So you want to be a food addiction counselor? Good luck!

Not long ago I had a conversation with a reporter who wanted to know where a food addict could go for help. Her article carried the sad but unfortunately accurate headline: “Little help for those with food addictions.” She … [Read more...] about Training Programs for Food Addiction Counselling Part 1

Putting it all together, there are essentially three ways to go about learning how to become a food addiction counselor. You may have to be creative and will certainly need to be persistent in your pursuit, but as the science begins to catch up with the disease and more medical … [Read more...] about Training Programs for Food Addiction Counselling Part 2

As Vancouver addictions doctor and author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Maté phrases it, it is not a question of lacking free-will, but a matter of lacking “free won’t.” The same inability to make the right decision happens with obesity and overeating.

One common method of … [Read more...] about We Are Not Alone! NIDA makes the connection between Food Addiction and Drug Addiction