ABSTRACT
The next few sessions have seen Steve continue to focus on the changes to his eating. He has had a few lapses, usually at times when he was feeling frustrated and wanting something to make him feel good. He recognised how he still used food as a comforter. It also came to light that he used it to sometimes react against his wife. It would provoke her and there were times when that was what he wanted to do, particularly if she had had a go because he’d eaten more than he’d said he would, or had a few extra beers in the evening. ‘She wanted to moan, he’d give her something to moan about.’ They explored it in the counselling session. Steve admitted that it wasn’t really a very helpful reaction, that he needed to deal with things in a different way.
