The Psychotherapy Obesity Cure

Like many weightloss treatments, the psychotherapy obesity cure should not be seen as a stand-alone solution. Instead, look at therapy as simply one ingredient in a basket of cures carefully designed to meet an individual's unique needs.

For example, someone with an eating disorder like binge eating will need treatment by a physician. But unless the underlying psychological triggers for the disorder are tackled, the behaviour will recur. This is where the psychotherapy obesity cure comes in.

Some examples of psychotherapy at work

Here's another example that illustrates the role of psychotherapy: obesity often leaves a person with incredibly low self esteem. In many cases, the self esteem issues may actually have contributed to the person become obese in the first place. The self esteem problem only worsens as the person grows increasingly obese.

As with the first example, treating the symptoms without addressing the submerged psychological causes is asking for trouble.

Some people have reached such life threatening stages of morbid obesity that drastic surgical solutions like stomach stapling and gastric bypass surgery are called for. In such cases, the effects of the obesity cure can itself have profound psychological effects.

Not everyone is able to cope with a new-look body. Patients have been known rebel against the idea of having an "alien" object - the prosthesis - implanted in their body, leading in some cases to their demanding another operation to remove the device.

Such cases illustrate the crucial importance of therapy in preparing patients for these procedures and in counselling them afterwards - another example of a psychotherapy obesity cure complementing a medical solution.

When Size Seems to Count

Another example of psychotherapy at work is the issue of obesity and penis size.
Many overweight men suffer acute embarassment about their penis size. Psychotherapy will help them realize that in nearly all cases, a cruel optical illusion is to blame for their problem.

So, what can we learn from these examples? At the heart of every case of obesity lies a psychological issue. It may have been the trigger for the obesity, or it may have been caused by the obesity. Often both are factors.

It should be clear, then that psychotherapy or counselling will benefit anyone wishing to lose weight and keep it off.

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