We are behavior change specialists who help our patients carry out their doctor's recommendations to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Our goal is to help to reduce major risk factors for preventable illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.
We specialize in weight management and stress reduction, and use a proven approach to help people overcome the psychological barriers that have gotten in the way of previous efforts to make these changes.
We treat the whole person, mind and body, with an interdisciplinary team approach to cognitive and behavioral change.
We facilitate self-care and empowerment of patients with chronic conditions through education about their condition and lifestyle modifications to help manage it.
We conduct and keep up with scientific research to discover the most effective approaches to patient care and to remain leaders in our areas of expertise.
We serve as an extended psychological, nutritional, and educational support service for physicians and other providers in their ongoing efforts to provide the best patient experience and outcomes.
Our approach to treatment
We use an approach that takes into account more than just the target behaviors that you want to change; we help you understand how you view yourself, your life, and your role in it to help you deal with the causes of these behaviors.
After repeated attempts to lose weight, followed by regaining the lost weight, and often more, you may tend to view yourself as "doomed to fail." You may feel incapable of finding the discipline or self-control that is needed to make permanent changes.
The reality is, you have not lost the capacity for self-control; you are simply looking for it in the wrong place.
It's simple cause and effect. Distorted perceptions and maladaptive patterns of thinking are the cause, the unhealthy behavior is the effect. You can't change the effect without first changing the cause.
If you do try to change the behavior while ignoring the cause, the results will not last long. That is why diets usually fail, and why lasting behavior change is so difficult.
Our philosophy about change
We view a Goal as something you have the potential to directly control.
We view an Outcome as the effect of exercising that control.
Weight loss and reducing health risks are outcomes, not goals.
The goal, in our view, is behavior change. The obstacles to achieving that goal are psychological.
We take an active, problem-focused and goal-oriented approach to help you overcome those obstacles and achieve healthy lifestyle change.
With that accomplished, you will lose weight, feel better, and and improve your health.
Our Services:
Weight management
Nutritional counseling
Smoking cessation
Hypertension management
Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder
Stress management
Chronic pain management
Individualized exercise programs
Pre-bariatric surgery psychological preparation
Post-bariatric surgery behavioral and adjustment counseling
Contact us at (312) 846-7155 to ask about our Corporate Wellness programs and other weight management and health-related services.
