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The Ethics of Helping Clients with Weight Loss in Psychotherapy

Clients often present to psychotherapy asking for help with weight loss. In the U.S., weight loss goals are normative in women and very common in men: 57% of women and 40% of men report trying to lose weight within the past year (Yaemsiri, Slining, & Agarwall, 2010). Psychologists and allied clinicians have rarely considered the […]

Margit I. Berman, Ph.D.

April 16, 2017