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About Us
 For more than
30 years, Dr. Alman has been helping people lose
weight and keep it off. He is the author of Keep It
Off: Your Keys to Weight Loss for Life, and a
world-renowned medical weight loss expert.
Dr. Alman’s training began with his own search for
relief from worsening back pain and significant
weight gain in his late teens. Born missing parts of
two lower vertebrae in his back, Dr. Alman
experienced back pain from the time he was old
enough to walk, but as he got older, the pain
worsened and he gained weight until he was 80 pounds
overweight.
Unwilling to go through surgery that would result in
a year of recovery and a chance that he might never
walk again, he searched for an alternative. He found
Dr. Milton Erickson, a pioneer in the fields of
psychiatry, mindbody healing and was best known for
his complete individualization in all counseling
sessions. As Dr. Erickson’s student, Dr. Alman
learned how to alleviate his own back pain.
He studied with Dr. Erickson throughout the four
years he was earning his Ph.D. in clinical
psychology.
“What Dr. Erickson taught me about mind-body
healing, and the therapeutic process, I’ve developed
in my own practice, helping thousands of patients
with their physical and emotional challenges,” Dr.
Alman says.
“As for me, it’s been over thirty years now since I
chose to learn about mind-body healing instead of
submitting to back surgery,” he adds. “I’ve been 99%
percent free of the pain that marred my childhood
and then racked my teenage years. I’m able to run,
work out, play tennis and golf, and travel around
the world, helping people learn how to help
themselves.”
In 1995, he became part of a program at Kaiser
Permanente to help people who chronically struggled
with their weight. Understanding that weight-loss
requires not only exercise and nutrition, but also
psychological support, Dr. Alman looked for ways to
support the psychology of weight-loss.
Working with up to 200 patients a year, Dr. Alman
found he couldn’t follow up with all of them as
often as he wanted to. He partnered with a team of
technology specialists at M.I.T. who helped to
design a system that would use interactive telephone
calls to deliver his program to patients.
Using the mind-body techniques he learned from Dr.
Erickson and refined over the years, Dr. Alman’s
interactive calls have helped thousands of patients
lose weight and keep it off in a manner that feels
easy and natural. With 12 years of success at Kaiser
Permanente, Dr. Alman is making this interactive
weight loss support available to clinics and
individuals around the country.
Become your own TruSage!
Dr. Alman has come to be known as the "Doctor of Last Resort", especially for
overweight individuals who have exhausted all other options for losing weight
and keeping it off.
Professional Credentials
Dr. Brian Alman, Ph. D., best selling author of Keep it Off , is a
world-renowned medical weight loss expert.
Dr. Alman studied at Suffolk University in Boston, and then went on to receive
his clinical psychology Ph.D. at the California School of Professional
Psychology in San Diego. He complemented his degree work by studying with
masters in the mind/body field from all over the world, including Dr. Milton
Erickson, the definer of mind body healing and medicine.
Here are some of the places that Dr. Alman has offered his workshops:
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Kaiser Permanente
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Kraft
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P&G (Procter & Gamble)
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Apple Computer
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Sony Pictures
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University of Paris
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Harvard Medical School
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University of California
Currently, Dr. Alman is working with the world's largest healthcare
organization, Kaiser Permanente, which utilizes Dr. Alman's Keep It Off Program
as a part of their strategy to bring proven weight loss solutions to healthcare
providers around the world.
A much sought-after lecturer at conferences attended by healthcare
professionals, Dr. Alman enjoys the respect of his peers while also making
himself available to the general public via private consultations and seminars
focused on improving the quality of life for participants.
Since 1979, Dr. Alman has been in private practice in Southern California. He
provides training to professionals from all disciplines with his highly
successful methods of:
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Stress Reduction
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Pain Control
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Dealing with Negative People/Difficult Situations
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Peak Performance
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Problem Solving Techniques
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Weight Loss and How to Keep it Off
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Creating Self-Reliance and Eliminating Dependencies and Addictions
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Mind/Body Healing
Dr. Alman has also appeared on national talk shows promoting these same
concepts. He has authored many books, tapes and videos in the areas of
self-discovery, relaxation and self-change. His book, Self-Hypnosis: The
Complete Manual for Health and Self-Change is published in 14 languages
worldwide.
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