Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP, Psychotherapist

Just because it is hard to do, does not mean it is impossible to achieve

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  • Food noise, dysregulated eating, and GLP-1s
  • The emotional side of diabetes
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  • Women's health concerns
  • Superwoman: The Do-It-All Mom
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  • Weight Matters: B.I.T.E.® Workshop
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  • The Next Step - Moving On From Bulimianorexia
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How I Work

I work with individuals and also specialize in group psychotherapy and couple’s work. In all three modalities we dig deep for real answers. Executives, professionals, and academics benefit from an expectation of excellence. On the other side of the spectrum, I work particularly well with those who are starting their careers and are encountering roadblocks, with those having interpersonal difficulty—whether looking for a relationship or being in a relationship that seems stuck or in trouble, and with those experiencing loss or stuck in a background of trauma. I'm also particularly skilled in working with dysregulated eating, weight regulation problems, and the emotional fallout of the new GLP-1s.

When appropriate, I work closely with nutritionists, diabetes educators, endocrinologists, psychiatrists, sleep disorder specialists, and other physicians. I am adept at developing interdisciplinary treatment teams.

Traditionally trained in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic talk therapy, I have investigated, studied, and integrated, when appropriate, many forms of therapeutic intervention into my practice. I have developed a large toolbox of skills from which to draw. Psychoanalytic thinking, neuroaffective developmental psychology, cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, mindfulness skills, somatically focused psychotherapy such as sensorimotor psychotherapy for trauma, interpersonal neurobiology, and neuroscience research inform my current practice. My work reflects the best thinking and practices referenced from up-to-date research in the medical scientific literature.

Optimally, therapy is a growth experience. Life can be transformed into something powerful and authentic. Successful treatment results in you moving forward with your life, having gained a new ability to interact and connect with people in ways that work, make sense to you, and that you can be proud of—living your life fully and richly.

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