Rita Freedman, Ph.D.
384 Woodlands Rd.
Harrison, NY 10528
phone: 914-967-8917
email: freedmanrj@aol.com

Books Authored:
Beauty Bound
Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves
Overcoming Loss: A Healing guide
Living Image: (Forthcoming in 2005)

Title (or titles) and description of your presentations:
"Dances with Mirrors: How to Cultivate the Art of Self-reflection."
"Body Image - A Family Affair: Fashion, Fear and Fat as Family Issues."

Five Learning Objectives
1. What is body image.
2. How does it develop.
3. Biological, psychological and social factors that shape body image.
4. How does body image influence health and illness.
5. Learning to like our looks and ourselves, and helping family members do the same.

Popular Media
Appearances on The Today Show, Cable News Network, 20-20 , Joan Rivers, CNN, Phil Donahue, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Jessie Raphael, Larry King, Geraldo Riviera and many other radio and television programs across the country. Feature articles in popular magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, People, New Woman Self, Health.

Fee range:
$1000 - local Metropolitan New York area
$2000 plus travel - outside of New York

Some previous speaking engagements:
•(2002, Nov.) Dances with mirrors. RenfreFroundation. Phil. PA.
•(1999, March) Face to face. Assoc. for Women in Psych. Providence RI.
•(1999, Aug.) Reflections on the Self. Amer. Psychological Assoc. Boston.
•(1996, Nov.) Self-reflections: How mirrors influence body image and self-concept. Renfrew Foundation. Phil.
•(1994, January). Changing perspectives on body image. Avon Conference. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
•(1993, April). Backlash against body image. National Assoc. for Anorexia Nervosa & Assoc. Disorders. Chicago
•1995-2004 - Public lectures: These jeans make me look fat. Lecture Series, Rye, NY *Gender sensitive therapy. Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains NY
•Learning to like our looks and ourselves. White Plains Hospital, NY.
•Body image as time goes by. DeVries Public Relations event. NYC.
•Bodylove. Workshop at the North Shore Medical Center, Miami, FL.

Bio:
Rita Freedman, Ph.D. is a well known writer and speaker on the psychology of physical appearance. Her books on body image, BEAUTY BOUND and BODYLOVE, have been featured in numerous publications such as People, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, New Woman, Self, and Health. Media appearances include Larry King, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, 20/20 and Oprah. Dr. Freedman is also the author of OVERCOMING LOSS, a healing guide that helps one move beyond the pain of personal loss. She is now completing LIVING IMAGE, which explores the influence of mirrors on self image.

A former Professor of Psychology at the College of New Rochelle and at the State University of New Yorks at New Paltz, she was Associate Editor of the journal Women and Health, and serves on the editorial board of Eating Disorders, The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, she currently maintains a clinical practice in Harrison, NY.

More Info
www.RITAFREEDMAN.COM