The Psychology of Eating; on Epidemic Eating Disorders

Our guest Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., is a psychotherapist, educator, eating coach, national speaker, international author, and expert on the psychology of eating—the WHY and HOW, not the what, of eating—with 30-plus years of experience teaching chronic dieters and overeaters the skills that “normal” eaters use naturally to maintain a comfortable, healthy weight for life without dieting and food restriction.

We will discuss about the epidemic eating disorders, destructive dieting fads, body image issues and healthy eating habits. Our emotional connection to food and how can we learn to eat better to stay healthy and happy.

A graduate of Simmons College School of Social Work, Ms. Koenig practices and teaches in Sarasota, Florida. She is the author of Nice Girls Finish Fat—Put Yourself First and Change Your Eating Forever (Fireside/Simon and Schuster, June 2009); What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Treating Eating and Weight Issues (W.W. Norton and Co., 2008); The Food and Feelings Workbook—A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health (Gürze Books, 2007), and The Rules of “Normal” Eating—A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between! (Gürze Books, 2005). Nine foreign language editions are or will be available for three of her books.