Nurture & Nourish - Pregnancy & Body Image Group
Are you currently pregnant? Are you feeling uncomfortable or concerned about body changes you’re experiencing during pregnancy?
Nurture & Nourish is a 4-week virtual support group for people who are currently pregnant and looking for a safe space to discuss body image and their body changes. Drs. Mandi Ginsburg and Alyssa Cowan will help you cope with the ways your body changes throughout pregnancy and better manage the transitions you’re experiencing during pregnancy and beyond. This group is HAES aligned and firmly believes that bodies change throughout life.
The group meets via Zoom on Mondays - June 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 6:30-7:30 PM Central.
Program Cost - $225
About Dr. Mandi Ginsburg
Mandi Ginsburg, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has worked primarily in educational settings, including a therapeutic day school and university counseling centers. She has also collaborated on multidisciplinary teams treating eating disorders and body image concerns. Her clinical specializations include life transitions, disordered eating, trauma, relationship concerns, and emerging adulthood. Dr. Ginsburg completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Adler University and her bachelors degree at the University of Florida. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ginsburg is a Certified Instructor in QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer), a program that aims to teach communities suicide prevention measures. Beyond her clinical role on our team, Dr. Ginsburg also serves in an administrative role as our Director of Clinical Operations.
About Dr. Alyssa Cowan
Alyssa Cowan, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and eating disorder specialist. Concurrent to her role in this practice, she also serves as a Clinical Supervisor for licensed clinicians at the Eating Recovery Center in Chicago. Dr. Cowan is a member of the International Academy of Eating Disorder Professionals and is presently completing her credential as a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS). In addition to her expertise in eating disorders, disordered eating patterns and body image issues, Dr. Cowan brings extensive experience in issues such as emerging adulthood, life transitions, interpersonal relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, trauma, and women’s health. Dr. Cowan has worked in a range of settings, including university and college counseling centers, intensive outpatient treatment programs, residential facilities, therapeutic day school, and private practice. She completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Adler University and earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Beyond her clinical work, Dr. Cowan brings a passion for clinical training and supervision in psychology and providing supervision and consultation services to emerging clinicians and early career psychologists.
