White Pine Center for Healing

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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 relationship 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.

09/25/2026

Penn State Main Campus Biobehavioral classes are helping White Pine Center create Body Respect toolkits for school staff and parents, coaches and trainers, and healthcare workers.

They have finished surveying residents about their experience with these groups and body respect. Stay tuned as we share some of the questions and responses.

09/22/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Month, and it's an important opportunity to talk about something that can too easily be dismissed: body image is about more than appearance.

Body dissatisfaction can exist alongside—and be associated with—serious mental health and behavioral concerns, including self-harm and suicidality.

That's one reason prevention matters so deeply.

When we take body image concerns seriously, challenge shame and stigma, recognize warning signs, and create environments where people feel safe talking about what they're experiencing, we create more opportunities for early support.

At White Pine Center for Healing, our vision for Body Respect is about more than helping people feel differently about their appearance. It's about dignity, mental and physical wellbeing, prevention, and creating communities where people have the opportunity to thrive.

This Su***de Prevention Month, may we remember that something that appears small from the outside may feel anything but small to the person experiencing it. 💚

***dePreventionMonth

09/14/2026

What if prevention wasn't something we only talked about after someone began struggling?

What if it was built into the places we experience every day?

Into schools where students learn that their bodies aren't something to be ashamed of.

Into healthcare where every patient is treated with dignity.

Into homes where children develop healthier relationships with food, movement, and their bodies.

Into workplaces where employees are valued for who they are, not judged by weight or appearance.

Into communities where body respect replaces stigma.

This is the future White Pine Center for Healing is working toward.

Our Body Respect Strategy takes prevention beyond the individual by addressing the environments, attitudes, and systems that influence body image and wellbeing throughout our lives.

Because meaningful prevention doesn't happen in just one place.

It happens everywhere.

Prevention happens when we show up. 🌲White Pine Center for Healing recently had the opportunity to participate in the Er...
09/12/2026

Prevention happens when we show up. 🌲

White Pine Center for Healing recently had the opportunity to participate in the Erie County Medical Society Health Fair, connecting with community members, former clients, friends of White Pine, and others interested in learning more about our work.

These moments of connection matter.

Every conversation is an opportunity to share resources, increase understanding, challenge stigma, strengthen relationships, and make conversations about body image and wellbeing a little easier to have.

Our vision for Body Respect extends into the places where people live, learn, work, receive healthcare, and raise families, and community engagement is an important part of bringing that vision to life.

Thank you to the Erie County Medical Society and everyone who stopped by to connect with us. We're grateful to be part of a community committed to learning, connection, and better health.

Today, we pause to remember.We honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the families and loved ones forever impacted,...
09/11/2026

Today, we pause to remember.

We honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the families and loved ones forever impacted, and the first responders and everyday people who showed extraordinary courage in the face of unimaginable tragedy.

May today also remind us of the importance of compassion, connection, and caring for one another, not only in moments of hardship, but every day.

We remember. We honor. We will never forget.

On World Su***de Prevention Day, we recognize those who are struggling, those who have survived, those who support someo...
09/10/2026

On World Su***de Prevention Day, we recognize those who are struggling, those who have survived, those who support someone they love, and those whose lives have been impacted by su***de.

Prevention begins with creating a culture where people can speak openly about what they're experiencing without shame or judgment.

At White Pine Center for Healing, that also means recognizing that body image, weight stigma, mental health, and other aspects of wellbeing do not exist in isolation. Our work is grounded in prevention, education, compassion, and creating environments where every person is treated with dignity.

Today and every day: listen without judgment, take someone's struggle seriously, and remind the people around you that asking for support is welcome.

***dePreventionDay ***dePreventionMonth

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.

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1012 East 28th Street
Erie, PA
16504

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+18144615617

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