"For some reason or other I woke up this morning and was thinking about the many hours of time I spent working with you on my eating disorder.
Every now and then I feel like I just need to say thank-you for all the help you gave me over the years. As much pain as I was in at the time, I remember my sessions with you as being a positive part of a very dark time in my life.
As I look through your website it looks like you have been very busy over the years. Congratualtions, and thank-you for continuing to do your important work."
Love, - SC
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An internationally renowned expert in the treatment of eating disorders, Abigail H. Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP is a psychotherapist who has treated children, adults, couples, families and groups for the past 35 years. The author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers (Jossey Bass Publishers, 1999), and the e-book Doing What Works: A Professionals Guide for Treating Eating Disorders, Abigail is the founder and director of Eating Disorder Specialists of Illinois: a Clinic without Walls. She hosts three informative web sites, www.empoweredparents.com, an informative site for parents of children with eating disorders, www.empoweredkidZ.com, a site for children that provides a wholesome alternative to pro-anorexic web sites, and www.treatingeatingdisorders.com designed specifically for health professionals and educators. She has appeared on national television as an eating disorder expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The John Walsh Show, Starting Over (NBC) as well as on MSNBC and National Public Radio. She will be featured this fall as an expert in a documentary about eating disorders produced by Fox TV.
 Abigail is also a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais; she has become a leader in using this neurophysiologic approach to augment more traditional approaches to treating patients with eating disorders and body image disturbances. The Feldenkrais Method, through gentle, pleasurable movements and directed attention, creates a novel and remediated experience of body and the Self, offering patients enhanced self-awareness, stress-relief, and new options for personal growth and change.
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Abigail speaks widely to parent and professional audiences and maintains a private practice in Highland Park, Illinois where she resides with her husband.
Ms. Natenshon can be contacted here
"Working with Abbie is like having a wooly afghan wrapped around you on a wintry day…comfy, cozy and safe."
-- A.S, a psychotherapy patient
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