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Judith Matz, lcsw

THERAPIST • AUTHOR • SPEAKER • CONSULTANT

Still battling with food?Stop fighting. Make peace.

Speaking

Judith is known for her engaging, entertaining style and her compassionate voice. She speaks at national and international conferences and workshops, and leaves her audiences with strategies to change their relationship with food and discover wellness beyond weight. Her work inspires other professionals to examine their own attitudes toward dieting, food and weight, and have frequently been described as “transformative.”

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Popular topics:

For the general public:

  • The Power of Attuned Eating: How To End Chronic Dieting and Make Peace With Food
  • Fostering A Healthy Body Image: Changing the Conversation about Dieting, Food and Weight
  • Discover Wellness Beyond Weight: Five Keys to Making Peace with Food and Your Body

For Professionals

  • Emotional and Binge Eating, Chronic Dieting and Shame: What Every Clinician Needs To Know
  • Why The Health At Every Size® Paradigm Matters: Supporting Clients in Their Journey Toward Self-Acceptance
  • Body of Knowledge: Exploring the Clinician’s Experience of Body Size and Its Impact on Treatment
  • The Diet Survivor’s Circle: Journey To Empowerment

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • May 10,2024
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    May 10, 2024

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  • June 26,2024
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    June 26, 2024

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PAST EVENTS
  • April 15,2024
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    April 15, 2024

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  • April 12,2024
    Webinar

    *** Western Oregon Mental Health Alliance: 3 CE’s Available***

    From Body Shame to Body Positivity: A Compassionate Approach to Weight and Well-Being

    April 12, 2024

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  • March 22,2024
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    March 22, 2024

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  • February 05,2024
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    February 5, 2024

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  • November 06,2023
    live webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    November 6, 2023

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  • September 11,2023
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    September 11, 2023

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  • August 28,2023
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    August 28, 2023

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  • April 24,2023
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    March 13, 2023

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  • March 13,2023
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    March 13, 2023

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  • February 24,2023
    Webinar

    *** J&K Seminars, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    A TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH TO BODY SIZE AND EMOTIONAL EATING: BEST PRACTICES TO TREAT DISORDERED EATING, BINGE EATING DISORDER AND BODY SHAME

    February 24, 2023

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  • February 13,2023
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    February 13, 2023

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  • December 05,2022

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    December 5, 2022

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  • Oct 24 – Sep 24,2022
    Live Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    October 24, 2022

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  • September 09,2022
    Kankakee Community College

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 7 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAl AND BINGE EATING, CHRONIC DIETING AND AND BODY SHAME: WHAT CLINICIANS NEED T0 KNOW

    September 9, 2022

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  • May 06,2022

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    May 6, 2021

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  • April 25,2022

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    April 25, 2021

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  • March 21,2022
    Webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    March 21, 2021

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  • March 11,2022

    *** Psychotherapy Networker Conference***

    A Trauma-Informed Approach to Body Size: Unpacking Weight and Stigma in Practice

    March 11, 2022

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  • Feb 24 – Feb 25,2022

    BODY IMAGE SUMMIT: HELPING EVERY BODY FIND PEACE WITH FOOD AND WEIGHT: CE’s Available

    An Inclusive One Of A Kind Summit With 21 Speakers – Please Join Me!

    February 24-25, 2022

    Register Here

  • February 11,2022
    webinar

    *** Upcoming One Day PESI Training For Professionals, Live Webcast: 6 CE’s Available***

    EMOTIONAL EATING, CHRONIC DIETING, BINGEING AND BODY IMAGE: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN NEEDS T0 KNOW

    February 11, 2021

    Register Here

       

I appreciate you giving us the opportunity to promote your training course. Your training skills are superb!

Jack Hirose, MA
President and CEO, Jack Hirose and Associates, Canada’s Leader in Continuing Education for Mental Health and Education Professionals since 1998

“If there is one thing to say about Judith, it’s this: she delivers. We hired Judith to provide a several-hour in-person presentation to nurses and other health care practitioners on weight stigma in the clinical setting. We were delighted with our choice – Judith’s presentation was interactive, reflective, and highly educational. She was a delight to collaborate with from start to finish. Having worked extensively with presenters of varied experience and expertise, I can say confidently that Judith brings a fresh approach to the standard workshop format. It takes courage to speak with compassion on the harm of weight bias to a room of skeptical health care providers. Judith broadened the perspective of every person in that room (myself included!) with a blend of gentle affirmation and evidence-based information delivery that is as powerful as it is original. Thank you, Judith! You are one of a kind, and it was a privilege to work together.” – Carly Marco, Training Manager, HCET

Carly Marco
HCET

Extremely motivating! Life-changing! I came to learn more about eating issues to help my clients, and came away with a wealth of information that I will use in my own life. Thank you!

Paula M. Workshop Participant
Ann Arbor, MI

Judith Matz delivered an insightful presentation titled “Fostering a Healthy Body Image: Changing the Conversation about Dieting, Food and Weight” to our parent group at Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence (HGNA). Her well-researched material was presented in a way that was entertaining and appealing to the audience. Using humor and evidence, Judith engaged the audience, who recognized the challenges parents and girls face fostering positive body image in a culture that cherishes external appearances at any cost. Participants left with achievable ways to create change in their own families and communities. Judith was easy to work with, and very willing to adapt her material to meet our organization’s needs. Her audio-visual presentation supported her information without being distracting. HGNA gives Judith Matz our highest recommendation for groups of parents or kids addressing this important topic.

Ann Carlson, Parent Education Coordinator
Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence

Judith’s experience and knowledge with the HAES® approach combined with her sincerity and ability to connect with participants energized the dietitians at our workshop. Her storytelling stimulated thoughtful discussion and effective brainstorming. Participants left empowered with new skills to incorporate this approach and spread the message to colleagues and other health care professionals.

Carol Clarke, MHSc
RD Conference Co-chair -Dietitians of Canada’s Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Network

Judith Matz is a wonderfully informative and knowledgeable speaker. Her in depth presentation on Binge Eating Disorders included new and interesting clinically based information and highly useful interventions. Judith has excellent engagement skills and was a real “hit” with our audience. This program was very informative and entertaining – we will definitely bring her back for future programs!

Pam Mauro, MSW
LSW Continuing Education for Health Professionals

Judith gave an incredible talk to our organization entitled, Fostering A Healthy Body Image: Changing the Conversation about Dieting, Food & Weight. This event was very well attended and received so much positive feedback from participants that we are contacting other organizations to help spread her message. She is easy to work with and her message is relevant to all ages

Pam Shimamoto, Community Wide Chair
Deerfield Parent Network

An excellent speaker! We were delighted to have Judith Matz share her wisdom and expertise with the students and staff at Michigan State University, and appreciated that she tailored her presentations to address the specific needs of our campus. Judith kept the audience engaged as she facilitated thoughtful discussion about weight stigma, body image and food. Any campus community would benefit from hearing her insightful and inspiring message. Thank you!

Annie Buffington, RD
CSSD Michigan State University Health Promotion Department