The Bariatric Brain: Psychology of Weight Loss Surgery

The surgery changes the stomach. The work that lasts changes the mind. Weight-loss surgery is among the most effective medical interventions available, and among the most psychologically demanding. The Bariatric Brain is the most complete psychological companion to that journey in the series. Inside, you will find: - before surgery: why you eat, what the weight has been doing, and preparing your mind and the people around you- after surgery: the honeymoon and the crash, the new relationship with food, and the body you did not expect- the psychological pitfalls, the shifting relationships, and the reckoning- identity, integration, and the weight of the soulThis book is for you if you are preparing for bariatric surgery, recovering from it, or walking beside someone who is. The operation removes capacity for food. The reasons you reached for it remain exactly where they were. Written by Clinical Psychologist and Jungian Analyst Konrad van Staden, drawing on more than two decades of clinical practice. Book Four of The Psychology of Weight Loss Series.