{"id":1548,"date":"2020-01-22T10:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T17:47:43","slug":"utrgv-body-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/22\/utrgv-body-project\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV&#8217;s Body Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1550\" width=\"585\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0202-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption>Photos by Samantha Garza <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Body-Project_mixdown-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV\u2019s Counseling center will begin the four-week Body Project session in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Body Project is a body-positive program where anybody who identifies as female, come together to challenges society\u2019s body norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV Clinical therapist and Body Project supervisor, Valerie Riveros explains what each session consists of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>It consists of a group of women that can come together to discuss different types of views that people may have about their bodies. And we want to integrate healthier views.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Each session is led by trained peer facilitators who have already gone through the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Body Project peer facilitator Stephanie Pinales says that although the program is not an intervention it helps prevent eating disorders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>And in the three-year post going through the program, girls tend to decrease any possibility of an eating disorder<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer facilitator, Ana Garcia explains that the group becomes more than just a counseling session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>It\u2019s really cool! You make friends, you don\u2019t just kind of \u2018oh I\u2019m going to share my story with you\u2019 and then \u2018okay, bye, see ya!\u2019 Like, no, it\u2019s not like that, you keep in contact with them.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer facilitator Maria Pe\u00f1a, expresses that the group becomes so united that they can rely on each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>We all have a shoulder to cry on.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The body project team is located on both Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. 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