Nobody Cares About Weight

Margit Berman, Ph.D., LP

Listen in to hear how Dr. Bermin became interested in the psychology of women and the psychology of gender.  Her interest in eating disorders was borne through seeing how body image concerns robbed women of achieving beautiful and amazing things in life. 

 

ACT helps us let go of the unproductive struggle  

Join in her excitement  - “The world has evolved, culture has come along with me and I feel so ready.” 

How do we work with “I don’t want to accept myself, I need to lose weight”? 

We are taught to judge bodies from a young age and are not privileged to grow up in a culture that values all bodies 

INFORMED CONSENT to start with a client who is interested in this work  

You want what you think the weight loss will buy. 

What about bariatric surgery? 

Let go of the healthiest thinking  

White clinicians have a lot of work to do 

 

Dr. Margit Berman’s Seasonings: 

• Acceptance Commitment Therapy 

• Wished I had had earlier and better education on ageism, racism  

• Women En Large –Laurie Toby Edison -  forgotten foremothers of HAES – Fat women 

 

Bio: 

Margit Berman, Ph.D., LP, is the Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PsyD Program at Augsburg University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. In addition to training future psychologists, she conducts research on intervention development in women's health. She wrote the clinician manual and self-help guide for the Accept Yourself! intervention for larger-bodied women with depression. 

 

She is the author of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns and Workbook.   

 

With your host Beth Harrell 

IG @beth.harrell.cedss 

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