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The Perfect Storm of Diet Culture, Weight Stigma and Psychological Distress
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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.
Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW
Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, is a therapist, nationally recognized speaker, and consultant on the topics of diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma. She is co-author of the Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating and Body Image Workbook, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Emotional Eating, and Chronic Dieting (3rd edition), The Diet Survivor’s Handbook, The Making Peace with Food Card Deck, and The Body Positivity Card Deck. Judith is dedicated to helping people get off the diet/binge rollercoaster and end the preoccupation with food and weight and to creating a world that treats all bodies with respect. She offers continuing education and training for professionals, as well as customized presentations for a variety of companies and organizations. Judith has a private practice via telehealth where she meets with clients seeking to heal their relationship with food and their bodies. She is a frequent contributor to the Psychotherapy Networker and has been featured in the media including NPR, The New York Times, LA Times, and Good Housekeeping.
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.
