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Episode 142: Dr. Brenda Sigall: Gender Literacy and Eating Disorders Part 2

Welcome to ED Matters episode 142. Kathy welcomes back Brenda Sigall, Ph.D., CEDS, and they continue their conversation on gender literacy and eating disorder prevention. Today, Dr. Sigall joins the points from part 1 so we can understand them in the context of antecedents to eating disorders and their relationship to the development of eating disorders.

Brenda Alpert Sigall, Ph.D., CEDS,  a clinical psychologist,  served as senior staff psychologist, Eating Disorders Program Director and Staff Development Coordinator at the University of Maryland Counseling Center.  She is a private practitioner with a clinical practice in Columbia, Maryland.

Dr. Sigall’s work encompasses, psychotherapy, training and supervision, outreach, consultation and program development, with an emphasis on eating disorders. She  served on the Maryland Governor’s Task Force on Eating Disorders, the Maryland State Department of Education Eating Disorders Prevention Committee,   founded the University of Maryland Panhellenic Task Force on Eating Disorders, co-coordinated Maryland Eating Disorders Awareness week from 1988 through 2003, and created and directed the University of Maryland Eating Disorders Program.

In 1998 Dr. Sigall was awarded the Outstanding Service Award from National Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP) and in 2010 she was the co-recipient of the Westin Memorial Award for Advocacy and Activism, presented by the National Eating Disorders Association.

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