Erika Hirsch, MFT, ATR - Therapy based in the Silver Lake community of Los Angeles - Serving Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, and Surrounding Areas » Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health https://erikahirschpsychotherapy.com Providing Unique and Thoughtful Psychotherapy Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:05:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Body Shaming Does Not Help People Live Healthier Lives. Period. https://erikahirschpsychotherapy.com/index.php/tough-love-and-fat-shaming-do-not-help-people-live-healthier-lives/ https://erikahirschpsychotherapy.com/index.php/tough-love-and-fat-shaming-do-not-help-people-live-healthier-lives/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:17:32 +0000 http://erikahirschpsychotherapy.com/?p=320 shutterstock_256857343Recently a viral You Tube video by an uncreative comedian brought some internet attention onto the concept of fat shaming. I won

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