Dear Colleague:

The Overweight, Disordered Eating patient (ODE) presents unique and multifaceted clinical challenges for both the clinician and for patient themselves. The concept of a Patient Mentoring Group is unique in that it allows me to utilize the best techniques of psychotherapist, coach and mentor. This combination is an empowering and transformational experience with patients, which has results. The B.I.T.E.® method works best in full collaboration with existing treatment practitioners.

In the Fall, 2008, I am offering a group designed for patients who have eating, weight regulation, and body image issues. It's called B.I.T.E.® Mentoring Group (The Body Image Transformation Experience). The B.I.T.E.® method is a treatment model especially designed to tackle patient's ability to withstand the necessary changes required to break the barrier of "stuckness". These methods move them past the "tipping point" to transcend their circular arguments to achieve weight regulation. The Mentoring Group integrates the "outside" what patient's know, with "inside" what they feel, towards action, achieving the goal of getting to what they want.

Please feel free to call me at 212.362.6019 with questions regarding the appropriateness of referrals. I look forward to our potential collaboration.

Best regards,
Fran Weiss, LCSW-R,BCD,DCSW,CGP
Faculty: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Sr. Psychotherapy Consultant: New York Obesity Research Center
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center

B.I.T.E.® Mentoring Group (The Body Image Transformation Experience)

October 2008, Tuesdays from 5:30-7:00pm
http://www.franweiss.com/bite-group-pro.html

Charges: $415 per month Paid through Pay Pal or Personal Check $150 for pre-group consultation *Applications now being accepted.

Limited space: Maximum of 9 candidates will be accepted for group. Insurance reimbursement can be applied for.

For Those Who:

  • Overeat despite intellectual, emotional, and nutritional knowledge
  • Feel in and out of control
  • Are in battle with themselves
  • Are afraid to hope that the urge to eat can ever be resolved
  • Have body image issues
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The Group Will:

  • Partner with you as a "change agent" in your interaction with food
  • Move you from your stuck position
  • Teach you skills learned from advances in neuro-science to achieveself regulation
  • Make use of experiential methods geared to shake up negative body image towards a more balanced, positive perception of self
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