Obesity is a medical term health professionals use to determine a person’s risk factors for health-related issues. Some experts believe obesity also has to do with genes and inheritance. Obesity can also be related to certain medical conditions or medications.
Available Treatment Options
Counseling interventions for managing obesity include behavioral modification strategies, like planning for reduced calorie intake and forms of exercise.
But, often, the stigma that comes with being obese in a fat-phobic world can cause more mental distress than the weight itself. Therapists and counselors who specialize in eating disorders, body neutrality, and fat positivity can help people cope with discrimination and judgment from the outside world.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Obesity
Whether one is suffering from a chronic mental disorder, or the "worried well", I tailor therapeutic needs for each individual client. I use multiple theoretic approaches and the most up-to-date techniques to help individuals gain insight into their issues, decrease their symptoms, and to uncover the underlying issues that cause their distress. My goal is to help individuals reach their full...
I have been working as a counselor since 1999 in various clinical settings. I have experience and enjoy working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. My clinical experience includes working with PCIT (Parent/Child Interaction Therapy), TFCBT (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), trauma, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stressed Disorder), and anxiety disorders. I am willing and capable...
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Living with anxiety sucks! Overthinking, trouble sleeping, worrying nonstop, feeling like your heart is beating out of your chest. There always seems to be something to worry about. You wish you had control of it, but it feels so unmanageable. It effects evert facet of your life at work, home, school and social life. You've tried everything and nothing has worked, and wonder if it will ever go...
I have always enjoyed helping people navigate change in all areas of their life, without becoming overwhelmed. I believe that life is a manageable enterprise, even when it doesn't feel that way. There's a solution to every problem and you can not only get through your current challenge, you can walk away with strengths and coping skills you didn't have before. I provide a number of evidence-bas...
"When the road of life takes a tough turn, a psychologist can help" Life can be hard. Life can be joyous. The inevitable complications of events-career choices, marriage, children, moving, illness and death-are both normal and stressful. A psychologist can help. My work is a collaboration in which we explore and navigate your life challenges. The goal is to devise a unique and personal path tha...
The line between what we want, need, and can deal with can be a juggling act and striking a balance is not always easy. Think of your life as an overflowing suitcase. Consider what it would be like to have help opening that suitcase, and take out or adjust a few things in it to lessen the load. That's services with me. I aim to help you find and learn to value your truest self and release or sh...
I am passionate and committed to helping you break free from emotional eating and poor body image. Through my own recovery journey with emotional eating, I understand your journey very well and I'm here to tell you that there is relief in sight. This is not necessarily about getting skinny, losing weight or fitting into those size 6 jeans (though that could be a side effect). This is about lett...
For me, yoga and psychotherapy both offer opportunities for healing. Traditional therapy works primarily through the mind. However, trauma, depression, anxiety, etc. are not only in the mind. The tools of yoga provide an avenue to address imbalances in the human system; body, physiology, mind, and emotions. Incorporating tools such as movement, breath, mindfulness, sound and meditation possibly...
Every person has a journey in life and when consumed with stress, anxiety or any other problem, I am here to help. We can take that journey together and figure out the best way to go. Sometimes it helps to talk privately about the issues that make us lose our way. We will find the way that works best for you, quietly, privately and calmly. We will find the inner strength that each person has an...
I see my role in therapy as the person who carries your map as we walk together. You already hold the answers; through therapy, we have the opportunity to uncover them together. My style is client-centered and humanistic. I will do my best to meet you where you are and we will work from there toward where it is you'd like to be. I will work with you in a way that acknowledges and builds upon yo...
*EMAIL IS PREFERRED CONTACT METHOD FOR FIRST TIME CLIENTS* Have you been feeling stuck, unmotivated, anxious or depressed? Do you find that events from the past getting in the way of living in the way you would like to be? My role as a psychotherapist is to help you move through these feelings to reach your goals. I cultivate a supportive environment in which, together we can uncover the root...
We aren't promised an easy life and the world can be unforgiving. I am skilled at working with people suffering with anxiety, depression, anger management, relationship issues, grief, and PTSD. Having a previous career in sales and marketing, I understand the challenges of the corporate work place along with the pressure and anxiety that can accompany that life. My specialty is trauma and PTSD....
I believe that we all have strengths and though at times we find ourselves struggling to manage some aspect of our lives (personal health, relationship, uncomfortable feelings), I will help you to better understand these issues and learn to manage and cope better. Much of our work will be about acceptance - learning to embrace those parts of self that bring shame or guilt - to grow from your se...
Art City Family Counseling is specially designed to promote health and healing for the entire family system. It has an individual/couple session room, a sand tray room, and a dedicated play therapy room to facilitate health and healing for even the youngest clients. Additionally, groups are offered with various focuses such as depression and anxiety support, parent-child relational training,and...
