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     The Program was founded by Dr. Teri Quatman, Ph.D., (Stanford University), and Susan Martin, M.S., M.A., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with degrees in Nutrition Science and Exercise Physiology (UC Davis; University of Washington). Cognizant of the ineffectiveness of diet programs for many, these psychotherapists have created a recovery treatment program to help people who slowly, over time, have become enslaved by and obsessed with food, and find themselves chronically grazing, binging and overeating. For most, this has led to being overweight and/or obese. The vision of the program is to help participants achieve the kind of permanent metabolic and psychological change that will lead to the ultimate resolution of their disordered relationship with food. In order to do this, participants are helped to encounter the underlying factors (both physiologic and psychological) that initially created and currently maintain their problematic eating. The program was born of the founders' personal experiences, and is fueled by the deeply held conviction that our culture has failed to offer appropriate professional services for people who are overweight and/or suffer from compulsive overeating and years of chronic dieting.

     The program provides group-based and individually-focused care. All clients participate in the 12-week nutritional workshop. All clients are given an individual case manager. When long-term work is appropriate, ongoing process groups, staffed by licensed psychotherapists, are provided. Program psychologists and Marriage and Family Therapists are also available for individual treatment. The program is available to adults and adolescents. We are also committed to obesity prevention, and anticipate providing classes and workshops to youth in the schools, as well as other programs targeting at-risk adults in the community in order to educate people about this growing problem.

     

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