Exploring
WHY you overeat. We seek to identify the emotions you may currently be
"feeding" with food -- anger, anxiety, boredom -- and
provide the skills and support needed to handle those feelings
more successfully, so you no longer use food as "anesthesia"
or avoidance mechanism.
Re-learning HOW to eat. After assessing your current eating behavior, you are taught
techniques to help slow down your eating, heighten food awareness,
and require less food to feel satisfied. Other exercises increase
your sensitivity to bodily hunger and satiety, thus developing confidence
in your own ability to determine what and when you
want to eat.
Confronting "FAT"
and "THIN".
Through structured exercises and group work we help you clarify
your own motivation for losing weight, separating it from external
pressures and expectations. Professional guidance is also provided
to explore any fears or resistance you might have to becoming thin.
Those who have already lost weight work to adjust to their new body
image and the conflicting emotions such a physical change can evoke.
