Connie Stapleton Psychologist Ph.D.

About Dr. Stapleton:

Professional:

• Owner: Connie Stapleton, PhD, Augusta, GA
• Author of Eat It Up: The Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery, Eat It Up - The Workbook! and Thriving! Triumph Over Trauma: Real Life Stories of Recovery From Obesity
• Educational and Inspirational Speaker
• Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M, 1998
• M.A. in Counseling from University of South Dakota, 1994
• B.S. from Iowa State University, 1983

Personal:

• Married to Steve since 1983; he is an incredible man and I am beyond grateful for him!
• Mother of three married children – the most wonderful children ever (and their spouses, too)!
• I have four grandbabies, all in the Atlanta area. They are my heart!
• I have two granddogs! A Yorkie and a Golden Retriever
• All of mine and my husband’s siblings live several states away…

FunFacts:

• All three of my children got married within a ten month period of time
• I love to sit on the boat in the middle of the lake
• The Young and the Restless is the only show I consistently watch on television
• I have four of the best girlfriends of 20 years one could ever imagine! AND great friends from recent years… WHAT A GIFT!

ObesityHelp Contributing Author

Weight Loss Medications… Are They the Be All and End All?
Take Control of Stress Eating to Lose Weight
The Guilt and Shame After Compulsive Eating
The Importance of Creating Boundaries With Food
Why I Can’t Stop Eating
Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, and Identity
How Stress Can Affect Your Weight Loss Efforts
There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Life!
Managing the Heart & Head After Weight Loss Surgery
Weight Regain and the Return of Old Habits
Create a 3-Step Plan To Be Your Best Self
Relationships after WLS – Helping Yourself Helps Others
Drinking Alcohol After Weight Loss Surgery
Is Food Addiction a Problem for You?
There’s No Such Thing As Food Addiction
Three Keys To Sustained Weight Loss
10 Tips For Healthy Dating
WLS: Balance in Recovery Post-Op
Ten Tips for Battling Food (and Family) Over the Holidays
Inadequately Trained to Help Obese Patients?
10 Tips For Reducing Holiday Stress
10 Thanksgiving Tips for Cutting Calories

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