Health Psychology

Many people want to make choices that will increase their energy, help them feel great in their body, and contribute to health and well-being. Health psychology combines foundational nutritional principles, psychological expertise, and behavior change to help you make change for good without a restrictive mindset, diet-mentality, or negative inner dialogue.

Health psychology is holistic. Sessions focus on helping you identify current barriers in the way of your health goals, structure your goals so that they are easier to achieve, build sustainable habits and routines, supercharge your motivation and willpower, and cope better with stress and setbacks.

Our sessions may include:

  • A non-diet, flexible approach to eating, learning how to integrate foods you actually enjoy into healthy living

  • Challenging a restriction or diet mindset; understanding strict food rules or under eating contributes to snacking, sugar cravings, and binges

  • Tools to help identify and reduce emotional eating/stress eating

  • Building mindful eating practices

  • Reconnect with hunger and fullness cues

  • Tools to manage intense cravings

  • Help you implement realistic, sustainable changes

  • Navigating setbacks

  • Discussions of cultural norms and societal expectations of food and health

NOTE: Dr. Horn is a certified nutrition coach

Health Coaching FAQs

  • Health coaching is a sub-discipline of psychology with an emphasis on human behavior and motivation. Health coaching focuses on helping individuals integrate healthy habits into their lives using cognitive tools, behavioral principles, and motivational tools.

  • Most health coaches will focus more on the how while nutritionists focus more on the what. A nutritionist will spend more time determining macronutrient targets, meal planning, and making specific food and supplest recommendations. Health coaches will spend more time helping you problem solve barriers to follow through and difficulties with motivation. NOTE: NOT ALL HEALTH COACHES ARE QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC NUTRITION ADVICE. YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR HEALTH COACH ABOUT THEIR CREDENTIALS.

  • A non-diet approach isn’t a “free for all” nor is it anti-weight loss. It simply means ending the struggle with food. A non-diet approach doesnt villainize certain foods or view food as "bad" or "the enemy". According to a non-diet view of health, these very view points can contribute to the problems of emotional eating, binge eating, and cravings.

  • Possibly! As a licensed psychologist I am in-network with UHC and Aetna. The ability to use your insurance may vary depending on the exact nature of your goals and what we choose to work on. I will confirm if we are able to use insurance benefits prior to starting.