaps you aren’t on any specific diet, but you approach life with diet mentality.

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In this newsletter edition, I will attempt to challenge your view of fat as being equal to unhealthy. It wasn't until recently that I realized that all the informatio I had been fed about weight research was only one side of the coin. I didn't even recognize that the coin fell on the side of the diet industry. I ate all that I was fed and only felt bad about myself when I wasn't their "ideal weight". No longer; I now see the other side of the coin.

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I love peanut butter. As a kid, I used to eat it out of the jar, spoon first. Although I grew out of the spoon phase, I still love it with bread and honey, with chocolate and in nearly any candy bar. What I never did know about my love for peanut butter, is that it made me feel sick. I was so ...

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I love peanut butter. As a kid, I used to eat it out of the jar, spoon first. Although I grew out of the spoon phase, I still love it with bread and honey, with chocolate and in nearly any candy bar. What I never did know about my love for peanut butter, is that it made me sick. I was so out of ...

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phone: (503) 766-3399
email: anne@cuthbert.org
office: 1235 SE Division St, Suite 202B, Portland, OR 97202