Center for Body Trust
Wellness and Fitness ServicesOregon, United States2-10 Employees
Center for Body Trust, based in Portland, Oregon, operates as a community-based outpatient clinic and professional training institute within the wellness and fitness services sector. It was founded in 2005 by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant. The organization developed Body Trust, a healing modality that combines strength-based guidance with trauma-informed, scientifically grounded approaches and a weight-inclusive stance to address body oppression, body shame, and patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. The Center for Body Trust Training Institute offers programs for helping professionals and educators who seek client-centered, trauma-informed, justice-based methods for healing, including a cohort-based 12-month Body Trust Certification Program. The work has attracted attention from major outlets, including The New York Times, Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and the TEDx stage, and a book detailing the approach, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation, was published in 2022.