Dates: Ongoing
Cost: $60/session ($765 for all
12 sessions, including materials)
Location: The
Preliminary interview required,
cost: $125
CEUs
available for social workers, LMHC, LMFT, and TAT Practitioners
Have you
struggled to lose weight and keep it off only to repeatedly fail and then feel
defeated? Are you tired of yo-yo dieting
or simply shocked by the weight you’ve put on over the years, wished you could
lose it and keep it off? You’re not
alone.
A Stunning
Fact
Successful weight loss is measured by two years of
maintenance. Before the two year mark,
most people regain even more weight than was originally lost despite the best
of intentions and the diet followed.
Long term weight loss happens out of a reflective and
non-judgmental process; not the imposition of your will to lose weight over
your desire to eat. Freeing yourself
from the tyranny of binge-eating/dieting rituals entails unraveling the
dynamics of your issues and being able to self-soothe without using food. And it is possible.
A Solution
In 2005,
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded a study with scientists from
Kaiser Permanente. They compared The
Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) with two other approaches for weight loss
maintenance; the traditional approach of cognitive-behavioral advice/support
and Qi Gong, a martial art. Each group was given 10 hours of instruction.
In the three-month period of the study, the group doing TAT regained no weight whereas the other groups both gained
weight. After the program ended, the TAT
group regained less than one pound,
whereas the other groups gained back six times as much. The results were published in Focus on Alternative and Complementary
Therapies, 10.28-39. There were no
adverse effects of TAT. Kaiser
Permanente has since been awarded a larger grant to further study the impact of
the Tapas Acupressure Technique and weight loss maintenance.
Tapas Acupressure Technique
TAT is a
self-administered mind/body approach to restructuring the neuro-pathways
that have been damaged by repeated stress.
It is a combination of placing your attention on whatever the issue is
and holding a few specific acupressure points around your eyes and at the back
of your head — that’s it!
TAT For WEIGHT LOSS & MAINTENANCE GROUP
a 12-week group with life-time benefits
TAT has been proven to be the best method for weight
loss maintenance.
“I did it (TAT®) for eating and
cravings. In particular, I have this brownie habit. At the
afternoon break at work at 3 o’clock, the cafeteria has this chocolate brownie
that calls to me every single day! So we worked at one of the classes on
this brownie craving and it went away. I mean 3 o’clock came and went and
I didn’t think about it!”
Participant in NIH study on TAT for
Weight Loss Maintenance
Additional
Benefits
With TAT for Weight Loss Maintenance, you replace the defeat
of yo-yo dieting with long-term success so that you no longer impose your will
over your desire to over eat. Instead,
you learn to listen to your inner wisdom, develop your ability to make
empowering choices and be peaceful within yourself; a process that has a deep
and life-time impact on the quality of your life.
Please contact a group facilitator to schedule an initial interview.
Group
facilitators
Patricia
Thatcher, LICSW (617) 661-1277 or patthatch@thelifeworkscenter.com
Beth Rontal, LICSW (617)
522-6611 or bethrontal@earthlink.net
10AM – 4:30PM
Forgiveness, once held in the realm of religion
and spirituality, has advanced into the psychotherapeutic world as a tool
useful in helping people heal from a variety of difficulties. Books and
articles are being written on it, research conducted, websites created, and
conferences held on this complicated and important topic.
·
Explore the positive effects of forgiveness,
including reducing stress, lowering blood pressure / heart rate, improving
immunity, increasing self-empowerment.
·
Examine worldwide forgiveness projects that
include the Truth & Reconciliation Program of South Africa and in Rwanda, a
forgiveness educational program ongoing in Ireland, proceedings between Israel
and Germany in regards to the Holocaust, and building relationships between victims
and perpetrators of violence in US cities.
·
Experience powerful techniques including the
Tapas Acupressure Technique tm, Hooponopono,
and guided imagery to explore, clear blocks to, and process forgiveness.
The Center at Westwoods,
Early
bird special: $95 up until Nov. 7th, $125 after
5.5
CEUs for Social Workers, LMHCs,
Nurses, Acupuncturists
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made out to The LifeWorks Center and the following registration form to:
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