This course explores our complex relationship with food: why we eat what we eat, how we eat, and why we eat too much or too little. Based on positive psychology, mind-body medicine, cognitive-behavior therapy, and a functional medicine model of psychological intervention as paths to wellness, the course also focuses on expectations, beliefs, and resistance to change. Students will examine their own eating and wellness practices, as well as their readiness for counseling others. Therapeutic interventions for developing healthy behaviors and recognizing eating disorders will be discussed and the role of family, peer, societal, corporate and government influences on personal choices will be emphasized.
- Instructor: Chris Browne
- Instructor: Gina Watkins
- Course Facilitator: Marquelle Brown
- Non-editing Instructor: Christine Farlow
- Course Facilitator: Stephanie Hinton
- Course Facilitator: Ronald Watson