Steven Gurgevich, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine founded by Dr. Andrew Weil, and a psychologist in private practice at Sabino Canyon Integrative Medicine, both in Tucson. He also is the coauthor, with his wife, behavioral nutritionist Joy Gurgevich, of The Self-Hypnosis Diet: Use the Power of Your Mind to Reach Your Perfect Weight (Sounds True) and author of Hypnosis House Call: A Complete Course in Mind-Body Healing (Sterling). HealingWithHypnosis.com
A friend who has struggled with her weight for years said to me, "Every evening I hear a voice inside…
