Dr. Kari Anderson has positioned herself as a respected clinician and leader in the field of eating disorders. Her career spans over three decades of leading treatment teams in all levels of care, Kari has developed several treatment models, most recently for the treatment of binge eating.

Kari earned her Doctor of Behavioral Health with her research project, The Mindful Eating Cycle: Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder, at Arizona State University in 2012. Co-creator of the Am I Hungry?® Mindful Eating for Binge Eating Program, Kari also co-authored the acclaimed book Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Binge Eating: A Mindful Eating Program for Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body. Her memoir, Food, Body, and Love: but the Greatest of These Love, was released in 2021. This work digs deeper into the science behind effective treatment and includes research on food addiction and issues faced in obesity medicine.

She is an adjunct faculty for the University of New Hampshire, and trains graduate students in treatment methods for eating disorders.

As a licensed therapist in three states and certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor (CEDS-S), Kari maintains a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Today, Clarissa and I talked with Kari about the following:

Her Personal and Professional Journey

All about Binge Eating Disorder

Polyvagal theory and the role of vagal circuitry in food and eating behavior

Using a harm reduction model when treating binge and loss of control eating

Kari shares about the Safe and Sound Protocol

We ask her about food addiction!

Kari shares about her book and workbook

She answers our signature question

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