Weight Loss therapists in Gardnerville, NV

I help women, men, boys, and girls to make peace with food and to make peace with your body. As a person living with insulin resistance, I understand the challenges of weight management and sorting out the fake news to figure out what works for your mind and body. As a therapist, I take a mindfulness-based and intuitive eating approach to managing weight and improving health behaviors. I have worked in bariatric and medical weight loss clinics, so I bring experience in all aspects of weight loss including nutrition, medications, and psychological interventions. I help you to understand the impact of your mental health and relationships on your eating behaviors and food choices. Let's figure out your narratives around food, eating, and weight, so we can build more helpful beliefs and habits to help your reach your goals.  

I use cognitive-behavioral techniques to help with weight loss efforts. These powerful and proven therapeutic techniques can be a strong component of any weight loss plan. We can also mix in other techniques, including narrative therapy and mindfulness.  

Losing weight is never as simple as knowing what you “should” eat. Most people already know that eating healthier foods, watching portions and becoming more physically active will help them lose weight. The challenge is actually getting ourselves to consistently DO those things — especially when cravings, Stress, Anxiety, boredom, habits and emotions get involved. Because the truth is, we don’t always eat because we’re physically hungry. Sometimes we eat because we’re stressed. Sometimes we eat because we’re bored. Sometimes we eat because we’re lonely, frustrated, anxious or tired. Sometimes we eat because something simply looks freaking delicious. And sometimes we eat because we’ve conditioned ourselves to automatically reach for food at certain times, in certain places, or in response to certain feelings. That’s where Hypnotherapy & Weight Loss Coaching can be life-changing. Hypnotherapy & Weight Loss Coaching isn’t about forcing yourself to eat less or spending the rest of your life fighting against cravings through willpower. It’s about helping you change the way you think and feel about food, change the way you think and feel about yourself... and develop healthier habits while creating a much better — and much more enjoyable — relationship with food. Using goal-oriented Hypnotherapy, NLP, Coaching and practical personal-change techniques, we’ll work together to change the thoughts, feelings, habits and automatic emotional patterns that have made it difficult for you to achieve and maintain your Weight Loss goals in the past. And one of the many things I’ll teach you is what I call my “Hypnotic Craving Buster” Techniques. These are Simple, Fast-Working and highly effective hypnotic techniques you can practice on your own whenever you experience a craving or unwanted urge to eat something that doesn’t fit with the goals you’ve chosen for yourself. Rather than constantly battling with yourself, feeling deprived, or hoping you’ll somehow have enough willpower at exactly the right moment, you’ll have practical techniques you can actually DO to help change how you’re feeling. We can also work extensively with Emotional Eating and Stress Eating. If food has become one of the ways you try to comfort yourself, relax, reward yourself, deal with Stress, or temporarily escape uncomfortable emotions, simply taking the food away doesn’t address what was driving the behavior in the first place. So in addition to helping you change your relationship with food, I’ll teach you Simple, Fast-Working Techniques for changing how you feel emotionally — giving you healthier ways to relax, feel better and regain your emotional balance without automatically needing food to do it for you. And I think something else is extremely important: Food is supposed to be enjoyable. I’m not interested in making you afraid of food, obsess over every calorie or exactly how many carbs you’re eating, or feel guilty every time you eat something simply because it tastes good. The goal is to help you develop a healthier balance — where YOU are making the decisions about what, when and how much you eat, rather than feeling as though cravings, emotions and old habits are making those decisions for you. Depending on your individual goals, we may also work on Motivation, Confidence, Self-Esteem, Stress & Anxiety, becoming more physically active, enjoying healthier foods, reducing unwanted cravings, creating healthier routines, planning ahead for holidays and gatherings, and learning how to quickly get yourself back on track when life doesn’t go perfectly. Because you don’t have to be perfect. There will still be holidays, vacations, restaurants, birthdays, celebrations and days when you eat differently than you originally planned. That’s life. The goal is to be able to enjoy those experiences without one meal, one weekend or one difficult day turning into completely abandoning the changes you genuinely want to make. Most importantly, we’ll work together as a TEAM. I’ll bring more than 30 years of experience in Hypnotherapy, NLP, Coaching and helping people change unwanted habits and emotional patterns. You bring your goals, your willingness to participate, and your willingness to practice the techniques I teach you. Together, we’ll focus not only on helping you lose weight, but on helping you develop the thoughts, feelings, habits and skills that can make taking better care of yourself feel increasingly natural. If you’re ready to work together as a team with a professional Hypnotherapist & Weight Loss Coach to help you achieve your Weight Loss goals, let’s have a no-cost, no-obligation conversation about it. Call me at 702-626-4901 for your Free Hypnosis Discovery Session or schedule a convenient time online at: https://www.lasvegashypnosiscenter.com/discovery  

Our provider, Spencer Richards, has extensive experience in weight management from a non-judgmental stance. You will find your work with him to be guided by the latest research on behavior change in an open and compassionate space. You can schedule a free consultation with him to discuss treatment.  

I have maintained a 50-pound weight loss for 35 years. Emotional eating, stress, loss, grief...all of these impact our self-perception and confidence. If you need to explore further and/or need a food coach, I would be honored to help.