The Overweight Mind and Body

The Overweight Mind and Body is a self-help guide to understanding the psychological issues that lead to overeating and weight gain.

Kathy Leach is a training and supervising Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist, who has specialized in working with overweight issues in various capacities since 1980. Initially teaching a holistic approach to weight management and self-care and subsequently training as a psychotherapist researching this area of concern, she has remarkable insight into weight-related challenges.

Part I. The Foundations of your journey towards understanding and change; 1. Important things to think about as a foundation to your self-exploration; 2. You are worth it; 3. Overeating and Overweight - What do they mean?; 4. The psychological reasons for unhurried weight loss; 5. How might you sabotage your journey to weight loss?; 6. You are not alone; Part II: Your unique psychological journey towards understanding and weight loss; 7. Looking at your ways of being and doing: The Parent, Adult and Child in you; 8. Further focus on how your Child self can influence your eating and weight; 9. Psychological Hungers - Are you hungry for food or is it something else?; 10. What your body size might mean to you; 11. Reconnecting with the body self; 12. The food distancing technique; 13. The Power you give to food; 14. The place of body and movement in your journey; 15. Recapping, encouragement and concluding thoughts.