She is the creator of the Body Positive website (http://www.BodyPositive.com) and co-author of Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide for Large Women, and "Alternatives in obesity treatment: Focusing on health for fat women," with Pat Lyons, in Fallon, Katzman, and Wooley (Eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders. She has also written numerous articles for the popular press. She earned her BA (magna cum laude) in psychology from Harvard/Radcliffe and her Ph.D. from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. She is available for psychotherapy, speaking engagements, and workshops.