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Ronna Kabatznick, Ph.D.

Mindful Eating Approaches to eating, compulsive eating and weight management issues; work with individuals, students, faculty and staff from UC Berkeley.

2740 Belrose Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Additional Communities Served: UC Berkeley Students, Staff and Faculty; Buddhist communities (Theravada, Tibetan, Zen) Jewish communities/congregations throughout the Bay Area

Office: 510-684-5676

Email: ronna@mindfulmanagement.com

Treatment Model: For the past twenty-five years, I have specialized in the dynamics of Mindful Eating. The clients I work with are struggling to find a way to make peace with a chaotic and compulsive relationship to food and eating. Generally, this work centers on two levels: food for the body (which comes and goes) and food for the heart, the only kind that lasts. It's by mindfully becoming aware and familiar with craving and desire and all of its manifestations that clients begin to form a different and more satisfying relationship to food. I was the psychologist for weight watchers international for nine years, where I was responsible for developing their behavioral weight management plan. My book, The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems, is now in it's 16th printing. I see clients individually and in groups. In addition, I am launching a three year Mindful Eating Teachers Training this fall which is based on the management and mismanagement of craving and desire. I am on the Board of the Center for Mindful Eating (www.tcme.org) and offer teleconferences are various aspects of mindful eating. I work within a large community of medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, nutritionists and other specialists. I am trained both as a social psychologist and Vipasanna meditation teacher. Finally, I also offer consultation services to professionals interested in receiving a mindfulness perspective regarding their students and/or clients.

Dr. Kabatznick treats Obesity, Food Addiction, Obesity and Compulsive Overeating. She also works with Athletes & Compulsive Exercisers, Night Eating Syndrome and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1985

Payment Options: Cash/Check

I am deeply committed to serving those who are struggling with food and eating issues. Helping people to properly feed their bodies and more importantly, their hearts, has become one of my most persistent life goals. I have worked with clients and groups throughout the Bay Area, the USA and internationally, exploring and teaching the basics principles of mindful eating. I gnerally run two or three mindful eating groups a year in addition to my private practice. As I noted above, I am in the process of creating and launching a three-year Mindful Eating Teacher Training Alliance (METTA) to train teachers (in a variety of professions) interested in mindful eating. This innovative program includes the function and power of food blessings, kitchen, shopping and menu meditations, the perils and promises of renunciation, dedication of merit, etc.

Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, Outpatient

Ms. Ferrari treats Anorexia and Bulimia, males and females, adolescents and adults.

Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups, Workshops, Trainings, and Consultations

Treatment Model: Psychodynamic, Relational, Cognitive Behavioral, Integrative, and Hypnosis

Ms. Gottfriend treats binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating and eating disorders NOS; works with both males and females, adolescents and adults.

Ongoing Compulsive Eating Support Group: This group is held on Monday evening in Oakland co-facilitated by Caryn Gottfried, MFT and Dana J. Schwartz, MFT. We integrate Geneen Roth's non-diet approach and depth psychology to help you heal your relationship to food, weight and body image. You learn to listen to your body's cues of hunger and satisfaction and develop a more positive body image.

Treatment Model: My approach is psychoanalytic and is informed by feminism. I believe people suffering from eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia can benefit greatly from psychoanalytic therapy. It is imperative that they work through their often dangerous symptoms in relation to the confusing underlying dynamics that cause them. Depending on the severity, treating eating disorders may also require a team of professionals--psychiatrists, nutritionists, and internists who also specialize in eating disorders--and local outpatient programs. I have a network of these professionals and programs established.

Dr. Anders treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adults. He also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Outpatient, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy

Treatment Model: Psychodynamic (Object Relations, Control Mastery, Developmental, Family Systems)

Ms. Beauthin treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adolescent and adult females. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups

Ms. Gottfried treats binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating and eating disorders NOS; works with both males and females, adolescents and adults.

Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups

Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups*, Workshops, Trainings and Consultations

Additional Communities served: Alameda, Berkeley, Piedmont, San Francisco, San Leandro

Treatment Model: Psychodynamic, Relational, Cognitive-Behavioral, Hypnotherapy

Oakland, CA: Compulsive Eating Support Groups - 10 Week Afternoon Group and Ongoing Monday Evening Group. The groups integrate a psychodynamic orientation with a non-diet approach to help clients explore the underlying emotional, familial and cultural issues that lie at the heart of compulsive eating and body hatred. Clients learn to recognize their body's cues of hunger and satisfaction and develop a positive body image. For more information, email danaschwartz510@email.com or call Dana Schwartz, MFT at 510-663-8783.

Claudia Sieber, MFT, License #MFT44012

Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy

3637 Grand Avenue, Suite D, Oakland, CA

Additional Communities Served: Berkeley, Alameda, Hayward, Orinda

Office: 510-238-0741

Website: www.claudiasieber.com

Email: sieberclaudia@yahoo.com

Treatment Model: Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Holistic, Non-Diet Approach

Ms. Sieber treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 2006

Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale

Claudia Sieber, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, currently works at Casa Serena Eating Disorder Outpatient Program in Concord, where she receives weekly support from and knowledge of latest treatments for Eating Disorders from experts in the field. Please feel free to contact her by email or phone anytime with questions.

Lynn Tracy, Ph.D., License #PSY14441

Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Couples Therapy

5655 College Avenue, Suite 315-A, Oakland, CA

Additional Communities Served: U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco

Office: 510-496-2727

Website: www.lynntracy.net

Email: lynntracy@pacbell.net

Treatment Model: I take a holistic approach when treating clients with eating issues. I help clients develop a healthy, positive relationship to food and their bodies. In order to accomplish these goals, I use a tailored treatment approach which includes cognitive-behavioral strategies, relational psychotherapy, and compassion.

Dr. Tracy treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adult men and women. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1992

Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale