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Weight Loss Counselling Chesterfield and Mansfield
Counselling for weight loss in Chesterfield and Mansfield between Monday and Thursday, at most times to suit your busy schedule. Please do call anytime to organise a one-to-one assessment at our Glapwell office. In the meantime, I have provided a little bit of back ground information to help you understand the problem in closer detail. Experts estimate that 75 percent of overeating is caused by “emotional” or “comfort” eating. Obesity is one of the foremost problems in western society, and it brings a wide range of health risks with it.
Unfortunately, simply exercising or controlling your intake of food doesn’t really tackle the issue, because it is generally rooted in your emotions. In a sense, overeating is like an addiction, surfacing in times of emotional distress regardless of whether or not you are hungry. As a psychological issue, structured counselling is the most effective way to break the cycle of emotional eating.
Overeating is a primarily emotional phenomenon. One of the most important “reward” neurotransmitters used by the brain is dopamine, and it’s released in response to vital things like food. It creates a short-term contentedness, and therefore spurs on emotional eating by relieving feelings of depression and anxiety. There are a variety of illicit drugs that produce the same effects, but food is often the subject of this short-term stress relief because it’s so accessible and often features in early childhood experiences. These experiences are the main focus for a therapist, because they are the real causes of emotional overeating.
There are a variety of ways in which a parent can foster overeating in their child. The problem is that they are neither intentional nor immediately obvious, so there is little that can be done to prevent them. For example, if a child in a family dominated by parental stress gets to go for a meal as a reward, the food then becomes associated with the positive feelings that really come from the contented time together as a family. The behaviour can also be learned from a parent directly, for example, a mother who indulges in sugar-laden desserts during periods of sadness or one who drinks heavily in response to stress. Our weight loss counsellor in Chesterfield and Mansfield will endeavour to identify these associations which underlie overeating.
Identifying the triggers for overeating is one of the most important steps for achieving weight loss in psychotherapy. These could be emotional, situational, social, physical or thought-related. Emotional triggers are things like stress and anxiety, and thought-related ones are usually driven by low-self esteem. An opportunity to eat (passing a restaurant) is a situational cue, and others’ eating and offering food is a social one. Physical triggers include hunger and the desire to reduce pain. The best way to identify these issues is to keep a food diary, making note of each eating episode and the emotions and situations that accompanied it. This is an important part of most therapy for overeating.
After these triggers have been identified, our Glapwell based overeating therapist will help the individual work through their issues. The emotional and personal problems which contribute to overeating often have roots in childhood, and may take some time to confront and properly deal with. The counsellor has to help the individual tackle these issues head-on, and only when the damaging associations have been broken down will they be truly capable of controlling their eating. Therapy often involves the teaching of new coping mechanisms to replace the harmful, old habits.
Unfortunately, simply exercising or controlling your intake of food doesn’t really tackle the issue, because it is generally rooted in your emotions. In a sense, overeating is like an addiction, surfacing in times of emotional distress regardless of whether or not you are hungry. As a psychological issue, structured counselling is the most effective way to break the cycle of emotional eating.
Overeating is a primarily emotional phenomenon. One of the most important “reward” neurotransmitters used by the brain is dopamine, and it’s released in response to vital things like food. It creates a short-term contentedness, and therefore spurs on emotional eating by relieving feelings of depression and anxiety. There are a variety of illicit drugs that produce the same effects, but food is often the subject of this short-term stress relief because it’s so accessible and often features in early childhood experiences. These experiences are the main focus for a therapist, because they are the real causes of emotional overeating.
There are a variety of ways in which a parent can foster overeating in their child. The problem is that they are neither intentional nor immediately obvious, so there is little that can be done to prevent them. For example, if a child in a family dominated by parental stress gets to go for a meal as a reward, the food then becomes associated with the positive feelings that really come from the contented time together as a family. The behaviour can also be learned from a parent directly, for example, a mother who indulges in sugar-laden desserts during periods of sadness or one who drinks heavily in response to stress. Our weight loss counsellor in Chesterfield and Mansfield will endeavour to identify these associations which underlie overeating.
Identifying the triggers for overeating is one of the most important steps for achieving weight loss in psychotherapy. These could be emotional, situational, social, physical or thought-related. Emotional triggers are things like stress and anxiety, and thought-related ones are usually driven by low-self esteem. An opportunity to eat (passing a restaurant) is a situational cue, and others’ eating and offering food is a social one. Physical triggers include hunger and the desire to reduce pain. The best way to identify these issues is to keep a food diary, making note of each eating episode and the emotions and situations that accompanied it. This is an important part of most therapy for overeating.
After these triggers have been identified, our Glapwell based overeating therapist will help the individual work through their issues. The emotional and personal problems which contribute to overeating often have roots in childhood, and may take some time to confront and properly deal with. The counsellor has to help the individual tackle these issues head-on, and only when the damaging associations have been broken down will they be truly capable of controlling their eating. Therapy often involves the teaching of new coping mechanisms to replace the harmful, old habits.