Judy Scheel, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is currently in private practice licensed in NY and NC and is the Founder and Former Executive Director of Cedar Associates. She is the President of Cedar Associates Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the prevention, education and research of eating disorders.

Scheel has been treating eating disorders for more than 20 years and over this time has formulated and strengthened her beliefs that mutual respect, empathy and trust are second to none in the maintenance of healthy relationships and are the cornerstone to relational repair and recovery from an eating disorder.

Scheel has co-produced a nationally distributed educational video with teaching manual for students in grades 8-12 on eating disorders and prevention-Awarded Honorable Mention by Columbus International Film and Video Festival.

She has been a lecturer at Purchase College, SUNY and a frequent presenter at local, regional and national conferences. She is a member of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), and the Eating Disorders Coalition, Inc., a public policy organization in Washington, DC.

Scheel has a daughter and son and lives in NC and sometimes NY. She is an avid international traveler, loves to run in the rain and is a novice motorcycle rider.

Scheel's book, "When Food Is Family: A loving approach to heal eating disorders," is published by Idyll Arbor.

She is currently working on a documentary, through Cedar Associates Foundation, Inc. (not-for-profit (501c3) with her partner and cinematgrapher, Ken Kelsch, ASC, on the causes of eating disorders. The documentary, Personas: Identities of an Eating Disorder, combines interviews with leading experts in the field, docudrama segments examining the impact the eating disorder has had on life and relationships, an international mix of "people on the street" segments and people who have recovered.

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