More and more people are benefiting from consultations with a psychodietitian. Women, in particular, are increasingly making appointments to consult a psychodietitian when they need help and advice on how to eat properly in harmony with their psyches. Do you think visiting a psychodietitian is something to be ashamed of, or a strange fad? Find out that this is not the case at all!
Psychodietetics
Psychodietetics is a skillful combination of dietetics and psychology. Also called nutritional psychology, it is a type of medical field that extends the knowledge of psychologists and nutritionists.
Often, dietitians and food technologists, psychologists and psychotherapists, as well as doctors, nurses, and in some cases teachers and educators, become psychodietitians, wanting to better understand the psyche of their patients.
What does a psychodietitian do?
- The study of human behavior during eating,
- The study of mechanisms and laws involving nutrition.
A psychodietitian allows you to change your eating habits for the better. A psychodietetics specialist is a psychologist with expertise in dietetics and psychology, so he approaches each patient individually.
Psychodietetics – when to sign up for a consultation?
The help of a psychodietitian is needed when the life situation affects the eating process, manifesting itself:
- emotional eating,
- lack of appetite and desire to eat regularly,
- lack of motivation to reduce weight,
- immoderate overeating.
In our clinic you will find the help of an experienced psychodietitian and psychologist, Marzena Sekula, M.D., who will help in the case:
- eating disorders,
- overweight,
- obesity.
Psychodietetic therapy also helps prepare mentally for the treatment of difficult cases of obesity.
A psychodietitian should also visit people who want to change their eating habits and start eating healthily.
Psychodietetics – what does a consultation look like?
You can sign up for a psychodietetic consultation at any time. A single meeting lasts approx. 50 minutes. With just one psychodietetic consultation, with the help of a specialist, you can find a solution to your problem and get the support and motivation you need to move forward with treatment.
A visit to a psychodietitian involves the dietitian conducting an initial medical history, followed by a direct conversation with the patient. During the conversation, the psychodietitian will ask you questions and listen to your answers, wanting to understand your life situation. Unlike a nutritionist, a psychodietitian does not write out a diet, but gives advice. Regular visits to a psychodietitian allow you to learn your own body, the mechanisms that govern it, and change your eating habits. Sometimes the psychodietitian, in addition to giving advice, shows exercises to help implement the recommendations.
Anyone feeling the need to consult a specialist on proper nutrition can sign up for a psychodietetic consultation, as well as people who are dissatisfied with their weight and looking for motivation or new solutions.
Often a visit to a psychodietitian is a last resort for those struggling with obesity or anorexia, or tired of the constant yo-yo effect and successive diets that don’t work.
A visit to a psychodietitian does not have to be something embarrassing and badly associated. Sometimes a psychodietetic consultation is the only way to accept yourself and your body. A psychodietician helps you feel in tune with your body and achieve harmony between body and spirit.