Weight Management

Diets don't work! If they did, we wouldn't be pumping billions of dollars into weight loss services and products every year and we'd all be skinny. We come at weight management from a different perspective.

At The Body Image Therapy Center, we don't preach diets – we reinforce healthy, intuitive eating and reasonable exercise. We don't focus on your "dream weight" or even your "ideal weight," as biology (body type, general health, etc.) has a major influence on the scale beyond food consumption and exercise. Instead, we look at the behaviors that led to weight gain and how to resolve them.

Our work includes but is not limited to:

• Creating awareness of moderate hunger and moderate fullness
  
• Identifying triggers for overeating
• Understanding the thoughts that lead to self-destructive food behaviors
• Creating an action plan for behavioral change
• Increasing other forms of self-care
• Learning multiple ways to self-sooth and relax without food
• Tolerating overwhelming emotions without food
• Meeting your own needs on a regular basis
• Creating a supportive network for healthy living

We work with your physician, dietitian or anyone else you have on your healthcare team to provide the most comprehensive treatment possible. If you need a referral to a dietitian or exercise physiologist, we can provide that as well.

Upon completing the course of treatment, your weight may not be one that is average, lean, disease-free, or ideal, but it is likely to be a healthier weight, and you will see significant improvement in your general health. That is success you can sustain for a lifetime, something no diet program can legitimately claim.

Call (443) 602-6515 or email info@thebodyimagecenter.com now for your FREE 15 minute initial consultation.