(HS Matz 150706 2026) Ethics of Weight Management for Mental Health Professionals Reduce the Impact of Weight Stigma in an...

Course overview

Uncover weight-related assumptions that harm clients Improve clients' relationships with their bodies versus fighting to change their size Tools for shame and stigma related to GLP 1's Clients tell you they want or need to lose weight - for their health and self-esteem and all of the related positives they believe those things convey. But when a client comes to therapy asking for help with motivation or willpower ... or with a sense that everything will be better once they drop a few pounds ... or wanting your opinion about taking semaglutide because it feels like "cheating" -- How you respond depends on assumptions about weight and your own implicit attitudes about body size that may be unexamined. Most therapists don't realize that supporting weight loss could clash with their ethical codes. Watch Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, acclaimed trainer and author of Beyond a Shadow of a Diet and The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating and Body Image Workbook, for this enlightening ethics workshop that will show you the hidden dangers of diet culture, and what you can do about it in your practice. You'll learn: How to spot and unlearn weight stigma as you reduce its impact on your clients Approaches to weight concerns that you can recommend within your code of ethics Tools to reduce the shame and blame clients experience around diet failure Autonomy and informed consent issues related to GLP-1s and other weight loss medications And much more!