Social Psychiatry Blog

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Weight Management

People set lofty exercise goals with no follow-through because it’s easier to not do it. All too often, diets don’t work out. It’s no wonder that more people are looking for better ways to lose weight and get healthy once and for all, since traditional diet and exercise programs are so prone to failure. Psychologists have always seen the need to change the entire person versus focusing on the physical aspect of diet and exercise alone. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of several ways that therapists are helping to create a change from the inside out with people who need to shed excess pounds and create healthy habits.