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Welcome, Dr. Tara Travia!

Posted on July 23, 2012 | Leave a comment

 

Our newest therapist certified to provide The Anderson Method is Tara Travia, Ph. D., of Reston, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D. C.

Dr. Travia obtained her Ph.D. at Kent State University and has been practicing as a Licensed Psychologist since 2003.

In her Psychology Today listing, Dr. Travia states:

“My areas of specialty are weight loss, trauma, processing sexual abuse, mindfulness/holistic healing, psychological assessment, and forensic psychology.

I work collaboratively with clients to increase their well-being, achieve goals, and better manage life’s challenges. I believe everyone has the innate capacity to manage these inevitable difficulties and experience more joy everyday. Although healing comes from within, it is sometimes elusive and my work is to help you with that process, providing direction when needed, and stepping out of the way when the work is done. I utilize a mixture of Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) techniques which have been found to have significant benefits for those seeking treatment.

I am certified to provide the Anderson Method of Weight Loss to clients. If you are currently struggling with weight issues and have a desire to change your relationship with food for lifelong health, please contact me for an in-office appointment to assess your fit with this method at no charge.”

Tara Travia, Ph.D.
1984 Isaac Newton Square West
Suite 204
Reston, VA 20190
(724) 664-9943
http://drtaratravia.com
http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Tara_Travia_PhD,CSOTP_Reston_Virginia_111505

Welcome to the Anderson Method Network, Dr. Travia!

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What is Qsymia, the new Weight-Loss Drug approved by the F.D.A.?

Posted on July 20, 2012 | 2 comments

 

The big weight loss news this week, all over the press and Internet, is the new weight loss miracle drug Qsymia! “F.D.A  Approves Qsymia, A Weight Loss Drug”, says the New York Times.

However, it’s not a new drug at all! It’s just a new name for another weight loss pill that doesn’t really work, Qnexa. Qsymia/Qnexa is a combination of two existing drugs — the stimulant phentermine, which was the surviving part of the fen-phen combination, and the epilepsy and migraine drug topiramate, also known by the brand name Topamax. If you google around, you’ll get all sorts of details about the effectiveness in trials and the dangers. The results are not impressive, but the dangers are. Still, people hope for a miracle in these pills.

There is a huge marketing war evolving in the sales of weight loss gimmicks being conducted not by the usual charlatans, but by big drug companies, hospitals and doctors. Another drug, Belviq, is also coming out. When you read the reports of any of these drugs, they are not impressive, people losing only a few pounds for a while, a bit more than with the placebo. But they are getting the F.D.A. approval, they will be prescribed by doctors, and you’ll be seeing lots of advertising to get you to ask your doctor for prescriptions. Then you’ll have to pay for a visit to get it. Everybody wins, right? Except you. The drug companies, insurance companies and prescribing doctors win. You lose, but not weight.

If you are like I was, these articles about effortless weight loss gets your attention. They lead you to believe you can solve your weight problem without doing the work to change your habits and lifestyle. But the only way to solve your weight problem is through behavior change, the province of behavioral medicine.   But behavior change is not a matter of will power. There are techniques you can learn, or as some clients call them, “tricks”.

Believe me, you can solve your weight problem. Read about my method and read the testimonials from clients and readers by clicking on the menu bar above. Behavioral medicine, like I teach, has helped me and my patients to solve our weight problem permanently, losing huge amounts of weight, sometimes over 100 pounds and keeping it off. There is hope and promise for the solution to your weight problem. But it’s not in pills, it’s in methods I, my therapists and my book teaches.

 

 

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William Anderson a ChooseHelp.com Expert in their “Ask the Expert” Q&A’s

Posted on April 18, 2012 | 1 comment

In it’s infancy, before it became a national clearinghouse for mental health and addiction treatment information, ChooseHelp.com asked me to write for their Q&A “Ask the Expert” column.

Martin Schoel, founder of ChooseHelp.com, envisioned a website that would provide resource information for people looking for help with mental health and addiction problems.  I had been working and publishing in the field since the mid-1980’s and he liked what I had been doing. He asked me if I would consider being a featured expert in their Q&A “Ask the Expert” columns. Here is the result:  http://www.choosehelp.com/profile/TheAndersonMethod . This is my “Expert Page” on their website. My latest Q&A’s are at the bottom of the page. Explore the whole site to see what is there.

I’m glad I said, “Yes”. His website has proved to be a very professionally done work, attracting many professional helpers and many people seeking help so that they can meet on common ground to find each other and accomplish important work. I know that even in it’s early life, ChooseHelp.com has helped many people, mitigated a lot of suffering and promoted a lot of healing.

I am listed as an expert in depression, anxiety disorders, mental illness, addictions, alcoholism, eating disorders and,  of course, weight loss.  Martin has kept me busy, too busy sometimes, answering the growing avalanche of questions coming in from people needing help and not knowing what to do. He laughed when I said I liked being the “Dear Abby” in this realm. I know what’s it’s like to be sitting by yourself, needing help, and being stuck. To be able to provide the right words, at the right time, to people sitting at their computers and otherwise stuck,  is a blessing. I know that sometimes, sending a text is all people have the energy to do.  In this age, like no other, even that little act can actually get people going in the right direction because of what ChooseHelp.com is doing. It’s a miracle, compared to the days I began working in the field.

Please take a look at what Martin has created: http://www.choosehelp.com/

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Welcome, Lynne Coon, MS, LPC!

Posted on March 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

 

Here is our latest certified provider to offer The Anderson Method in Portland, Oregon:

Lynne Coon, MS, LPC
1020 SW Taylor Ave., Suite 448
Portland, Oregon 97205
(503) 243-2283
counselingforweightloss.com

Here’s a bit about Lynne from her website,   “I started my private practice in 2001 and focus on weight control, depression and self esteem issues. I have a master’s degree in counseling with a specialty in community counseling, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon, serving communities in the greater Portland metropolitan area including: Portland, Vancouver, Lake Oswego, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Hillsboro, Forest Grove, King City, West Linn, Wilsonville, Gresham, Troutdale, Scappoose, St Helens, Camas, Brush Prairie, Battle Ground, and Multnomah County, Clackamas County, Washington County and Clark County.

I use a cognitive therapy approach to help clients think about things in a different way, a way that creates less suffering and a greater experience of success and joy in living. I bring my experience, my expertise and my desire to make a difference into the room with each of my clients. We’ll work together to discover the path to a better life.”

Welcome, Lynne!

 

 

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Welcome, Dr. Mark Heaney, D. Min., LPC!

Posted on March 24, 2012 | 2 comments

 

Here is our latest certified provider to offer The Anderson Method in Oklahoma City:

Mark D. Heaney, D.Min., LPC
1111 North Lee, Suite 101
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
(405) 820-6992

Here’s a bit about Mark from his website, www.innerpeacepastor.com

The Rev. Dr. Mark D. Heaney, is an ordained minister, pastoral counselor and psychotherapist. Dr. Heaney received his Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling from Phillips Theological Seminary. His clinical internship took place in Oklahoma City at The Center for Psychotherapy, Education and Spiritual Growth. He was co-founding pastoral counselor with the Stillwater Interfaith Counseling Center, Inc.
Dr. Heaney spent a number of years, both in training and as a licensed counselor, combining his ministry as a pastoral psychotherapist with his ministry as a parish pastor. In 2007 he left parish ministry to briefly serve as the Social Service Director for a non-profit hospice. He then went into full time private practice with Inner Peace Pastoral Counseling.
 Dr. Heaney has worked with colleagues in community mental health agencies, as well as with two psychiatrists in private practice.  Rev. Heaney has been an ordained Presbyterian minister for over 29 years. After graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary, Rev. Heaney served as associate pastor and solo pastor in congregations in Newtown, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, El Reno and Stillwater, Oklahoma. He especially enjoyed working with youth and ministering to congregations, which he sees as integrated systems that reflect many of the same dynamics of individuals and family systems. Rev. Heaney honed his pastoral skills by being present with individuals and families at critical junctures in their lives such as births, baptisms, marriages and deaths

 

“I have practiced counseling within the models of community mental health, as well as within the church. I have also worked in the context of a non-profit hospice,  a physician’s office and a pastoral counseling center. Based upon these formative experiences, I am very excited to return to private practice where I will be able to use the gifts and talents I have acquired to meet the needs of individuals, couples, families and groups. I am excited about the opportunity I have been given to practice once again in the setting of Russell Murray Hospice, and the opportunity to help those who have struggled against obesity, as a provider of  The Anderson Method. Working within this holistic model of care allows me to touch people in all aspects of life from birth to death and to help heal the hurts and nurture the hopes of people undergoing life’s transitions. As a licensed obesity therapist as well as an ordained pastor, I know that as I minister to the needs of others I in turn will grow in my own inner self.”

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