:: about the author

Dr. Susan Mendelsohn writes and consults for eDiets.com, Inc. Her columns reach millions of subscribers daily. Her support group and live lectures have drawn in hundreds of thousands of individuals seeking her professional insight. "Dr. Susie," as she is affectionately known by her loyal clients, is a clinical psychologist professionally licensed in Ohio. She was a professor of professional psychology for fourteen years, resigning as an associate professor in 2003 before relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio to be closer to family. Dr. Mendelsohn was honored by the Cambridge Who’s Who of Executives and Professionals in 2006 as a Lifetime Member for achievements in her field. Thanks to her engaging personality, Dr. Mendelsohn has been featured on radio and television and in various national magazines including 12 on Health Times - Connecticut, HealthRadio.Net, WFNY 92.3 -Talk That Rocks with Bob Salter, Low Carb Woman, Glamour, First for Women, The Daily Mirror (UK), The Business Courier, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post, Hyde Park Living, Cincy Jewish Living, Style and Leisure, TheWall Street Journal ,WORK-TV-13 (Rochester, NY), WVXU, WXIX, NKY Magazine, WCPO, WMUB, WBOB talk radio, AOL, and many others.

Recently Dr. Susie contributed to 101 Interventions in Group Therapy, by Scott Simon Fehr. In addition to consulting for eDiets.com, Dr. Susie specializes in eating disorders and their related, co-morbid mental illnesses. Her areas of expertise are eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, relationship counseling, and stress management. She also has extensive experience working with those individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, addiction, and physical, emotional, and sexual abuse—all in relation to her groundbreaking work helping sufferers of ED from the inside-out.

Dr. Susie follows a five-pronged approach in guiding her clients toward a successful future of inner peace, no matter what challenges they may be experiencing. In this five-pronged approach individuals must:

Identify their need to change;
Have the desire to change;
Gain the knowledge and tools required to change;
Have the belief in their ability to change (self-efficacy);
Implement or apply such change.

The naked truth of our being emanates from the inside out. Dr. Susie, clinical psychologist, possesses the skills, compassion, and experience to provide her clients with what it takes to learn to live life rather than merely survive it. The butterfly logo on her website at www.TransformEmpowerSoar.com symbolizes the metamorphosis of how individuals journey through their lives in gradual, step-by-step fashion in order to make lasting changes for a lifestyle of mental, emotional, physical, and psychological well-being. Just as a cocoon unfolds and undergoes metamorphosis, so does each human. We cannot simply pry open that cocoon and expect a butterfly to appear. If we attempt to do so, it will die prematurely. Humans must make gradual, healthy changes, just as a cocoon turns into a lovely butterfly in its due time.