Contributed by Judith Matz
Unlearning Weight Stigma
The Latest Science on Weight and TraumaIt's time to untangle weight gain and binge eating from trauma. Read more
Overeating Issues in Quarantine?
How to Relate To Food and Weight Now and Let the Shame GoWhen COVID-19 hit and many of us began stocking up on food and sheltering in place, I grew deeply concerned for my clients. How were they going to handle the... Read more
Health Comes in All Sizes
The HAES Approach to Countering Weight StigmaA paradigm shift around weight and wellness is taking on old stigmas. Read more
3 Concerning Messages about the Netflix series “Insatiable”
…And 3 Ways to Talk about Them with Your ClientsThere’s been a lot of outcry from mental health professionals, doctors, parents, and people who’ve suffered from eating disorders about the trailer for the... Read more
Changing How You Think About Weight
Four Steps to Transform Your Internalized Views About Body SizeBy Judith Matz - I’ve come to believe that the way we as therapists feel about our clients’ body size is not only a clinical concern, but a social justice... Read more
High-Stakes Therapy
Eating Disorders Can Be a Matter of Life or DeathWhen it comes to eating disorders, therapy can be a matter of life and death. Read more
A Diet-Free Way to Help Clients with Eating Problems
Judith Matz on Abandoning Weight Loss as a Marker for SuccessMost therapists have been taught that if we can help clients understand the emotional triggers of their overeating, they’ll be able to control their behavior... Read more
It’s Not about the Diet
Building a healthy relationship with foodToo often both clinicians and clients fall into the trap of pursuing weight loss as a therapeutic goal. Read more
Beyond Lip Service
Confronting Our Prejudices Against Higher-Weight ClientsTherapists should not only be aware of their prejudices toward higher-weight clients, but should commit themselves to challenge those attitudes as well. Read more
Recipe For Life
Is Attuned Eating the Answer to Diet Failure?Despite the common cultural notion that anyone can successfully lose weight---constantly reinforced by the $60 billion-a-year diet industry---at least 95... Read more
Beyond the Diet Mentality
Empowering Clients Through Attuned EatingAttuned eating can take people beyond the dead end of the diet mentality. Read more
Judith Matz
Judith Matz, LCSW, is co-author of the Body Positivity Card Deck and two books on the topics of eating and weight struggles, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating and Emotional Overeating, has been called “the new bible” on this topic for professionals. The Diet Survivor’s Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care was a #1 bestseller on Amazon and a favorite resource for therapists to use with clients. She is also the author of Amanda’s Big Dream, a children’s book that helps kids to pursue their dreams – at any size! Judith has a private practice in Skokie, IL, where she focuses her work with clients who want to get off the diet/binge rollercoaster and learn to feel at home in their bodies.