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  • Judith Matz
  • http://www.judithmatz.com
  • http://www.dietsurvivors.com
  • Judith Matz, LCSW is co-author of two books on the topics of eating and weight issues: Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating, and Emotional Overeating (2nd edition, 2014) and The Diet Survivors Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care (2006), and author of the children's book, Amanda's Big Dream (2015). She is the director of the Chicago Center for Overcoming Overeating, Inc., has a private practice in Skokie, IL, and is a popular speaker at local and national conferences. Descriptions of her work have appeared in the media including the LA Times, Fitness, Good Housekeeping, Self, Shape, Today’s Dietitian, Diabetes Self-Management, Psychotherapy Networker, and NBC News Chicago with Nesita Kwan, Huffington Post Live, and she appears in the documentary America The Beautiful 2.