Karen R. Koenig
Contributor residences (Roxbury, MA):
Psychotherapist and educator, former chronic dieter and world-class
binger, Karen Koenig, LicSW, M.Ed. transformed herself from
overweight and unhappy to fulfilled and weight-comfortable by
learning to become a "normal" eater. She is a clinical social
worker in private practice with more than 20 years' experience
helping hundreds of compulsive, emotional, and restrictive eaters
learn to eat normally.
A skilled and dynamic teacher, Ms. Koenig runs graduate social work
and psychology continuing education programs in eating and weight
management, where she teaches her "normal eating" model. She is a
founding member of the Greater Boston Committee of the
Massachusetts Eating Disorders Association, and is an active member
of the National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts
Chapter Private Practice Committee.
As a frequent contributor to Focus, NASW's state publication, Ms.
Koenig has written columns on eating, weight, and body image
problems. Her personal essays have been published in The Boston
Globe, The Boston Herald, and other local and national
publications. She was a semifinalist in the 1999 Massachusetts Film
Office Screenwriting Contest and received a Certificate of
Achievement in the 1996 Writer's Digest Literary Short Story
Contest. Over the past three decades, she has been interviewed on
radio, television, and in print and served as spokeswoman for
groups such as 9 to 5, Organization of Women Office Workers, the
FACE Program, and the Self-Esteem Boston Educational Institute.
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