Karen
R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed.
5011 Windsor Park
Sarasota, FL 34235-2612
Phone: 941-379-9849
email: kkoeniglicsw@comcast.net
Books
Authored:
The Rules of Normal Eating:A Commonsense Approach
for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters,
and Everyone in Between!
Presentation
titles:
"Quit
Fighting with Food"
"The Rules of 'Normal' Eating"
Audience:
- Chronic dieters, restrictive eaters, undereaters
- Compulsive/emotional eaters, overeaters
- Under or overweight people who want to maintain a comfortable weight without dieting
- People recovering from anorexia and/or bulimia
- Clinicians working with eating disorder clients
Five
learning objectives discussed:
1) Diets don't work in the long-term for weight loss,
but there are learnable rules that "normal" eaters use
instinctively & naturally to enjoy & feel satisfied
with food.
2) Our beliefs create our feelings which produce our
behavior, irrational beliefs lead to irrational behavior,
& rational beliefs lead to rational behavior.
3) To become a "normal" eater, a person must change
their beliefs & behaviors & learn to handle uncomfortable
feelings without food.
4) Good mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical self-care
will contribute to becoming a "normal" eater.
5) Compassion, curiosity, patience, practice, & persistence
in the area of food will lead disregulated eaters to
become "normal" eaters.
Fee
range:
Negotiable
Some
previous speaking engagements:
Workshops/seminars
at
1) Adult Education Programs of Boston and Brookline, MA and Sarasota, FL
2) Sarasota Memorial Hospital/Bayside Center for Behavioral Health
3) Professional Continuing Education Programs of Simmons College School of Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Framingham State College Department of Nutrition
4) Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association, Massachusetts Dietetic Association, National Association of Social Workers/MA Chapter
5) Women on the Scene Conference and American Businesswomen's Association, Sarasota, FL
Bio:
Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., an expert in the psychology of eating, is a psychotherapist, educator, motivational speaker, and author with nearly 30 years of experience helping chronic dieters and compulsive/emotional/restrictive eaters become “normal” eaters. She is a co-founder of the Greater Boston Collaborative for Body Image and Eating Disorders and a former member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association. Her articles and essays about eating, body image, and other clinical issues have appeared in The Newsletter for the Society for Family Therapy and Research, Social Work Focus, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The West Roxbury Transcript, and Attitude Magazine.
A graduate of Simmons College School of Social Work, she has a private therapy practice in Sarasota, FL.
More
Info
www.eatingnormal.com
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