How Therapy Can Help with Weight Management
People try many different ways to lose weight, and can still struggle. There are fad diets and procedures that claim they can help you lose weight fast, but most of these are short term solutions. Any diet, medication, or procedure works as long as you follow the restrictions or rules of that method. Once you stop, the weight can quickly return. This is because the underlying eating behaviors have not been changed.
Successful weight management is a lifestyle change. Therapy for weight management helps to identify what behaviors and emotions interfere with our eating habits and weight loss. Once these are identified, an individualized treatment plan and behavioral strategies are created.
Some of the topics therapy addresses include
- Emotional eating (eating when bored, stressed, anxious, sad, frustrated, mad, etc.)
- Accessibility to food
- Binge eating
- Going out to eat and ordering food
- Attending gatherings with friends and family
- Finding fast-food
- Understanding the nutrition label
- Meal planning
- Preparing meals
- Finding food on-the-go.
Therapy is also useful to address non-eating emotional difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, stress management, trauma, and conflict resolution.
Dr. Rosecrans is a Clinical Health Psychologist who has specialized training in weight management. She worked at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign Illinois providing specialized treatment for weight management. She worked on an integrated medical team at Northwest Community Hospital’s Comprehensive Weight Management program. Rosecrans & Associates is proud to offer weight management services along with behavioral bariatric surgical changes, and Bariatric Psychological Evaluations.
Contact our office at 847-461-8414.