Prefer a live experience? Our fall 2024 weight management webinar series is now open for registration! Join Program Director Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW, beginning in November and learn to confront challenges, avoid thinking traps, and sustain long-term maintenance.
CBT for Weight Management: Challenges, Thinking Traps, and Long-Term Maintenance
November 4 – December 16, 2024
Many of our weight management webinars are available in a convenient, interactive on-demand format. Work with us when it works best for you and reach your personal health and wellness goals! These self-paced webinars are perfect for those who lead busy lives with limited time.
Browse our on-demand options below and empower yourself on your own schedule!
On-Demand Weight Management Webinar Series
Our signature weight management webinar series is now available on demand!
Join Beck Institute Weight Management Program Director Deborah Beck Busis for this six-module self-paced weight management webinar series. Learn science-based techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to help build healthy habits and empower yourself to reach your personal health goals. This series addresses the thinking element that is critical for long-term success.
Each 55-minute self-paced module covers a specific aspect of CBT for weight management, allowing you to develop and sustain healthy lifestyle choices and positive routines when it best fits your schedule. You also have access for one year, giving you the flexibility to revisit the material when you need a refresher.
On-Demand Webinar Series Modules
- Module 1 – Sabotaging thoughts and response cards; making an advantages list; eating sitting down
- Module 2 – Eating slowly and mindfully; giving yourself credit
- Module 3 – Hunger vs. non-hunger; decatastrophizing hunger; exercise
- Module 4 – Cravings; emotional eating
- Module 5 – Eating according to a schedule; staying on track; getting back on track following a mistake
- Module 6 – Planning food in advance; tracking eating
CBT for Building Sustainable, Healthy Habits
Join Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW, in this on-demand webinar and learn specific CBT techniques to create habit change. You’ll learn to identify and examine your current eating habits and figure out which ones are working for you and which ones are not. You’ll also learn to discontinue unhelpful habits and start to rewire new, helpful habits — while being patient with the process! Additionally, Ms. Busis covers the basics of habit change surrounding exercise.
This self-paced webinar addresses the thinking mistakes that individuals tend to make while working on habit change and will help you get back on track when mistakes inevitably happen.
Webinar Topics
- Goal-setting
- Exercise habit changes
- Deactivating and rewiring unhealthy habits
Navigating the Holiday Season
In this on-demand webinar, Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW, works with you to implement evidence-based CBT strategies that will help you stay focused on your health and your goals throughout the holiday season. You’ll learn to make realistic plans, keep your home environment working in your favor, and think through holiday events in their entirety. Ms. Busis also teaches you to get refocused when you slip so that you can get right back to working toward your goals.
This self-paced webinar covers a wide array of common holiday-specific thinking that can sabotage your efforts, and will give you concrete tools and strategies to employ.
Webinar Topics
- Goal-setting
- The home environment
- The holiday season
Suggested Reading
The Beck Diet Solution, written by Dr. Judith S. Beck, provides the foundational thinking and behavioral skills necessary to create and maintain new healthy habits for life.
Written by Dr. Judith S. Beck and Deborah Beck Busis, The Diet Trap Solution provides practical tools for maintaining motivation, accomplishing health goals, and overcoming real life challenges to long-term success.
Newsletter Sign-Up
Get Beck Institute Weight Management Program news in your inbox.