Heather Burton, LPC

06/09/2023

I’m so excited to be a part of this amazing team of providers!! Helping people recover in MO, KS and FL 🥰

06/06/2023

These are spot on…can you relate???

Being interrupted, ignored, left waiting, and more.

10/10/2022

All are welcome on my therapy couch even if just for a nap 🤷🏼‍♀️

02/27/2022

To wrap up NEDA week, I ask you all to please take the time to read the post below. Our words matter. To children. To famous people. To adults. To Everyone. We live in a society that shames those who live in larger bodies. We’ve all been brainwashed to believe we should all look alike. And if we don’t it’s our duty to “fix” it. Many of my clients have been fat shamed at the doctor’s office, which then creates a cycle of mistrust and avoidance of medical care, not weight loss. We can all do better with accepting one another and being kind to each other. Especially online.

I can't imagine being famous, asked to perform on the super bowl half time show, and then have my weight criticized through a bunch of memes.
Isn't it wild how just recently a 12 year old child named Drayke, made national news because he strangled himself with his hoodie, because he was being bullied by children? What's the difference?
Where does it stop?
Those of you poking fun calling MJB, "Mary J. Thighs" or 50 Cent "$1.50" or saying that he's dealing with "inflation" or whatever other childish playground taunts you're publicly giggling about, are absolutely no better than the children who bullied that 12 year old child so harshly that he ended his own life. You're just those same children that have grown up, and are now doing it behind a keyboard. And while those celebrities that you're judging, won't ever see your words of criticism or jokes regarding their appearance, your friends and family who struggle with their own weight and appearance will.
I said what I said.

02/23/2022

What a great analogy for body acceptance and an awesome message on . Negative body image and critical self talk coupled with diet culture mentality and size or fat phobic stigma is a perfect storm for an eating disorder. What are some other ways we can we start to look at our bodies with gratitude and acceptance rather than with criticism and contempt??

02/22/2022

How different would we feel if we let go of this unnecessary and unhealthy standard of beauty? More free, more authentic, less judgmental and less hateful?

02/22/2022

Someone needs to hear this today 😍

02/22/2022

A really good read for all humans for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! Thoughts???

I had consciously worked to stop shrinking my body several years ago when I began my recovery journey. And a lot of the time I felt good.