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The Cell Phone Diet

How the ‘Cell Phone Diet’ Works

Every time her cell phone rings, my patient, Rose, hears the Rocky theme. Each time she looks at her cell phone, she sees her target picture. It is a photoshopped picture of herself at her goal weight. Every morning, she plans what she’ll eat with her calorie-counting app, and then enters the calories of what she ate throughout the day. She says, “I have it with me all day, every day, so it’s like having you at my side all the time, helping me be successful.”

My patients are calling it “The Cell Phone Diet.” They apply as many of my “therapeutic psychogenic” techniques as they can think of with the use of their cellphones. They download……….

Click here to read the entire article on The Huffington Post

HuffPost Live Discusses Lunch With Michelle

 

Yesterday, I engaged in my first “Huffpost Live” panel discussion with Marshall Reid, who had just had the highly publicized “Lunch with Michelle” Obama, Dr. Neal Barnard, President of Physicians for Responsible Medicine, and my friend and colleague, pediatrician and childhood obesity researcher Dr. Robert Pretlow. This is a new video magazine product The Huffington Post has started. Take a look.

Click here to view the HuffPost Live video segment

3 Prerequisites for Successful Weight Loss

 

Can weight loss be fun, pleasurable, natural and even easy? Yes. Many clients, patients and readers using my methods have said so. But there’s a catch. I screen my clients, and I make sure they meet the prerequisites before I’ll work with them. In my book, I make sure readers know about them.

Click here to read the whole article on The Huffington Post.

Welcome, Joyce James, LCSW!

 

Our newest therapist certified to provide The Anderson Method is Joyce James, LCSW, of Southbury, Connecticut, near Danbury.

Ms. James obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work from San Diego State University and has been practicing as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for over 30 years.

In her Psychology Today listing, Joyce states:

“Life can be hard. We all hit rough patches associated with relationships, health, stress, loss, grief, depression, divorce or change. When faced with such challenges, it helps to have a professional ally to help you focus, identify your options and move forward. My 30+ years of counseling experience become your asset. Together we will customize an approach for accessing your strengths and setting goals that will shape a brighter future. I want you to be happier, resolve your issues, make the right decisions for YOU and initiate a healthy plan. Our sessions will empower you to create the life that you desire.

I assist individuals and couples to recognize their strengths and to address their issues. My clients report that they experience a reduction in anxiety and an increase in feelings of well being as they accept their struggles and see positive outcomes for themselves and their significant others.

I offer afternoon, evening and Saturday hours to accommodate a variety of schedules. I serve clients through individual, couples, family and group interventions. We work together to find out what is the best approach to help you move forward.”

Joyce V. James, LCSW
1449 Old Waterbury Road, Suite 306-D
Southbury, CT 06488
(203) 586-6149  http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Joyce_V_James_LCSW_Southbury_Connecticut_121432

 Welcome to the Anderson Method Network, Joyce James, LCSW!

How Dieting Makes People Obese

 

From my latest article for The Huffington Post:

“I didn’t have a weight problem until after my first diet. Then, gradually, with each diet, my weight and overeating became a bigger and bigger problem. I hear the same thing from most of my clients, women telling me about dieting when they were young girls who thought they were fat but weren’t. As teens, they really weren’t very overweight, but the dieting turned them into compulsive overeaters and they became food addicts who then……….”