WHAT EVERY THERAPIST NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT TREATING EATING AND WEIGHT ISSUES

“Psychology of eating” expert Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., a recovered chronic dieter and compulsive/emotional eater, uses insights from her recovery and from 30 years of professional experience to teach food-challenged people how learn to eat “normally” and maintain a healthy weight for life.

3 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE:

• Author: clinical and popular articles on eating, weight, addiction, and body image in Social Work Focus, Addiction Treatment Forum, The Newsletter for the Society for Family Therapy and Research, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Tab, The Roslindale and West Roxbury Transcript, Eating Disorders Today, Attitudes Magazine, Positive Change Magazine, Social Work Today
• TV: SNN-TV, Fox TV Morning Show, Ring My Bell, WHDH-TV News, Community/Annette Scherman
• Radio: The AM Show, Reality and Beyond with Jon Duvall, Michael Dresser Show, Rick Anthony Show, Mona Miller Show, Jordan Rich Show, Frankie Boyer Show, Women’s Watch, It’s All About Health/Rochelle Herman, Cooking in Paradise/Judi Gallagher, Dr. Robyn Show, Talk of the Sun Coast, The AM Show with Diane Jones, WTMY “Thought for Food,” “Breakfree Beauty” on VoiceAmerica
• Print interviews/articles/quotes: featured in Publishers’ Weekly; In Touch Magazine, Self Magazine, Scene Magazine, OK Magazine; Herald-Tribune “Gulf Coast Healthy Living,” Bradenton Herald-Tribune, The Bulletin, Roslindale and West Roxbury Transcript, Patriot Ledger, Charlotte Sun, Heart and Soul Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine
• The Rules of “Normal” Eating featured at Canyon Ranch and Lake Austin Spa Resort
• Interviewed as spokesperson on radio, television, and in print for groups such as 9 to 5, Organization of Women Office Workers; The FACE Program (Focus Awareness on Chronic overEating); and the Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute
• Internet: podcast on Food and Feelings at www.psychjourneypodcasts.com, eating blogs at www.eatingdisordersblogs.com
• Lecturer/Speaker: National Association of Social Workers/MA and FL, Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association, Massachusetts Dietetic Association, Boston Women Communicators, Boston Public Library, Selby Library, Newton Free Library, West Roxbury Library, Framingham State College Nutrition Department, Dana Hall School for Girls, Harvard Ridge Fitness Club, Feeding Ourselves, University of South Florida School of Social Work, Pine View School, Women on the Scene, National Organization for Women, Lake Austin Spa Resort; Florida Writers Association; Media Roundtable
• Instructor: Greater Boston and Sarasota, Florida adult education programs; Bayside Center for Behavioral Health/Sarasota Memorial Hospital; T.W.I.C.E. Educational Services, Inc.
• Instructor: graduate continuing education programs, including Simmons College School of Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
• Co-founder: Greater Boston Collaborative for Body Image and Eating Disorders
• Former Member: Professional Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association

For more information, go to www.eatingnormal.com, www.squidoo.com/eatnormalnow, or contact the author at kkoeniglicsw@comcast.net or 941-379-9849.