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Overcoming Overeating Workshop Series
Sept 24-Dec 17 2003
Wednesdays
7:00-8:30 PM
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Overeating
is Treatable!
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Learn how to transform and heal your relationship with food and eating
in this powerful workshop series! Designed
for women with disordered eating, body hatred, dieting, and weight
management concerns. Move forward faster in your recovery and growth in these 13
educational and experiential 90-minute workshops!
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Week
1
Wednesday, Sept 24 |
Cultural,
societal, familial, media, fashion, and advertising influences of weight,
body size, acceptance, and shame will be discussed. Learn how you can
personally take charge of your body, life, health, and emotions. Why does dieting make one fatter, a greater health risk, more
unhappy, and less attractive? Learn the top reasons to give up dieting and how to replace it with
a permanent solution.
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Week
2
Wednesday, Oct 1 |
Body Wars. Overeating is absolutely NOT about food! When we struggle with eating problems it’s hard to believe this.
Our struggle seems to center around eating compulsively,
bingeing, purging or starving and constantly thinking about food.
Learn the real facts about the addictive power of eating and what
you can do to stop overeating. Learn dynamic strategies for change and over 25 ways to
love your body.
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Week
3
Wednesday, Oct 8 |
Body
Image is
about identity. Who are you really? Where are you hiding and why?
We will address cognitive distortions, failures, self-loathing,
humiliation, shame, and despair. Learn how to connect the mental, physical, and spiritual parts of
yourself.
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Week
4
Wednesday, Oct 15 |
Body Image. Explore the “fat attack” and the anatomy of a fat thought.
Learn how to decode fat statements into what your body is really
telling you. Experiment with hunger, food and body metaphors and what they say
about your struggle. Learn how to re-script what you tell yourself so that you find
greater self-peace, joy, acceptance, and love.
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Week
5
Wednesday, Oct 22 |
Power and
powerlessness are key issues in eating disorders. Willpower is
not the problem. Learn about domination vs. dominion. Do you really have a
fear of power, your feelings, your
intelligence and talents, your sexuality, or being a woman? Those with disordered eating are often women with exceptional
abilities. Are you dangerous? Find out how to listen to your personal intuition and not other
people’s desire for power or control. Experience the “Drama Triangle” and the “Winner’s
Triangle” as you discover responsibility and accountability for your
actions.
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Week
6
Wednesday, Oct 29 |
Nurturance.
How do you blame, judge, criticize, deprive, smother, or control
yourself or others? How do (or did) others do this to you? What can you do about it?
Learn absolutely crucial rituals to include in your life and
life-enhancing ways to soothe away life’s cares. Learn many gratifying ways to comfort yourself without food.
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Week
7
Wednesday, Nov 5 |
Exercise
Resistance and Exercise Addiction. We know that “exercise” has many health benefits.
Why then do we avoid or resist or abuse it? When did “play” become “exercise” for you?
Might exercise resistance be a defensive reaction to weight loss
attempts? Discover what these syndromes mean, how childhood gender
socialization, adolescent sexual development, cultural objectification of
women, the medical model of exercise as a health and weight loss tool, and
more may affect your relationship to exercise and your body. Learn what you can do to bring more “play,” “movement, and
joy to your life!
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Week
8
Wednesday, Nov 12 |
Dreaming.
Learn how to decipher the language of dreams and turn them into a
useful tool for deeper self-connection. When a woman is struggling to recover from some form of disordered
eating, it’s important to realize that food is a metaphor, and by
understanding it, healing occurs. Learning to explore the meaning of your dreams helps you recognize
how these metaphors work in your waking life (as how quickly stuffing
ourselves with food is a frantic attempt to stuff down those feelings that
are threatening to surface or fill you up with the attention and love you
didn’t receive). Learn to recognize how fat represents insulation from hurtful
comments, protection from sexual advances, safety from mom or dad, or
protection from other people’s jealousy. Even if you think you don’t dream, you can benefit from this
dream group.
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Week
9
Wednesday, Nov 19 |
Body Wisdom. Explore the cycles of a woman’s body—menstruation, PMS, and
menopause. How were you introduced to these concepts as a young girl?
It may have volumes to speak about how you perceive yourself and
your value as a person. Recovery from disordered eating calls for a new
way of relating to our female bodies, one that honors and values what they
have come to offer us. Since our society often suppresses the right brain, or feminine
side, in all of us, it’s not surprising that a woman’s relationship to
herself is often saturated with feelings of shame, loathing, or pain.
Learn how to embrace this aspect of your being and reclaim your
deep wisdom and inner knowing and apply it to your recovery.
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10
Wednesday, Nov 26 |
Assertiveness.
Learn how to better create your own path through life by feeling
more confident in making your own choices, saying yes or no, being free to
express your wants and needs without worrying over the feelings or
consequences of others. Break out of your compulsive eating, bingeing, and purging by
learning how to express your feelings, communicate more effectively with
others, deal with conflict, and take better care of yourself.
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11
Wednesday, Dec 3 |
Nourishment.
What are boundaries and how can they protect you and give you more
freedom? How well do you take care of yourself? Self-care and disordered eating cannot occur at the same time.
Distinguish between physical and emotional nourishment. Learn how to apply the four basics (such as storytelling, dancing,
journaling, singing) for loving yourself and enjoying your creative
powers. Draw up your own contract for a Recovery Care Plan.
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12
Wednesday, Dec 10 |
Creativity
Workshop. Unleash your power, your imagination, your potential to be more
alive and to heal your disordered eating at the same time! Come to this three-hour “Ceramic Pottery Painting” and enjoy
the camaraderie, the creative process, and bring home three to four fruits
of your endeavors! Materials fee extra (about $30?).
Off-site, nearby location.
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13
Wednesday, Dec 17 |
Ceremony.
Enjoy the peace and nurturance of an ancient Japanese tea ceremony
(herbal available) as you practice mindful living and enjoyment of the
moment—away from the fast pace and stresses of the world. (Small refreshment fee extra).
Java and Cha Café (Plano or Allen—to be determined).
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Your Leader
Alice Baland is
a Licensed Professional Counselor, Life Coach, Registered/Licensed
Dietitian, Certified Medical and Analytical Hypnotherapist, media spokesperson, and seminar leader.
She has been featured in such radio, television, and print media as
CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Alice specializes
in treating eating disorders, weight management, depression, anxiety,
sexual trauma, women’s issues, individuals and couples in her private
practice in Plano. She
utilizes a variety of strategies to enhance your growth including
psychological, emotional, nutritional, Jungian mythology, hypnosis, cognitive
behavioral, creative and expressive therapies. Alice has helped hundreds of clients achieve their life, health,
and professional goals.
Alice's
credentials include a Master of Arts in Counseling from Amber University in Dallas, and
Bachelor of Science degrees in Clinical Dietetics and Foods and
Nutrition/Business from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas and Texas Tech University.
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Registration and Class Schedule
Sessions are held on Wednesdays,
September 24 through December 17 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM. Please
arrive at least 5 minutes early - group sessions start on time.
Class size is limited to only 10 people, so register now!
Recommend a friend who participates and receive a discount!
Resources
Optional but recommended reading
and listening resources for this workshop series include:
New Client Assessment
New group members need a
45-minute Assessment for the special rate of $50 (Half off the regular
rate),
which needs to be completed prior to September 23, Tuesday.
Personal Therapy
For maximum benefit, I strongly recommend an additional
weekly personal therapy session for those with eating disorders or other
deep-rooted issues. For simplicity, I can easily email you the necessary
assessment forms. Just Ask Alice!
Location
Workshops are held in the Group Room at Alice’s
office, 5172 Village Creek Drive, Suite
101, Plano, Texas. This is easily accessible from many areas in the
Metroplex.
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Cost
Only $50 per week! The cost of this 13-week workshop is only
$650. If you register and pre-pay by September 17 you save an additional
10% - only $585. I accept Mastercard, Visa, Checks or Cash. Payment plans
are available.
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
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Prefer an Individual, Phone, or Online Consultation?
Call Alice at (214)335-5556 or go Ask
Alice!
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