Psychology of weight loss and dieting

Did you know that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been found to be effective for lasting weight loss?  Although most diets focus on food and exercise, they typically don’t tell you how to combat your sabotaging thoughts or what to do when you feel like deserve a treat after a long and stressful day, managing your urges and emotions. 

CBT addresses these problems as well as providing helpful strategies about food and exercise. Our client feedback has been very positive about the “missing link” in losing weight and sustaining weight loss. More and more, people are wanting to find out about the psychology of weight loss and are keen to find out what the research into this area of psychology says.

Click on the magazine below to read "Why diets fail" published in the Jan-Feb 2010 edition of Mindfood.

Other issues with eating can also be addressed through therapy.  Most people have heard of the main eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. 

However there are many issues people have with eating that don’t fit these diagnoses but still cause distress including constant dieting,  feeling that you can't control your eating behavior, extreme focus on body shape and weight, eating much more food during a binge episode than during a normal meal, and feeling depressed, disgusted or upset over the amount eaten.  

We help you move to a non-judgemental and compassionate stance towards yourself which is a crucial step in reducing the distress you feel around your eating behaviour.

We help people achieve their weight loss goals through individual therapy or our group programme.

Book our one day seminar on 25th September here- which teaches use of cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness to help overcome eating issues.

Check out our seminar on 4th December here

If you feel like talking to someone about what's bothering you, please call us on (09) 361 2303