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William Anderson

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MA, LMHC

Counselor/Therapist

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Answers questions in Addiction Treatment · Addictions · Anxiety

What I do

My professional mission has a focus of helping the individual conquer their overweight and obesity problem, and helping the world reverse the obesity epidemic. I am uniquely qualified in this field because of my professional training and experience in counseling, psychotherapy and behavioral therapy, but more so because of my personal experience. I suffered 25 years of chronic obesity and weight loss failure, and then discovered the solution, Therapeutic Psychogenics, finally losing 140 lbs. permanently, and have maintained my ideal body weight and excellent health easily since 1985. I have been training others in these successful methods and writing about them for over 30 years. My methods are taught world-wide as "The Anderson Method" by individual therapists as well as being the behavioral component in hospital-based weight loss programs and are explained in my book "The Anderson Method".

My story

I’m a licensed psychotherapist who grew up overweight and obese, the fattest kid in school as a child and over 320 lbs. as an adult. After twenty-five years of failing at diets and exercise, I discovered a unique method for permanent weight loss based on principles I studied in psychotherapy and addictions. I call these techniques Therapeutic Psychogenics, and I call my program The Anderson Method. I’ve helped thousands to succeed with weight control with my program, I now train other therapists in these methods, and I’ve written a book about it, also called The Anderson Method. I have a private practice in Sarasota, Florida, and a website, you guessed it, www.TheAndersonMethod.com .

Why life is worth living

Life is worth living because you can do something good with it.

Treatment Offered

Specialties

Compulsive DisordersLife CoachingAddiction or Substance AbuseEating DisordersOtherImpulse Control DisordersThinking DisordersDepression

Therapy approaches

InterpersonalCognitive Behavioral (CBT)Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)PsychodynamicMindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)HypnotherapyCoachingHumanisticFamily Systems TherapyEclecticOtherTranspersonal

Patient population

Adults

Modalities

Individuals

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