Abigail H. Natenshon

A foremost expert in the treatment of eating disorders, Abigail H. Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP is a psychotherapist who has specialized in the treatment of children, young adults and their families for the past 40 years. The author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers and Doing What Works: an Integrative System for the Treatment of Eating Disorders from Diagnosis to Recovery, Natenshon is the founder and director of Eating Disorder Specialists of Illinois: A Clinic Without Walls. She hosts three informative, interactive web sites, including www.empoweredparents.com,(for patients and parents) www.empoweredkidZ.com, (a wholesome alternative to the pro-anorexic web sites), and www.treatingeatingdisorders.com, (an educative site for mental health professionals.) She has appeared on national television as an eating disorder expert for The Oprah Winfrey Show and The John Walsh Show, as well as for MSNBC and National Public Radio.

Abigail is also a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner with a Masters certification in the Anat Baniel Method based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. She has become an innovative leader in using these Methods to augment more traditional approaches to treating patients with eating dysfunctions and body image disturbances. Having served as a field supervisor for several graduate schools of social work, Ms. Natenshon has recently joined the teaching faculty of Lesley University's Self-Designed Masters Degree Program in Boston and Cambridge, MA. Abigail maintains a private practice in Highland Park, Illinois where she resides with her husband.