Kelowna & Virtual Across BC
Compassionate, non-diet individual therapy for disordered eating, body image, anxiety, and the pressure of living in a high-achieving world.
Your therapist
Maddy Laranjo, RSW
About Maddy
I'm a HAES-aligned, relational therapist who specializes in disordered eating, body image, anxiety, stress management, and nervous system regulation. If thoughts about food or your body are taking up more space than you want them to, you're not alone.
You might feel disconnected from your body and tired of anxiety, shame, or perfectionism shaping how you value yourself and move through the world.
As someone who played competitive sport and recovered from an eating disorder, I understand the challenges that can arise as we navigate busy schedules, life's stressors, social and sport pressures, painful emotions, and an overwhelming relationship with food, body image, and exercise.
I take a non-diet, compassionate approach to therapy and prioritize creating an empathic, supportive space where clients feel understood and empowered to make meaningful change. My background as a former athlete, certified kinesiologist, and movement instructor deeply informs my work.
My Approach
I integrate talk therapy and movement-based practices to support healing, nervous system regulation, and emotional resilience, creating a path toward a life that feels aligned with your values and goals.
Health at Every Size is a weight-inclusive approach that centres body acceptance and well-being over weight loss. I offer a weight-inclusive, non-diet, and body-affirming approach that prioritizes holistic wellbeing, helping you create nourishing, health-promoting practices and joyful movement that aligns with your values and goals.
The therapeutic relationship is central to healing. I create an empathic, supportive space where clients feel understood and empowered to make meaningful change, showing up authentically, without judgment.
As a kinesiologist and movement instructor, I integrate somatic and movement-based practices alongside talk therapy to support whole-person healing and lasting emotional resilience.
I use a combination of CBT, DBT, ACT, somatic-based practices and nervous system regulation. I believe that when we're given space to pause and explore our inner world and lived experiences, we can build a life that feels more intuitive, flexible, and aligned with who we are. I take a trauma-informed and collaborative approach to therapy.
Who I Work With
I work with teens (13+), adults, and athletes who are ready to begin healing their relationship with food, their body, and themselves.
Book a ConsultNavigating body image, social pressures, perfectionism, and identity in a world that sends complicated messages about worth and appearance.
Balancing performance demands, body expectations, and high-achieving anxiety — learning to separate your worth from your output.
Any relationship with food that causes distress — restriction, emotional eating, fear, obsession, or guilt — deserves compassionate care.
If you're living in constant battle with your body, there is another way. Together we work toward a more peaceful, embodied existence.
Chronic stress, nervous system dysregulation, and the exhaustion of doing too much for too long — learning to rest, recover, and reconnect.
Major change can unearth old patterns and fears. Therapy can be a grounding place to process, adapt, and grow through uncertainty.
Services
One-on-one sessions tailored to your unique story and goals. We'll work at a pace that feels right for you, drawing on approaches that integrate mind and body.
See me in-person at my Kelowna office. Face-to-face therapy can offer a grounding, contained space for deeper relational work.
Accessible, flexible therapy from wherever you are in British Columbia. Virtual sessions offer the same quality of care from the comfort of your own space.
A free 15-minute consultation is a no-pressure way to see if we're a good fit. I'd love to hear from you.