Category: Kathy Leach

The Overweight Patient: A Psychological Approach to Understanding and Working with Obesity – Kathy Leach

Kathy Leach

There are 3 questions that I would like us to think about during this #TATuesdays event.

1. Do I understand the experience and life of an obese person in our culture? The overall picture, media, attitudes, prejudices, medical models and their implications?
2. What are the differences in Long and Short term issues of weight and the clinical implications of these differences?
3. What is the aim of psychotherapy with this client group?

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