A new app, Bea: AI for Emotional Eating, is now available for download on the App Store for individuals seeking to combat emotional eating.
-- Trained by respected New York City clinical psychologist Dr. Sera Lavelle, the newly available app by Bea Better Eating employs AI technology combined with well-established psychological techniques to help individuals shift their mindset around eating and nurture a more balanced connection with food.
More information is available at https://www.beabettereating.com/
While most apps focus on calorie counting, Dr. Lavelle believes that most people's every day struggles with food are psychologically based and wants the world to know that calorie counting actually triggers disorders while her app prevents them.
Dr. Sera Lavelle recognized an urgent need for comprehensive interactions to tackle this pervasive issue. Drawing from her knowledge as a clinical psychologist and owner of NY Health Hypnosis and Soho Integrative EMDR, she and her colleagues created Bea Better Eating, an AI-driven app that provides personalized support and guidance for individuals striving to cultivate healthier relationships with food.
When Dr. Sera Lavelle started practicing hypnotherapy for eating habits, she quickly learned that people were really struggling. Over and over, her patients said that the more they talked to nutritionists, coaches, and even sometimes therapists, the worse they felt. “What’s wrong with me?” they plead. They already knew exactly what to eat; they just had trouble sticking to their goals," Dr. Lavelle explained.
As such, Dr. Lavelle and her team worked to identify three core principles that have proven to be the most effective in supporting patients, namely hypnotherapy, motivational interviewing, and mindful eating. These psychological methods were incorporated into Bea to devise structured, actionable strategies to change the way individuals approach eating.
In contrast to apps that focus on restrictive dieting, Bea offers compassionate, evidence-based guidance to foster mindful and healthy eating practices for sustainable, long-term transformation. The app tackles the underlying drivers of one's eating behavior, addressing the emotional and mental dimensions of their relationship with food instead of relying on short-term solutions or fad diets that can exacerbate eating disorders even further.
Bea users will engage in three guided activities - knowledge, motivation, and meditation (clinical hypnotherapy) - to try to reshape their mindset and build healthier eating habits. If the app detects that a person's struggle requires professional psychological help in addition to Bea, she recommends nearby resources better suited to provide the support they may require.
Since emotional eating has been found to happen more frequently in the evening, Bea also comes with a chat feature to support users during these vulnerable moments, and any other time when they need guidance, encouragement, or tools to manage their emotions and make healthier choices regarding food.
Interested individuals can download the app by visiting https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bea-ai-for-emotional-eating/id6479405068
Contact Info:
Name: Dr. Sera Lavelle
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Organization: Bea Better Eating
Address: 433 Central Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, United States
Website: https://www.beabettereating.com/
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