Feb 4, 2022
Back for her second appearance is Dr. Stephanie Sogg, a
clinical psychologist from the MGH Weight Center where she has
treated patients with obesity at the MGH Weight Center since 2003.
One our previous episode, we discussed the importance of language
when discussing someone’s weight, so on this episode, we talk about
when and how to bring it up. We talk about how body acceptance is
actually important to sustained weight loss, although on the
surface it may seem like a contradiction. We talk about the
influence of sleep, mental health, and when it is time to make
recommendations, what actually works. As with most things, it is
complicated.
Dr. Sogg earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers
University in 1998 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship with
Harvard Medical School. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Sogg
conducts research on obesity and bariatric surgery, and the
intersection between obesity and addiction, and has published
widely on obesity and related topics. She is an author of the
Boston Interview for Bariatric Surgery, and of the official ASMBS
Recommendations for the Pre-Surgical Psychosocial Evaluation of
Bariatric Surgery Patients. She is the director of the Weight
Center rotation for Behavioral Medicine psychology interns and is
active in national and international scientific obesity and weight
loss surgery societies.