Studies show that the reason why many people gain weight--and keep it on--is emotional eating, not physical eating. Now Dr. Roger Gould, a psychotherapist and a leading authority on emotional eating, shows how to overcome fear, anxiety, and other stresses and stop using food as an over-the-counter tranquilizer that can cause weight gain. With 12 practical ways to stop emotional eating and an eight-session program, Dr. Gould helps you become your own eating therapist and shrink yourself for good.

Provides guidance for dealing with the feeling of powerlessness in order to stop emotional eating, explaining how to work through the five layers of powerlessness and covering such topics as self-doubt, defeatism, anger, and safety.