Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II, EDCS

Amy Pershing is the Founder and Director of Bodywise Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Program. She is the President of the Board of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and co-founder of Pershing Consulting, LLC, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma worldwide. She is also a founding partner of the Eating Disorders Education Institute (EDEI).

Amy is an internationally known leader in the development of treatment paradigms for BED, and one of the first clinicians to specialize in BED treatment. Based on 40 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered an approach to BED recovery that is strengths-based and trauma informed, uniquely designed to heal the deeper issues that drive binge behaviors. Her approach integrates a non-diet body empowerment philosophy, helping clients create lasting change with food and body image. Amy also specializes in working with neurodivergence and BED.

Amy lectures and teaches internationally on the treatment of BED for professional and lay communities; she has been featured on radio, podcast, and television programs around the world, speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and a non-diet approach for eating and movement. She is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), and winner of BEDA’s Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder:

The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Taylor and Francis, 2019) and Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing And Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook” with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison (PESI Publishing, 2023).