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Presenter: Dr. Gia Marson, Psychologist

Dr. Gia Marson is a psychologist, consultant and lecturer with private practices in Santa Monica and Calabasas. She consults for UCLA’s Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorders Program, Nourished For Life; and was Director of the UCLA Counseling Center Eating Disorders Program and a psychologist with UCLA’s Athletic Dept. for 8 years. Dr. Marson is a board member for a non-profit foundation using the arts to reduce mental health stigma--she believes in full recovery, the power of relationships and using strengths to create resilience.

In this session, parents and teens learn together about the challenges of developing a positive body image and a positive relationship with food, and the steps to take if that process turns troublesome. The session explores one person’s story of an eating disorder and the journey back to health through choice and hard work.

Shmirat Haguf v’Hanefesh: Caring for the Teen Body, Mind and Soul, is a joint project of Congregation Or Ami and the Caring Community Foundation (caringcf.org). Paying it forward in loving memory of Joan and Richard Katz. The project is part of the L.A. Jewish Teen Initiative’s Focus on Teen Wellness, co-funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Jim Joseph Foundation with seed funding provided by the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.

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