Judith Matz – The Perfect Storm of Diet Culture, Weight Stigma and Psychological Distress: How the Body Gets Burdened with Emotional Conflicts

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Speaker: Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW

Duration: 1 Hour 02 Minutes

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright: Dec 05, 2023  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

Body dissatisfaction in normative in our culture. The idealization of thinness and pressures to lose weight, combined with weight stigma, ensure that clients believe losing weight will make them happier, healthier, and more successful. At the same time, the focus on weight loss in diet culture means that clients often translate emotional issues into the language of body shame. In this workshop we’ll explore how diet culture creates a ripe arena for the body to get burdened by core psychological conflicts. We’ll consider how working must look at multiple sources of body dissatisfaction including weight stigma, internalized weight stigma, and unburdening the body from emotional issues so that clients can feel more at home in their bodies.

Speaker

Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, is co-author of The Making Peace with Food Card Deck, 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. Through her individual counseling, groups, workshops, presentations and books, Judith has helped thousands of people to develop self-care skills that increase physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing without a focus on the pursuit of weight loss. Through educational programs, she is dedicated to helping people end the preoccupation with food and weight. Judith received her MSW at University of Michigan and earned her post-graduate certificate at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, where she trained in the treatment of eating disorders. Judith is a frequent contributor to the Psychotherapy Networker magazine and a popular speaker at national conferences. Descriptions of her work have appeared in the media including the New York Times, LA Times, Allure, Fitness, Self, Shape, Today’s Dietitian, Diabetes Self-Management, NBC News Chicago, Huffington Post Live, and she appears in the documentary America The Beautiful 2.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Judith Matz is the director of The Chicago Center for Overcoming Overeating, Inc. and maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Judith Matz receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Judith Matz is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the National Eating Disorder Association, and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.

Objectives

1. Evaluate the relationship between diet culture and internalized weight stigma 
2. Identify clients’ use of negative body thoughts to express core psychological issues 
3. Apply at least three strategies to help clients move from body shame to body positivity 

Outline

Diet Culture and Internalized Weight Stigma 

• Definition of diet culture 
• How body shame regarding weight is learned  
• Understanding the role of the diet cycle in perpetuating body dissatisfaction 
• The impact of weight stigma 

The Intersection of Emotional Issues and Body Shame 

• How the body gets burdened with psychological struggles 
• Clinical examples of the translation of emotional issues to body shame 
• Helping clients unburden their bodies by naming and “unhooking” their core psychological issues 

Helping Clients Feel More at Home in Their Bodies 

• Clinicians’ attitudes toward body size 
• Debunking myths about weight and health 
• Implementing attuned eating 
• In depth clinical example to illustrate the process of helping clients make peace with food and feel more at home in their bodies  
• Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Target Audience

• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family
• Therapists
• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Social Workers

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