Tending the Feminine Psyche

Eating in the Light of the Moon

Dr. Anita Johnston
P.O. Box 393
Kailua, Hi 96734
p: (808) 540-1001
e: DrAJ1@aol.com

 

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Clinical Psychologist

Professional Certification

Licensed clinical psychologist

  • State of Hawaii 1982 #PSY-233
  • State of Colorado 2001 #PSY-2566

Employment

  • 2001-present Clinical Director, 'Ai Pono Intensive Out-Patient Eating Disorder Program
    Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1982-present Director, Anorexia & Bulimia Center of Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii

Professional Presentations

  • 2005 Closing Ritual, Renfrew Foundation Conference, Voices From Within, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005 Petaluma Health Care District Eating Disorders Forum, Eating in the Light of the Moon, Novato, CA
  • 2005 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, Decoding the Language of the Eating
    Disorder, Miami, FL
  • 2005 Staff Training, South Pacific Private Hospital, Clinical Interventions for Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia
  • 2005 Professional Workshop, Working With Eating Disorders: Hope, Change & Healing. Sydney, Australia
  • 2005 Keynote Speaker, University of Colorado, Body Acceptance Month, Boulder, CO
  • 2005 Professional Training Workshop, The Elisa Project Symposium, Using Metaphor & Storytelling to Create Change and Healing with Eating Disorders, Dallas, TX
  • 2005 Guest Speaker at Love Your Tree, a V-Day project, in conjunction with Eve Ensler’s Broadway play, The Good Body. New York City, NY
  • 2004 Renfrew Foundation Conference, Hunger and Severe Obesity, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2004 Weekend Workshop, Tending the Feminine Soul, Austin, TX
  • 2004 Weekend Workshop, Tending the Feminine Soul, Santa Barbara, CA
  • 2004 Keynote Speaker, Summit Eating Disorders Symposium, Healing the Soul: What All Clinicians Need to Know About Eating Disorders, Sacramento, CA
  • 2004 Professional Training Weeklong Workshop, Tending the Feminine Psyche, Big Island of HI
  • 2004 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Severe Obesity, Las Vegas, NV
  • 2004 Professional Training Retreat Workshop, Tending the Feminine Psyche, Omega West, Austin, TX
  • 2004 Professional Training Workshop, Ridgeview Institute, Using Metaphor & Storytelling to Understand and Treat Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan, Atlanta, GA
  • 2004 Keynote Speaker, EDIN & Ridgeview Institute, Soul Hunger, Atlanta, GA
  • 2003 Professional Training Weeklong Retreat, Tending the Feminine Psyche, Maui, HI
  • 2003 Closing Address, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium, The Healing Power of Storytelling, Washington DC
  • 2003Advanced Professional Training, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium, Eating Disorders as Messengers of the Soul, Washington DC
  • 2003 Keynote Speaker, EDIN (Eating Disorder Information Network), Listen to Your Body Week Atlanta, GA
  • 2003 Professional Training Workshop, Ridgeview Institute, Understanding & Treating Eating Disorders Atlanta, GA

Publications

Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationships with Food Through
Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling, Carol Publishing, New York, 1996 Gurze Books, Carlsbad, CA 2000

Die Frau, die im Mondlicht aB Scherz Verlag, Germany, 1997 Knaur, Germany, 2002

Eten in het schijnsel van de maan Becht, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998

Eating in the Light of the Moon, Korean translation, Nexus Press, 2003

Eating Disorders As Messengers of the Soul in Mijares & Khalsa (Eds.) The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders, The Haworth Press, New York, 2005

Wisdom Tales: Using Storytelling Traditions to Understand and Treat Eating Disorders, Georgia Psychological Association Journal, Spring 2004

The Power of Storytelling, The Renfrew Perspective Journal, Winter 2002

The Ethnic Identity Experience of Chamorro Women, unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology 1980

 
 
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