Next Course Date for Middle East Region:

Autumn 2025

3 hours of teaching at the end of the day over 8 days

2025 : 3 sets: September 16-19 & 23-26
Time: 5pm to 8:30pm EET

Fee: $590

Discounts for early bird & professional membership

This inspiring up-to-date course brings the latest thinking from health psychology and other approaches to help you with obesity and weight management for lasting change.

This course is a part of the Master Practitioner Program. It brings together people from all over the world with a clinical and personal interest in the psychology of obesity treatment and weight management. We offer comprehensive, evidence-based training providing a wealth of knowledge.

Recognition: This is a National Centre For Eating Disorders course, which is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purpose of Continuing Professional Development. Please note however that for any CPD points or CME credits, attendees will have to make their independent requests through their professional organization to assess if their organization will grant them CPD or CME based on the course learnings.

What You will learn:

• Current thinking about all weight loss approaches including drugs & surgery

• How to assess, engage & motivate

• How to customize treatment, getting the right fit

• How to manage barriers to change in diet & lifestyle

• How to deal with comfort & emotional eating

• How to deal with weight stigma

• Targeting relationships

• How to transform ‘obesogenic thinking’

• How to deal with difficult clients

• Dealing with pitfalls, like plateau & relapse

• Important counsellor qualities

• Where psychology, medication, or surgery may fit into an overall treatment plan

• How to boost willpower

Suitability

This course is suitable for all health professionals with an interest in enhancing their skills working with people with obesity and weight management. It is particularly suitable for dietitians, nutritionists, health coaches, counselors, psychologists, psychotherapists, medical doctors, nurses as well as anyone working with or interested in eating disorders, as it will complement your skills as a practitioner.

Awards

A Certificate of Attendance is offered at the end of the training. Upon successfully passing the assignment you will earn a Diploma award.

Note : Upon receiving the Award, it is encouraged to seek supervision to ensure best practice.

Trainer: Jeremy Alford

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