Warren L. Huberman, Ph.D.
By: Warren Huberman, Ph.DCategory: Warren L. Huberman, Ph.D.
Dr. Huberman’s blog will focus on a number of topics including:
- Considerations prior to surgery.
- Managing emotional eating and binge eating after surgery.
- Avoiding self-sabotage.
- Relapse Prevention.
- How to keep the weight off and make behavior changes that last.
- Strategies to develop a positive self-image after surgery.
- Dating, intimacy and relationships.
- Managing depression and anxiety after surgery.
- Learning to adjust to life after surgery and after weight loss.
- Other topics of interest to readers of the blog.
Hello, and welcome to my blog. My name is Warren Huberman and I am excited to participate in the WLS Lifestyles blog. I am a Clinical Psychologist and a Cognitive-Behavior Therapist with a strong background in health behavior change including weight loss and weight loss maintenance. For the past seven years, I have worked as a member of the clinical team of the NYU Program for Surgical Weight Loss and have had the pleasure of working with thousands of patients both before and after weight loss surgery.
I’ve learned a great deal over the years and have enjoyed helping others make the attitudinal, behavioral and emotional changes to be successful with weight loss surgery. In my way of thinking, the true definition of success is not simply losing weight, but becoming able to pursue and achieve your real goals, accomplishing all of the things that you hoped “thinnerness” would provide. These include improving your physical functioning; being more engaged in relationships, and becoming a happier and more fulfilled person…truly living rather than simply just being alive. As you may know, I have been contributing to writer to WLS Lifestyles magazine for a number of years and am a member of the Editorial Review Board.
Although I’ve never been morbidly obese, I’ve had my struggles with weight over the years. I was quite heavy as a child and peaked out at 225 pounds in my teens. I can identify with all of the emotional pain and suffering that being overweight can bring as I experienced it myself. My patients tell me that my own history and understanding of obesity has been very helpful to them. I’ve managed to drop back to a normal weight but continue to watch my weight and examine as much as I can. I’m always fighting the fight. However, I understand that while fat body may be gone, fat brain still lurks. The struggle with obesity and its scars are still familiar. It is a true joy to be able to use my experience, both personally and professionally to help others in their struggle with obesity. It was once said that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. That’s kind of how I feel and I look forward to helping you as best I can.
I am excited about the prospect of helping others through this blog. Although I may not be able to answer every question, I’m certainly going to do my best to offer my thoughts on a number of topics that I hope will be of interest to you. I welcome your input and look forward to the dialogue.
Best Regards,
Dr. Huberman
