Eating Disorders Educators -

Anita A. Johnston, Ph.D
P.O. Box 393
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
phone: 808-262-0398
email: DrAJ1@aol.com

Books Authored:
Eating in the Light of the Moon: how women can transform their relationships with food through myth, metaphor, and storytelling
published in English, Dutch, German, Korean, and Italian

Fee range:
Variable: depending on involvement or the type of workshop or presentation

Some previous speaking engagements:
Day long professional training workshop for the Ridgeview Institute
Using Metaphor & Stories to Understand and Treat Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan
Atlanta, GA 2004

Keynote Speaker, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, sponsored by EDIN (Eating Disorders Information Network)
Soul Hunger
Atlanta, GA 2004

Week-long professional training retreat with Francie White & Carolyn Costin
Tending the Feminine Psyche Maui, HI 2003

Professional presentation at the Renfrew Center Foundation Conference
Round Pegs & Square Holes: Body Image and the Feminine Principle
Philadelphia, PA 2003

Advanced professional training at the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium
Eating Disorders as Messengers of the Soul
Washington DC 2003

Plenary Closing at the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium, The Healing Power of Storytelling
Washington DC 2003

Professional Presentation at the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium, Eating Disorders and the Menstrual Cycle
Las Vegas, NV 2002

Keynote speaker and workshop leader, The Christy Henrich Foundation
Keeping the Balance Workshop
Kansas city, MO 2001

Keynote speaker to 500 college students, University of Nebraska
Celebrating Every Body
Lincoln, NE 2001

Eating Disorders Awareness Week presentation, University of Colorado
Eating in the Light of the Moon
Boulder, CO 2001

Keynote address, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium
Understanding Disordered Eating Through Metaphor and Storytelling
Phoenix, AZ 1999

Bio:
Anita Johnston, Ph.D. is the director of the Anorexia & Bulimia Center of Hawaii, which she co-founded in 1982. She is the clinical director and founder of the 'Ai Pono Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorders Program in Honolulu and Maui. She also has developed and runs programs for bariatric surgery patients who struggle with eating disorders.

Dr. Johnston is a clinical psychologist, story-teller, and author of Eating in the Light of the Moon: how women can transform their relationships with food through myth, metaphor, and storytelling which has been published in five languages. She has a private practice specializing in eating disorders and women's issues and conducts workshops and professional trainings, often as keynote speaker, throughout the country.

More Info
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