Food + Body: A Counseling Program
There is a way out of this struggle.
Create a new relationship with food + make peace with your body.
Food – If you have an unhealthy relationship with food, and eating is feeling out-of-control, you can address it before it becomes more problematic.
Bingeing, defined in Food + Body counseling, doesn’t necessarily equate to large amounts of food consumed. Instead, it’s defined here simply as out-of-control eating.
Body – If your thoughts and judgments about your body are always, or often, running in the background and causing you distress, you can break free from this painful pattern.
Feeling dissatisfied, discouraged, or disgusted with your body can feel like a big issue, or can grow into one. If it preoccupies you and is upsetting, painful, and causing trouble, that is what’s important, and you can learn to relate to your body in a healthier, happier way.
The Food + Body program – I offer a unique counseling approach and support for clients who are struggling with food, out-of-control eating, and body dissatisfaction, but who are otherwise functioning ok in their lives. F+ B is designed for mild- and moderate Binge-eating Disorder, too.
The Food + Body counseling program is based on years of experience as a counselor, helping clients with such issues. F+B is based on what works, grounded in solid research.
What to Expect
I carefully designed the program to empower clients to find their way through this struggle to a place of ease with food and their bodies—and to a new sense of peace with themselves. This approach is highly tailored to the individual.
F+B weaves together:
- Down-to-earth practicality, powerful tools, and practice
- Simple, effective, and compassionate practices
- State-of-the-science understanding & research
Food + Body helps you learn to identify the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that have kept the struggle going, and shift your response to them —for relief, and a new ease and peace, regarding food, eating, and your body.
Questions to ask yourself when considering Food + Body:
Other than the distressing relationship with food and concerns about your body, are you functioning ok? If so, counseling for a healthy relationship with food will move you into a place of new freedom with food, yourself, and your physical body. (Disclaimer: In cases where the eating problem is deemed severe, and telehealth counseling is not appropriate, referrals will be offered.)
The Details
Work with me in a gentle, supportive, confidential process that will free you of the mental and emotional upsets and repeating cycles that are keeping you stuck in dysfunctional relationships with food and your body.
You will, through Food + Body Counseling:
- Discover what keeps the cycle of out-of-control eating going and keeps you stuck in your pattern
- Learn the tools to effectively identify and address old thought patterns that cause the “trouble behaviors” and resulting emotional distress
- Practice and get an expert at putting the strategies in place for the new, healthy relationship with food, eating.
- End the frustration with yourself as you break free from the struggle to overcome the problem—>and slipping back into it.
- Be able to honor your body, befriend it, and finally, and become comfortable in your own skin.
- Gain new self-awareness and insights.
- Discover the pitfalls that can limit your effectiveness and how to avoid them, for lasting change.
- Experience and learn to use mindfulness and self-compassion, to enhance your change efforts.
- Develop new stress tools to override the stress response and develop greater stress resilience.
- Practice and become an expert in recognizing opportunities to coach yourself through the rough patches and difficult moments.
What’s Included:
10 powerful sessions (11 hours), with me as your trusted guide, supporter, and counselor:
- The exploratory session.
A 90-minute, introduction and fact-finding process that lays the groundwork for our partnering and the foundation of your individually-tailored program.
- Intense but fun, learning-filled, and action-oriented counseling sessions.
A series of 60-minute sessions (8 hours). Our work will be based on our ‘findings’ from the exploratory first session and tailored to you and your identified challenges. These are the workhorse sessions, in which your new relationships with food + body are created. At the end of this immersive series, we’ll design a detailed success strategy for you to maintain your new way of relating to food and your body. You will then take your learnings, your new confidence, and your success strategy out into your life!
- The follow-up session.
A 90-minute follow-up session, 20 or so weeks later, you and I will reconnect for this final time, for a progress review. We will fine-tune your personal success strategy to help you ensure these changes you’ve made are durable and sustainable for life. And we will celebrate!
Food + Body Counseling FAQ’s
What kind of support is provided?
In addition to the 11 hours of counseling, there is much more offered that’s strategic to our work, through the five months it spans: I will be available to you between our sessions, via email. Tools, materials, and other resources will be provided, too. You’ve got this—and I’ve got you!
Why is the series this length?
The intention is that it’s to be completed over about a half year, to truly allow you to integrate the changes you make for permanent success. This design has been found in the research and in my experience with clients to be most effective and supportive.
How often do we meet?
Weekly at first, then, later through our time together, we will taper down to every two weeks. Again, this schedule has been shown to yield the best results.
What is the cost, and are payments accepted?
INVESTMENT = $1,320. Yes, a payment plan is available.
Susan
Thank you, Chere, for the difference you helped me to make in my own life. I’m now living a happy (and binge-free!) life. I continue to have a healthy relationship with food. I have had a few slips, but I knew from our work on this that it can happen. So I didn’t let it trip me up. Now, at this point, I can’t even remember the last time I binged. I continue to work on having a healthy view of my body, too.
Collette
Thank you for your professionalism, personalization, and thoughtfulness. I’ve made huge leaps with your assistance that will forever impact my life. For the first time in my adult life, I am free of the pain caused by my negative feelings and behaviors relating to food and my body. And I have you to thank, Chere
