Anita A. Johnston, Ph.D
P.O. Box 393
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
phone: 808-262-0398
email: DrAJ1@aol.com
Books Authored:
Eating in the Light of the Moon: how women can transform
their relationships with food through myth, metaphor,
and storytelling
published in English, Dutch, German, Korean, and Italian
Fee range:
Variable: depending on involvement or the type of workshop or presentation
Some previous speaking engagements:
Day
long professional training workshop for the Ridgeview
Institute
Using Metaphor & Stories to Understand and Treat Eating
Disorders Across the Lifespan
Atlanta, GA 2004
Keynote
Speaker, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, sponsored
by EDIN (Eating Disorders Information Network)
Soul Hunger
Atlanta, GA 2004
Week-long
professional training retreat with Francie White & Carolyn
Costin
Tending the Feminine Psyche Maui, HI 2003
Professional
presentation at the Renfrew Center Foundation Conference
Round Pegs & Square Holes: Body Image and the Feminine
Principle
Philadelphia, PA 2003
Advanced
professional training at the International Association
of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium
Eating Disorders as Messengers of the Soul
Washington DC 2003
Plenary
Closing at the International Association of Eating Disorders
Professionals Symposium, The Healing Power of Storytelling
Washington DC 2003
Professional
Presentation at the International Association of Eating
Disorders Professionals Symposium, Eating Disorders
and the Menstrual Cycle
Las Vegas, NV 2002
Keynote
speaker and workshop leader, The Christy Henrich Foundation
Keeping the Balance Workshop
Kansas city, MO 2001
Keynote
speaker to 500 college students, University of Nebraska
Celebrating Every Body
Lincoln, NE 2001
Eating
Disorders Awareness Week presentation, University of
Colorado
Eating in the Light of the Moon
Boulder, CO 2001
Keynote
address, International Association of Eating Disorders
Professionals Symposium
Understanding Disordered Eating Through Metaphor and
Storytelling
Phoenix, AZ 1999
Bio:
Anita Johnston, Ph.D. is the director of the Anorexia & Bulimia Center of Hawaii, which she co-founded in 1982. She is the clinical director and founder of the 'Ai Pono Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorders Program in Honolulu and Maui. She also has developed and runs programs for bariatric surgery patients who struggle with eating disorders.
Dr. Johnston is a clinical psychologist, story-teller, and author of Eating in the Light of the Moon: how women can transform their relationships with food through myth, metaphor, and storytelling which has been published in five languages. She has a private practice specializing in eating disorders and women's issues and conducts workshops and professional trainings, often as keynote speaker, throughout the country.
