Dr. Johnston is a spell-binding international lecturer and workshop leader who blends ancient storytelling, modern psychology, spiritual wisdom, and contemporary women’s issues in a unique and powerful way. Her presentations are lively, engaging, and full of humor, insight, and compassion. She is known for her ability to use metaphor, stories, and imagery to teach complex psychological concepts in a way that is easily absorbed and eminently practical.
Her community presentations, personal growth workshops and professional seminars vary in length, and can be geared towards college students, health care professionals, and the community at large. Dr. Johnston is skilled at adapting her presentations to large audiences in seminar format or to small informal group settings.
Metaphors & Storytelling Related to Eating Disorders - Download
This downloadable lecture is designed to demonstrate how storytelleing and metaphor can be used to help women understand the connection between their disordered eating behavior and the rest of their lives. It uses imagery and traditional folktales to teach the language of metaphor and symbol.
For further information or to schedule an event contact Dr. Johnston at: DrAJ1@aol.com
Upcoming Presentations:
June 18, 2010
Dublin, Ireland
“Cracking the Code: Understanding & Treating Eating Disorders w/ Storytelling & Metaphor”
Open to professionals and the general public
Contact: info@eatingdisorders.ie
July 30, 2010
Knoxville, TN
“Using Metaphors to Understand and Treat Disordered Eating”
Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN
Contact: Anthony Fuller at 865-207-5841 or anthonyfuller@knology.net
October 10, 2010
New York City
National Eating Disorders Conference
“Helping Families Understand the Language of Eating Disorders: Cracking the Code”
New York Mariott Brooklyn
Contact: www.neda.com
November 14, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
Renfrew Center 20th Annual Conference
“Reflections on Eating in the Light of the Moon”
Philadelphia Airport Mariott
Contact: www.renfrew.org
Past Presentations:
- Soul Cycles: The Four Faces of the Sacred Feminine
- Moontime: A Mother/Daughter Coming of Age Tea Party Cycle Celebrations Women's Circle
- Rounds Pegs & Square Holes: Treating Eating Disorders Through Balancing the Masculine & Feminine Principles
- Working with Metaphors to Integrate the Body, Mind and Spirit
- Keynote presentation: Finding Freedom From Food, Fat, & Dieting
- Treating Eating Disorders With Imagery, Metaphor, and Storytelling
- Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders Through Metaphor and Storytelling
- Finding Freedom From Food and Weight Struggles
- Understanding Disordered Eating Through Myth, Metaphor, & Storytelling
- Celebrating Every Body: Body Image & Disordered Eating Across the Lifespan
- Tending the Feminine Psyche with Storytelling and Metaphor
- Round Pegs & Square Holes: Body Image and the Feminine
- Using the Feminine Principle to Understand Disordered Eating
- Yin & Yang: Keeping the Balance
- Maidens & Moontime: Menarche and Eating Disorders
- Cycle Celebrations: Eating Disorders and the Menstrual Cycle
- Soul Food: The Healing Power of Storytelling
- Eating Disorders as Messengers of the Soul
- What all Clinicians Need to Know About Eating Disorders
- Working with Eating Disorders: Hope Change and Healing Using Metaphor &
Storytelling
- Understanding and Treating Disordered Eating
- Clinical Interventions for Eating Disorders
- Decoding the Language of the Eating Disorder
- Treating Compulsive & Binge Eating in Women
- Hunger and Severe Obesity
- Eating Disorders and Addiction
- How Can I Help?
- Breaking Free From Struggles With Food, Fat, and Dieting
- Listening to Your Body