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I am a health psychologist in private practice. I specialize in helping people who struggle with emotional eating and consequent weight and health problems. I am also very interested in the area of patient non-compliance and I'm working with other profesionals to develop an educational approach that will help doctors better understand their patients' barriers to adherence and to use that knowledge to tailor their approach to the individual patient's needs.

In addition to my work as a health psychologist, I have worked as a management consultant, helping companies with assessment, executive coaching, and leadership development. In my spare time, I am working on a book about emotional eating. When I am not working I enjoy volunteering for organizations that I care about, especially when I can draw on my professional expertise to help out. My current goal is to bring my golf handicap below 20.

Health & Fitness > Eating Disorders How to deal with emotional eating

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There are many reasons that people use food as a way of coping with stress. In my work with emotional eaters, however, I have found that there are four common types of behavioral styles that are most prevalent and seem to uniquely predispose people to emotional eating. The Suppressor The Impostor The Perfectionist The Pleaser Suppressors are people who tend to deal with stress internally, without letting on that they are feeling overwhelmed, need help, or need to talk about their feelings. Often, they are not even consciously aware of the fact that they are feeling this way, but may readil...

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