Body Image Basics
An Introduction to Body Image Theory
Body Image Basics is the first lecture of the 2020 Mini Lecture Series here at The Body Image School. This quick but mighty 10 minute lecture is packed with the basics of body image theory based on the 4 primary factors that inform your relationship with your body - and best of all, this first one is free!
The 2020 Mini Lecture Series was created to empower you with understandable, specialist knowledge and reliable resources with the aim of being digestible and applicable to your relationship with your body. Future lectures will cost $29 AUD, run for approximately 30 minutes and be released every month in 2020.
Your Instructor
Ashlee Bennett is a registered art psychotherapist, counsellor and the author of The Art of Body Acceptance. She holds a Master of Art Therapy and Graduate Diploma of Applied Science from La Trobe University, Australia. Her areas of special interest span body image, internalised weight stigma/fat phobia, disordered eating/eating disorders, chronic dieting and trauma. She practices from a feminist, weight inclusive framework, free of diet culture and narrow beauty ideals, to help her clients be free of body hatred and find value in who they really are. Ashlee delivers frequently sold out in-person and online workshops around Australia and internationally on topics of body image, internalised fat phobia, embodiment and related sociocultural issues.