Cognitive behavioural therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy can be used with great success in weight management for changing self-defeating eating habits and replacing them with positive, healthy behavior.
Psychological therapies can help you if you would like to:
Effective weight management is about healthy eating. However, more importantly it is about managing the stress and emotional distress behind why you may not be eating properly. For example, you might be using food as a displacement activity in order to avoid doing a task you don’t like; you may be over-eating in order to push down uncomfortable feelings about yourself; you may be putting on weight as a barrier against getting involved in a relationship. Sometimes we eat because we’re bored, anxious or angry.
As a health psychologist, I can help you attain not only your health weight, but also improve your mindsets, body image and boost your self-esteem thereby making positive long-term differences to your wellbeing.