Emotional eating, habits and addictions
A specialization in emotional eating
and addictions with NLP
A hands-on specialization for NLP graduates
12 live sessions that give you the tools to work deeply with the root of the pattern — in your clinic and in your personal life.
- Identify and treat the emotional roots that drive eating and addiction patterns
- Expand your toolbox with practical NLP processes you can apply in your clinic
- Go through the process yourself and take away tools that stay with you long after the specialization ends
Intended for NLP graduates at Practitioner level and above — from Retter College or another college.
Next cohort: המחזור הקרוב יפתח ב 21/03/2026
Our world is full of stress and surrounded by addictive junk food –
a proven formula for emotional eating and for addiction to sugar and carbohydrates, which lead to
excess weight, low self-confidence and health problems.
To escape or forget their difficulties, their circumstances, their loneliness or their emptiness,
many people put a screen between themselves and life by smoking soft drugs,
by becoming addicted to screens, shopping and porn, and even to more harmful addictions.
To offer a deep, root-level solution and to be part of the change,
we invite you to join a specialization in which you will gain NLP tools
for treating emotional eating and addictions.
The specialization is suited to NLP graduates
who studied at Retter College or at other colleges:
Who want to fill their clinic with clients –
emotional eating and addictions are widespread in our world of stress and junk food,
which makes this field a highly profitable niche, especially when you offer
deep, root-level solutions to the problem rather than superficial ones that don't work in the long run.
Or who want to help themselves or the people close to them –
if you or someone close to you suffers from emotional eating
or from any kind of addiction, you are welcome to join and understand the source of the problem
and to learn deep tools for coping with it and resolving your personal struggle, at the root.
The advantage of treating emotional eating and addictions
with NLP
A solution at the root of the problem: You can't treat emotional eating with calorie counting or injections. Nor can you quit smoking weed with discipline and willpower – it just doesn't work that way! To break free, you have to go deep and treat the problem at the level where it was created – the emotional level, and that is exactly what NLP does so well.
Relatively fast change: With NLP tools, clients don't become chronically dependent on a therapist, and they don't have to spend years on a psychologist's couch. Because the work happens at a deep level, the results arrive quickly too, and clients learn plenty of tools they can apply on their own for maintenance.
Weight loss and health: When food returns to its original role – nourishing us – and the body is weaned off sugar and carbohydrates, a healthy body at a healthy weight is a happy and direct result of NLP processes. In other words, this is a comprehensive solution for both body and emotions.
Graduates of the training share their stories
"All my life I suffered from excess weight, and now I'm 24 kilos lighter and I run workshops on the subject" "All my life I suffered from excess weight,
and now I'm 24 kilos lighter
and I run workshops on the subject""I received tools I could apply immediately in my clinic, with amazing results and with ease" "I received tools I could apply immediately
in my clinic,
with amazing results and with ease"
The specialization is built of 12 ZOOM sessions
held live.
Each session includes:
Practical NLP tools and processes: Material that is not taught in any other training at Retter.
Complementary knowledge and concepts: This isn't a nutrition training, but because the fields overlap you will learn important complementary knowledge about nutrition, exercise and more, so that you can better understand your clients and help them even more.
Demonstrations and practice: These let you absorb and apply what you learn in real depth.
Extra time: At the end of every session, enjoy time for questions and answers, right up to the very last question (staying is optional).
This is what you will learn in the specialization sessions
on emotional eating and addictions:
- Session1
A comprehensive intake interview for emotional eating and addictions
You will learn what to do and what to ask in the first session with your clients, how to assess in depth the characteristics of the emotional eating or the addiction, how to tell the two apart, and how to identify the source of the problem so that it can be treated at the root.
- Session2
Changing a vow
In this session we dive deep and learn how to identify and release unconscious contracts we made with ourselves in the past to protect us from harm, but which in the present no longer serve their purpose and even hurt and damage us.
- Session3
An end to guilt
Guilt plays a very important role in emotional eating – it is a direct product of it, and it also feeds it. In this session we learn how to break free of the cycle of guilt by strengthening existing resources. We distinguish between depleting and renewable resources and learn how to strengthen the renewable ones – so that the process lasts – and we weave guided imagery into the process.
- Session4
Addictions: an NLP ritual for quitting
One of the keys to recovering from an addiction is complete abstinence from the addictive trigger. In this session we learn an NLP process for creating a commitment to quit sugar, carbohydrates, shopping or any other addiction – a powerful ritual that prevents us from falling into the traps waiting around the corner that drew us back into the addiction in the past.
- Session5
Staying with emotions and emotional eating
You will learn how, instead of numbing the feeling and running to the fridge every time we're sad or hurting, we can stay with the emotion in a safe and meaningful way. The gain is double: we are freed from the conditioning between food and emotion, and we also make room for the difficult emotions and heal them.
- Session6
From self-hatred to self-love
We open the session with an NLP process aimed at understanding what the fat that surrounds us wants to tell us, and how it is actually trying to protect us. From there we continue to a deep process that strengthens the connection with our body and develops self-love.
- Session7
Why physical activity matters for the soul, too
We learn about the enormous importance of physical activity for the body, the brain and the soul. We discover how many ways there are to move, and learn a tool that helps us wisely choose a suitable form of exercise. We learn a process that helps all of us get the body moving, keep going and persevere, and enjoy extraordinary vitality.
- Sessions8 & 9
Whirlwind
In these two special sessions we learn a powerful process that examines the client's hierarchy of values and holds up a realistic mirror to their priorities and how they actually conduct themselves – the process has the power to shake the client up and bring them to a state where things sink in deeply and change. The process is somewhat complex and needs practice to be absorbed well, so we dedicate two sessions to mastering it.
- Session10
Handling resistance in recovery processes
In this session we learn how to deal with the various sophisticated excuses that pull us back into patterns of emotional eating or addiction. We learn a process after which it is no longer possible to hide behind the resistance so typical of recovery. We also learn how to create negative conditioning to food or to the addiction, in order to build resilience and avoid relapses during recovery.
- Session11
Saying goodbye to food
Food has accompanied, calmed and comforted us for years. In this session you will learn how to part with the emotional, psychological and social roles that food fills, in order to break free of dependence and make an emotional and physical change at once.
- Session12
Keeping the end of the movie in mind, and a wrap-up
In the final session you will learn tools to stay highly motivated throughout the process of freeing yourself from emotional eating or recovering from addiction, to maintain the results over the years, and to enjoy a healthy body and mind now and in the future.
Good to know
All the protocols, tools and processes you will learn
can be applied to emotional eating,
and with a slight adaptation to various addictions as well
Graduates talk about the specialization
This course changes people's lives!
I quit all baked goods, and food no longer runs my life I quit all baked goods,
and food no longer runs my lifeI learned empowering, deep, amazing techniques that really, truly work. I learned empowering, deep,
amazing techniques that really,
truly work.I couldn't believe how easy quitting sugar and gluten could be I couldn't believe how easy
quitting sugar and gluten could beI weaned myself off everything to do with diets, and expanded my arsenal of tools in the clinic I weaned myself off everything to do with diets, and expanded my arsenal of tools in the clinic
Already during the course I saw a physical change and lost weight, and there is a change in my clients too Already during the course I saw a physical change and lost weight, and there is a change in my clients too
More good things you will receive
as part of the specialization
The emotional eating and addictions specialization workbook
A printed workbook mailed to you, rich in knowledge and tools for assessing and treating emotional eating and addictions. The workbook was written by Daphna Retter and is exclusive to the college's students.
A dedicated WhatsApp group for specialization participants
Your place to share, consult, collaborate, ask questions and get answers from the assistants who accompany the specialization and from the other participants in the group.
Session recordings:
If you miss a session, you can catch up on the material with the recordings. You can also review what we learned whenever it suits you, even after the specialization ends.
Technical details about the specialization
Cohort dates
המחזור הקרוב יפתח ב 21/03/2026
Study format
12 מפגשי Zoom חיים, אחת לשבוע בימי חמישי ויתקיים בשעות 17:00-21:30
All sessions are taught live on Zoom. Those who can't attend in real time will receive a recording to catch up.
Please note
If you can't make it to the session in real time,
you will receive a recording of it.
Hello dear friends,
I'm glad you're interested in the emotional eating and addictions specialization, because it is close to my heart, and I know what a transformation it can bring to people's lives.
I want to share with you that for years I struggled with excess weight, and for years I dealt with it only on a superficial level: I counted calories, moved from one diet to the next, and the result was that I gained it all back and even more.
You could say I know first-hand, in my own flesh, that counting calories, diets and meal plans don't help – and even do harm – when it comes to emotional eating or an addiction to sugar or carbohydrates, because the problem lies much deeper.
To free ourselves from the negative emotions we are afraid to feel and run away from – into food, shopping, a screen or any other addiction – we have to learn how to deal with our emotions, and to release and change patterns of addiction and emotional eating deeply, at the level of the subconscious.
This is what helped me shed dozens of kilos, quit carbohydrates and sugar, and keep a lean body and healthy habits for years. Happily, the same approach has also helped the clients I worked with in my clinic, the graduates of the specialization over the years, and the clients they in turn work with.
After years of researching the subject, learning from the best teachers, and developing and refining NLP tools and processes to adapt them and make them accessible to others, I created a comprehensive specialization program that lets anyone who chooses to help themselves, their clients or the people dear to them break free from emotional eating or addictions, and make a healthy approach to food a way of life.
I invite you to specialize in a sought-after and profitable niche
and to help others, or yourselves, enjoy healthier, more fulfilling and better lives,
free from addictions and emotional eating.
Your investment
in the emotional eating and addictions specialization
Two things worth considering
Everywhere you go you can meet people who suffer from excess weight caused by emotional eating,
or from an addiction to sugar or carbohydrates – people who are willing to spend a lot of money
to find a solution. That makes a specialization in emotional eating and addictions a profitable and sought-after niche – which means you can earn this investment back very quickly in your own clinic.If you join for yourself or for someone in your family or close circle,
the recovery, the health, the weight loss and the quality of life you can keep for years,
together with the savings in money and heartache over solutions that don't work, will be your reward.
The next cohort
Your investment in tools that stay with you
12 מפגשי Zoom חיים, אחת לשבוע בימי חמישי ויתקיים בשעות 17:00-21:30
המחזור הקרוב יפתח ב 21/03/2026
- 12 live Zoom sessions with Daphna Retter
- A comprehensive printed specialization workbook
- Recordings for catching up and reviewing the material
- A dedicated WhatsApp group and support from assistants
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Answers to frequently asked questions
I'm not used to studying on Zoom – is it effective?
Zoom burst into our lives with the lockdowns, and both we and our students got hooked (a healthy addiction). It's effective and works great, and it's also super convenient: you can study without leaving home and without wasting time and money on travel. The sessions are run completely professionally, the material is presented clearly with slides, the assistants help with technical and professional questions, and there are even bonuses that don't exist in in-person study: extra time for questions and answers, and a recording of every session – which lets you review the material and enjoy the knowledge without any time limit.
I studied NLP somewhere else – can I register for the specialization?
Yes, gladly. The specialization is intended for NLP graduates at Practitioner level and above, and is open to those who studied at other colleges too.
What if I can't attend the Zoom sessions in real time?
No problem – the very next day you will get access to the recording of the session. In addition, there are the assistants who accompany the training, your fellow members of the WhatsApp group, and a lot of support around you – so that you don't fall behind.
I studied NLP Practitioner / Master with you – will this training teach me anything new?
Definitely – this training deals with emotional eating and addictions, and enriches graduates with an additional toolbox and processes that aren't taught in other trainings.
I don't have a clinic and want to join for myself – is that a good fit?
If you yourself suffer from emotional eating or some addiction, then during the training itself you will learn tools and go through processes that will help you release the emotional eating or quit. It's highly recommended and will save you a lot of money on diets that don't work, along with heartache and disappointment.
I want to share that many graduates came for themselves, went through recovery processes and even lost significant weight during the training itself, and some of them even fell in love with the field and decided, though they hadn't planned to, to run workshops and processes on the subject :)
My child is overweight / my daughter suffers from emotional eating – will I learn how to help them?
Absolutely. First, you will understand them better and discover that they are not weak-willed and that it isn't their fault, because everything around them encourages food addiction and emotional eating.
You will also learn a wealth of tools and techniques for change, which you can offer and teach them to use on their own or with your help, even without becoming their "therapist" – simply as a loving, caring mother. You will also gain a great deal of knowledge to help you help them avoid traps at the supermarket and other slip-ups, and instill a healthy lifestyle in your children and your whole family.
Can I buy just the workbook?
No. The workbook was written as part of the learning and practice process, and is given exclusively to participants in the emotional eating and addictions specialization.