Weight Loss Motivation
Tell me if any of these habits are familiar?
Extreme dieting and binging…
Punishing yourself with excessive exercise…
Using food for emotional support…
Keeping lists of bad foods…
Hedonic eating: “I am stressed. Eating will make me feel better.”
Bargaining: “I was good yesterday, so I can go off my plan today.”
Failed diets and drastic measures with little success…
Weight loss is a huge challenge for you.
Restrictive diets, low carb, high protein, fasting… each new approach is going to be the one. At first motivated, you begin to slide back. This is a lot of effort. Maybe the next one will work.
Or transition right to lap band or bariatric surgery. The dietary restrictions are scary. Your body is full, but you still need the emotional pleasure of food. Now that’s gone.
Wanting to become healthier was a breakthrough for you. Not being able to follow through hurts.
You’ve come to the right place. I can help.
Whether you are dieting on your own, in a diet program, or looking into weight-loss surgery, supportive psychotherapy is a powerful complement to your weight-loss efforts.
Examining your family history and eating habits…
We’ll explore your relationship with food.
Working through how you use food as comfort can alert you to unhealthy subconscious needs. We will use psychodynamic interventions to unravel habitual eating.
Exploring negative thoughts, self-sabotage, and bad habits…
In therapy, you have permission to open up to your struggles (instead of masking your feelings with food). CBT interventions allow us to track thoughts that produce strong emotions and behaviors leading to overeating.
Installing healthy thoughts for healthier choices…
Many out-of-control eating results from stress and anxiety, which can be combatted with positive self-affirmations.
Positivity is inside each of us. We will learn quick skills to build your best possible self. Healthier thoughts lead to healthier decisions.
Identifying all-or-nothing thinking that halts your progress…
Living in black and white can stop progress. Eat vs. not eating, overeating, and overexercising. You are at a dead end.
Learning to moderate and restructure rigid thinking can have a big impact.
Learning strategies to limit your portions…
Facing powerful emotions, afraid not to feel full, the ultimate feel-good food brings to you.
We will use exposure therapy to limit portions and journal the experience.
Motivating you to reach your goals…
My style uses positive support interventions such as self-awareness and self-compassion to give you reasons to succeed.
Helping you stay on track…
Meeting weekly will help you stay accountable.
We will validate your wins and explore where you may have gone off plan and adjust goals for the following week.
Jeffrey* and I worked together for a year…
… and helped him lose 120 pounds!
After a failed Lap-Band procedure and numerous diets, he initiated a formal diet plan with his doctor.
But he needed help to stay on track. We explored what caused him to backslide and bargain, and we got to the root of what was behind his unhealthy preoccupation with food.
Working with his doctor, we tracked his weight loss AND his improving health. He not only lost all that weight; he also stopped taking several medications he had been on for years!
It’s time to get (and keep!) the healthy body image you want.
For successful weight loss, mindset is everything. Optimism is the key.
I can help you find hope and build confidence that you will meet your target and find success.
Your efforts will be rewarded, your hardships validated.
Let’s move forward!
I would love to help you. Call today for a free 15-minute consultation: (516) 446-8910.
*Name changed to preserve client confidentiality.