White Pine Center for Healing

White Pine Center for Healing Erie-area’s only center supporting individuals experiencing or recovering from eating disorders, body image issues, weight stigma, and trauma.

We promote healing, recovery, and prevention and guide individuals through their recovery journey. Our evidence-based treatments offer a holistic approach to individual growth and personal healing in a secure and comfortable environment. Our welcoming and private space allows individuals to create a path to recovery through our results-driven programs. Individuals learn to build a healthy relation

ship with food, mind, and body, heal emotionally, and address body image and self-esteem. The Native American symbol for wisdom and growth is White Pine; this symbol is where we gather our name. With these programs, individuals and the community gains wisdom through education and prevention. This wisdom allows them to grow on their healing journey.

A person's appearance cannot tell us their health, their habits, their struggles, or their story.And yet, assumptions ba...
08/31/2026

A person's appearance cannot tell us their health, their habits, their struggles, or their story.

And yet, assumptions based on weight and appearance remain deeply embedded in our culture.

Moving toward body respect means becoming more aware of those assumptions, and choosing curiosity, compassion, and evidence over judgment.

Because every person deserves to be treated as a whole human being, not a number, size, shape, or first impression.

Respect every body💚

You don't have to wait for your body to change before treating it with respect.Body respect isn't about loving every par...
08/26/2026

You don't have to wait for your body to change before treating it with respect.

Body respect isn't about loving every part of yourself every moment of every day. It's about recognizing that dignity, care, nourishment, connection, and belonging are not things we have to earn through our appearance.

At White Pine Center for Healing, we're working toward communities where every body is treated with respect, exactly as it is today.

08/25/2026

At some point, many of us learned to look at our bodies through a lens of comparison, criticism, or expectation.

But what if the next generation learned something different?

What if children grew up understanding that their worth isn't measured by their appearance? What if our schools, families, healthcare settings, workplaces, and communities reinforced dignity and respect for every body?

That's where prevention begins.

At White Pine Center for Healing, we're working to change the conversations, environments, and beliefs that contribute to body dissatisfaction and weight stigma—because creating healthier relationships with our bodies shouldn't begin only after someone is struggling.

Sometimes prevention starts simply by teaching something better. 🌲

Healthy communities don't happen by accident.They grow through education, prevention, compassion, and a shared commitmen...
08/18/2026

Healthy communities don't happen by accident.

They grow through education, prevention, compassion, and a shared commitment to treating every person with dignity.

That's why White Pine partners with schools, families, healthcare providers, employers, and community organizations to create lasting change, not just for individuals, but for the communities around them.

Every conversation matters.
Every partnership matters.
Every community matters.

The work of White Pine Center for Healing extends far beyond individual programs or presentations.We're working toward a...
08/17/2026

The work of White Pine Center for Healing extends far beyond individual programs or presentations.

We're working toward a future where:

🌲 Every body is treated with dignity.

🌲 Communities understand the importance of prevention.

🌲 Schools, families, healthcare providers, and workplaces have the tools to create lasting change.

🌲 More people have access to compassionate, evidence-based support.

This vision guides everything we do, and every step we take together helps make it possible.

08/13/2026

August is National Wellness Month, a reminder that wellbeing extends far beyond physical health.

At White Pine Center for Healing, we believe wellness also means fostering healthy relationships with our bodies, reducing stigma, strengthening our communities, and ensuring every person is treated with dignity and respect.

Wellness isn't about achieving perfection.

It's about creating environments where people feel safe, supported, and empowered to thrive.

This month, we invite you to think about wellness a little differently! Because healthier communities begin with body respect.

Thank You💚To every individual, family, friend, board member, volunteer, partner, and supporter who chose to invest in Wh...
08/12/2026

Thank You💚

To every individual, family, friend, board member, volunteer, partner, and supporter who chose to invest in White Pine Center for Healing through Erie Gives, thank you.

Your generosity is more than a donation.

It is an investment in prevention.
In education.
In advocacy.
In compassionate, evidence-based care.
In communities where every person is treated with dignity and respect.

Because of you, we can continue equipping schools, supporting families, educating healthcare professionals, partnering with workplaces, and creating opportunities for healing before struggles become crises.

Most importantly, you're helping us build a future where body respect becomes the norm, not the exception.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who shared our mission, encouraged others to give, and stood beside us throughout this incredible day of community generosity.

Together, we're creating lasting change.

From all of us at White Pine Center for Healing, thank you for believing in our mission and in the people we serve. 🌲💚

As Erie Gives continues, we're filled with gratitude for every person who has chosen to support White Pine Center for He...
08/11/2026

As Erie Gives continues, we're filled with gratitude for every person who has chosen to support White Pine Center for Healing today.

Your generosity helps strengthen prevention efforts, expand education, reduce stigma, and create communities where people feel respected, supported, and empowered to thrive.

If you haven't had the chance to make your gift yet, there's still time to be part of this incredible day of community giving.

Every donation helps move our mission forward, and every act of generosity makes a meaningful difference.

Thank you for believing in a future where body respect, compassion, and prevention are available to everyone!

Erie Gives ends tonight at midnight, support the White Pine mission here: https://www.eriegives.org/organization/White-Pine-Center-For-Healing

Today is Erie Gives! 💚When you give to White Pine Center for Healing, you're doing more than making a donation.You're in...
08/11/2026

Today is Erie Gives! 💚

When you give to White Pine Center for Healing, you're doing more than making a donation.

You're investing in prevention.

You're supporting education.

You're helping create healthier schools, stronger families, more compassionate healthcare, and communities where body respect becomes part of everyday life.

Every contribution helps us continue providing evidence-based programs that reduce stigma, promote positive body image, and create opportunities for healing before a crisis begins.

If our mission has inspired you, educated you, or given you hope, today is a wonderful opportunity to help us continue this important work.

Donate today at https://www.eriegives.org/organization/White-Pine-Center-For-Healing and help us build a future where every body is respected.

Thank you for your support!

08/10/2026

In honor of Erie Gives being tomorrow, Tuesday, August 11th, we implore you to imagine what's possible when a community chooses prevention.

This Erie Gives, your support helps White Pine Center for Healing expand education, prevention programs, advocacy, and outreach that reach people long before a crisis occurs.

Every gift helps us move closer to a future where body respect becomes the standard, not the exception, and where schools, families, healthcare providers, workplaces, and communities are equipped to support wellbeing for everyone.

Together, we're not only responding to challenges, we're helping prevent them.

Join us on Tuesday, August 11th for Erie Gives by extending your support to White Pine Center for Healing.

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