Hello, an interesting thread and I thought I'd like to add my comment. I heard the well known author and pyschotherapist, Suzie Orbach on Radio 4's Womens' Hour recently talking about the virtual alternatives to gastric surgery. She commented that she had treated many clients over the years who were still over-eating even after having a surgical gastric band fitted.
It just underlines the importance of discovering, exploring and collapsing the emotional imperatives to over-eating and emotional eating. It's key to a successful procedure, whether it is the hypno gastric band that I do, or a surgical intervention. It's indicative of the skilled therapist to draw out and unfurl those emotional drivers so that they can be gently released through hypnotherapy, and other modalities such as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). It is only when this has been achieved can a client's self-sabotaging behaviour end and they can fully embrace taking control back of their lives.