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There are openings for 2 adults in an on-going therapy group for people dealing with compulsive overeating or binge eating problems. The group meets at 5:45 on Thursday in my office.

Services - Psychotherapy

Sandra Rosenberg, LCSW, ACSW, BCD, provides her psychotherapeutic expertise, proven techniques and caring concern and emotional support to:

  1. people who restrict food, binge, purge, and/or compulsively overeat.
  2. couples in conflict,
  3. families overwhelmed by stress,
  4. people with problems in the workplace
  5. people with difficulty maintaining and developing relationships
  6. those suffering from anxiety and mood disturbances.

Sandra uses Cognitive, Behavioral and Psychodynamic psychotherapy to help her clients accomplish the changes they wish to make in their lives.

The pleasure and reward she receives from her work provides her with the positive energy for which she is known.

Individual Therapy

What makes psychotherapy effective is the relationship that forms between two people working towards a common goal that they define and redefine together. I provide you encouragement and support, guidance, and information. I teach you communication skills,strategies, and model behaviors that will assist you in reaching your therapeutic goals.

Couples Therapy

When a couple comes for therapy, they want to solve problems. Often, as they listen to each other talk about what they have experienced in their original family, they better understand why each responds to one another as they do. After developing an alliance with each partner, I correct their distortions and question the assumptions they are making. I normalize issues because couples often believe that what they feel or experience is abnormal. I help them move from a position of blame and encourage them to develop a sense of curiosity about each other's behavior. I model and teach effective communication. I do this in an atmosphere of empathy and understanding.

Family Therapy

Families form boundaries around themselves. It is often hard for them to let an outsider permeate those boundaries. Therefore, a psychotherapist needs to have patience, intuition and skill so that the family will trust her with their secrets, hopes and concerns. With this information, I believe family dynamics can be improved and issues resolved.

Groups

I believe group therapy can be an important adjunct to individual therapy. If a person is interested and ready, I refer them to one of my groups. People with similar problems can share their stories and learn from one another what works and what does not. It is helpful to practice new behavior in a group with the support of others.

Compulsive Overeating and Binge Eating

All people overeat occasionally. However, some people overeat compulsively and binge eat as a primary way of coping with problems and feelings. They may desperately want to change this behavior, eat healthier, and lose weight. However, for many who cope in this manner, the connection between eating and physiological hunger has been lost and for them eating can become an addiction. In fact, many people who have overeating problems fear feeling physical hunger due to the discomfort it causes as it stirs up unresolved feelings and memories of the kind of nurturance they experienced when they were young. Consequently, they often eat from psychological hunger, but are unaware that they are doing so and why.

My program helps them learn to be in touch with their hunger, to know the kinds of hunger they experience, to identify their feelings when they are emotionally hungry , and then to decide how best to cope. It is an approach geared towards mindfulness rather than escape, choices rather than deprivation, and the development of new ways of coping with feelings and problems. New paths and possibilities are suggested, discussed, tried, and practiced providing improved functioning and enjoyment of life.