Behavioral Weight Management & Disordered Eating
Therapy can help you change your eating habits and manage cravings. Dr. Bergner has worked with patients who want to lose weight and those with disordered eating tendencies who want to gain control of their eating. Dr. Bergner has expertise treating emotional eating, stress eating, food coping, and eating due to boredom.
Mental health is crucial for weight management because psychological factors like stress, emotions, self-esteem, and negative thought patterns drive eating behaviors. This makes therapy essential to weight and eating behavior management. Therapy can help you build coping skills, address underlying psychological issues, improve body image, set realistic goals, and foster sustainable lifestyle changes. It's about understanding the why behind eating, not just what, to overcome obstacles and build confidence.
Dr. Bergner can treat binge eating and purging disorders, she cannot treat Anorexia Nervosa.
Evidence based services for coping with disordered eating and behavioral weight management include:
-Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): Typically ranges 8 - 20 weekly sessions.
-Behavioral Therapy: Typically ranges 8 - 12 weekly sessions.
-Mindfulness Based Therapy: Typically ranges 8 - 20 weekly sessions.
*More sessions can be added as desired and clinically appropriate.