Today, Kathy is joined by Dr. Nicole Siegfried and their topic is body image and severe eating disorders. Dr. Siegfried defines severe eating disorders and discusses their intersection with body image.
Dr. Nicole Siegfried is the Chief Clinical Officer for Castlewood Treatment Centers. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) and a licensed clinical psychologist. She also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has treated eating disorders for over 20 years. She is an international speaker and has published research, magazine articles, and book chapters in the field of eating disorders and suicide. Dr. Siegfried is president of the Alabama Regional Chapter of IAEDP. She is chair of the Research Committee for the Residential Eating Disorder Consortium (REDC). She is a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) and former Co-Chair of the Eating Disorders and Suicide Prevention AED Special Interest Group.