Abstract
It is important to understand how individual factors interact with environmental and socioculturalfactorsfor a client in treatment. The purpose of Ms article is to acknowledge the utility of an Afrocentric systems approach to treating obese or overweight African American women. It is suggested that a treatment program should address and integrate the strengths and supports of the culture into the development of interventions. African American beliefs about psychotherapy and family, cognitive and coping styles, religiousness and spirituality, and body satisfaction and body image, as well as current approaches to treating obesity and overweight, are considered. This literature is used to frame guidelines for helping African American women with eating problems, body dissatisfaction, or weight management in ways that do not dismiss the experience of multiple oppressions (i.e., racism, sexism, and the stigma of obesity and overweight).
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