Create freedom from overeating and emotional eating without diets, deprivation, or white-knuckled willpower.
You're smart, capable, and accomplished. And yet when it comes to food, it can feel like you're caught in a loop: emotional eating, stress eating, bingeing, and the endless “starting over.”
It’s exhausting.
And it’s not because you’re lacking discipline or willpower.
It’s time for a different approach.
I’m Dr. Melissa McCreery, clinical psychologist and emotional eating coach. For over 30 years, I’ve helped high-achieving women stop battling food and reclaim their power, confidence, and peace. I don’t just bring coaching skills - I bring the depth of clinical expertise, decades of experience and real-world application, and a track record of real, lasting results. And I only work privately with about a dozen women a year, so when I say this work is personalized, I mean it.
Private coaching is a highly personalized coaching experience with steady, expert support. It requires a significant personal and financial commitment and is not a low-cost or introductory option.
Why Private Coaching is Different
This isn't a group program. It’s not a one-size-fits-all plan, and it shouldn’t feel like something you have to squeeze into an already-overfull life.
Private coaching with me is a highly personalized, thoughtfully supported coaching experience designed for discerning women who are ready to invest meaningfully in lasting change.
You’re getting far more than accountability. You’re getting root-level change. We go deep - in a way that feels steady, contained, and supportive, not overwhelming. We address the patterns and beliefs that have kept you stuck, especially the ones that tell you:
- You should be able to figure this out on your own
- You don’t deserve this level of support
- This “shouldn’t” matter as much as everything else on your plate
If you’re here, part of you already knows those stories aren’t the truth.
This is coaching that honors your intelligence, your time, and the depth of your experience. Because your peace with food isn’t a luxury - it’s foundational. And working with a seasoned psychologist means you get expert insight that cuts through the noise and helps you make change at a deep, sustainable level.
Why Coaching for Emotional Eating Works When Diets Don't
Overeating isn’t a discipline problem. It’s something that deserves listening to and understanding. Your brain and body are trying to tell you something. My private coaching helps you:
- Identify why you have the habits you have - and what you need to change to lose them
- Understand cravings and how to change them
- Rewire the thought patterns that keep you running in circles
- Build a peaceful, confident relationship with food
- Create change that lasts - no perfection required
This isn’t about another plan to follow. It’s about real freedom with food.
Is Private Coaching Right for You?
- You’re tired of the food guilt and “starting over” again and again
- You’re successful in many areas, but feel powerless with eating habits
- You’ve tried diets, plans, books, and courses - nothing sticks
- You want more energy, confidence, and ease around food
- You’re ready to stop settling and finally give this part of your life the priority it deserves
- You’re looking for an expert - not just a coach - to help you create lasting peace with food
- You understand this is a premium, high-commitment level of support and want to explore whether it’s the right fit
If this sounds like you, private coaching may be the support you’ve been missing.
What to Expect from Emotional Eating Coaching
- Duration: 3-month commitment
- Format: 1:1 virtual coaching sessions (Zoom) with email support between calls
- Focus: Emotional eating, stress, mindless eating, and self-sabotage - and all the real-life stuff that goes with it. We’ll uncover and transform the root causes of emotional eating and overeating - so you can lose the habits and thought patterns instead of continuing to fight them.
- Outcomes: Lasting food peace, improved confidence, increased energy, and focus
No generic plans. No weigh-ins. No “being good.” Just expert, compassionate guidance tailored to you and your goals.
About Dr. Melissa McCreery
I’m a clinical psychologist, coach, writer, and someone who has been where you might be now. I’ve spent my career helping high-achieving women get out of their own way and build meaningful change - without diets, shame, or trying to squeeze themselves into someone else’s plan.
My clients say I help them see themselves clearly again, and sometimes accuse me of reading their minds. I’m gentle, but I’ll challenge you when you need it. I’ll help you untangle the patterns you’ve been stuck in and step into a way of living that feels peaceful, powerful, and sustainable.
This is personal work. It’s real work. It’s work that changes lives. And I’m honored to walk alongside the women I coach.
If you’re interested in private coaching, the next step is a consultation call.
Because I work with a limited number of women each year, these conversations are designed to determine fit - and I’ll tell you honestly if I believe another option would serve you better.
What My Clients Say:
"I have put a huge bag of bricks down, a bag that I no longer have to carry with me. Working with you has completely changed my life. Before, food was good or bad, and then so was I. Now, it's just food. I'm no longer blaming myself which is amazing and I'm much more aware of the reasons when I desire to eat. I feel freer with my food choices and I'm approaching food with a positive outlook. I could cry because I'm not mad at myself anymore for having cravings. Before, I only thought I was successful if I was perfect with my eating. I'm starting to feel successful all the time. If I do overeat, it's not the end of the world. I can just keep going forward. I have experienced losing weight without it feeling hard or bad and I know this is just the beginning. The amount that I've changed in six months is amazing. I've worked with this issue my entire life and for the first time, I understand it. I am so grateful. I highly recommend coaching with Melissa."
- JENNY | Coaching Client
Ella Cook, Coaching Client
"Working with Dr. McCreery has been such a powerful tool for me in my health and wellness goals. My mindset has completely changed regarding how I view food. Instead of beating myself up and sticking to perfectionistic tendencies, I’m allowing myself to be given the self-love and care needed. Since I began coaching with Melissa, my weight is down twenty-seven pounds and I've found my groove with exercise. I finally have a way of eating that works for me and I've ditched the diet thinking that never worked. I no longer worry about falling off track when I travel or being able to stick with my habits. If life throws me a curveball, I feel confident about my ability to course-correct."
- Wendy | Coaching Client -
"This journey towards weight loss, which is what it was originally, has changed so much for me. Now I see it as a journey towards being full of life and love.
"The side benefit of that is that food is no longer such a coping mechanism for me. Feeling full of other things means I can let go of having to always have food. I don’t feel deprived at all. My eating is very different already. I haven’t had cravings and I am allowing myself to eat anything I feel like eating. I seem to have new patience and more love than I had before. . . And yes, I have lost 5 pounds this week, without trying. While eating pasta! I even ate fried chicken this week!!! I ate as much as I wanted, and then stopped, and I felt completely in control."
- M. | Physician -
"Working with Melissa renewed my sense of purpose. I discovered Melissa soon after I merged my company and became a partner in a large consulting firm. I was on an airplane every week (and) I was on a non-stop out of control roller coaster. I was working 80-hour weeks, I wasn’t sleeping and I was certainly overeating. I looked for solutions and found Melissa... She gave me the courage to take control. I found the exit door and never looked back. I have lost 40 pounds. I sleep. I have time for my family. I have started several new business ventures. So, now I am a Type A business woman on my terms."
- Susan | Consultant -
"I felt disconnected, alone and worried about everything. I was looking for a way to change my lifestyle habits so that I didn’t feel so overwhelmed, tired, and out of control. . . . I knew I could use the ‘excuse of I can’t afford this’ as a way not to sign up. I also knew that I had spent almost 30 years and thousands of dollars on books, programs, diets, foods, motivational cd’s etc. I was ready to make an investment in myself that could create lasting change for me.
"I feel very comfortable working with Melissa. She ‘gets’ me. She saw the real me and believed in the real me before I even knew who that was or what it looked like. She continually encourages me to move a little bit out of my comfort zone and towards my goals. She keeps me accountable. She is available for support and encouragement by email in between my coaching calls.
Working with Melissa, I gained my spirit back. I gained the courage and the security to know that I can be at my best and that I am a good person. I learned how to stay with myself when I feel uncomfortable. I learned how to be compassionate and kind to myself. I didn’t expect that I would learn these things. I thought I would learn a system or a process to manage my time, develop willpower and be able to turn off my emotional eating switch.
I used to look at certain people I knew, and admire that they could be so grounded, at peace with themselves, and at ease in the world. I am becoming more like them. I finally ‘get’ what it means to be in the present moment. I take time for myself every day. I am so glad I did this."
- Maryjo | Business Owner -
"One of my challenges has been to finish strong. Great ideas, great plans...I knew exactly what to do to lose weight and then other things would get in the way. I was forever promising myself to do better tomorrow...
"I am really grateful for the time working with Melissa. Even living in Sydney, Australia was no barrier. She helped me identify small smart changes that have had the greatest impact on my everyday life.
"Physically I am 28kg (62lbs) lighter. It seems like every day I’m having conversations with people who are commenting on the big changes. One of my colleagues said, ‘It’s not only that you’ve lost weight – you’re actually glowing!’ It’s been amazing to see the scales go down - but the biggest change is that I have much more energy to get out and do what I want to do.
"The excuses for not looking after myself are gone.
So what about finishing strong? I have realised taking one strong step at a time is possible and that what works are more do-able, even smaller steps than I used to take. This has actually led to several stronger steps to make the real change I was longing for."
- Leanne | Analyst -
"Investing in 6 months of personal coaching was kind of scary for me. I previously thought “I will read a book,” “I will join a group as it's more cost-effective,” “I can find a budget solution to this.” But what I realized after a couple of months of coaching with Dr. McCreery is that my brain and soul responded best to 1 on 1 coaching sessions focussed solely on me. Simple, productive conversations about my needs, thought processes, and ultimately why my brain wanted food when my body didn’t need it, and what makes me feel satisfied instead of food. I accomplished some things I wasn't sure I could do. I ended cycles with overeating and emotional eating. Evening overeating is no longer a habit. I broke up with the scale - and it no longer gets to define my mood or how I feel about myself. I learned I could make changes with food that didn't leave me feeling deprived or hungry. I have spent much more on diets, pills, and potions over the past three decades than I did on personal coaching. But no diet ever freed me from the emotional eating cycle like coaching has, or from thinking about my next weigh-in. I wish more people could find the path to getting leaner while getting off the diet/restriction/emotional eating hamster wheel. I am very grateful that I decided to invest in myself through Melissa’s expert coaching. Finding peace with food has been incredibly valuable and rewarding. I wish I had done it sooner."
- ANGIE | Client -
"Melissa McCreery has a rare ability to create a space of safety, empathy, and hope in which coach and client join together to explore unproductive habitual patterns while cultivating faith in new possibilities and transformation. She will definitely help you discover the cracks where the light gets in!"
- Jan | Writer -
"Melissa's blend of professional expertise, practical advice, and genuine caring was just what I needed to learn, consider, and take action on my weight challenges. I tend to be very hard on myself and Melissa helped me to see that treating myself with compassion was a much better way to build the success that I was looking for. Was it a tough decision to invest in 1:1 coaching? YES -- its a time commitment and a financial commitment. Am I glad that I did it? YES -- I would advise anyone to invest the time and attention in themselves with Melissa as their coach."
- Ann | Client -
Ready to Create Food Freedom?
If you’re ready to stop the cycle and want to explore whether coaching is right for you, schedule a consultation. I only work privately with a limited number of women per year, and only when I know I can help.
My coaching for emotional eating has worked for physicians, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and high-achieving women around the world. Let’s talk about how I can help you.
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