Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD , is a clinical psychologist and eating disorders specialist. Muhlheim trained at the Rutgers Eating Disorder Clinic and is certified in family-based treatment by the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. She is certified as an eating disorder specialist (CEDS) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) and has worked in a variety of settings, including an obesity research clinic, inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, group homes, and in private practice where more than 80 percent of her patients present with eating disorders. Muhlheim conducts workshops and seminars for parents, treatment professionals, graduate students in psychology, and psychiatry residents approximately six times per year. She has her own website and blog, she's the eating disorders expert for Verywell.com, and is clinical director for the eating disorder information website, Mirror-Mirror Eating Disorder. She's affiliated with a number of eating disorder and psychology organizations and is very active on social media. She has built a solid professional platform around eating disorder recovery using FBT.

Currently, she is director of Eating Disorder Therapy LA, a multidisciplinary specialized outpatient eating disorder practice in the heart of Los Angeles, California. Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, is a writer from Virginia who became an activist for improved eating disorder treatment after the recovery of her teen daughter from anorexia. Her book, Eating With Your Anorexic (McGraw Hill), is a memoir of her family's experience. She has written two books on eating disorders, a memoir, and one book of fiction called The Auldton Laughing Club . She has helped found three eating disorder organizations and currently serves as Outreach Director for one of them: F.E.A.S.

T., the only international organization for parents of eating disorder patients. She is also the owner of Circum Mensam LLC, where she is a consultant and educator. She has been an invited speaker for the At Home With Eating Disorders Conference, EDIC, National Eating Disorders Association, the Academy for Eating Disorders, Renfrew Foundation, Ophelia's Place, the University of North Carolina Eating Disorders Program, and Eating Disorders Coalition conferences. Collins writes a blog for the Huffington Post , and is also frequently interviewed by the media, including The Washington Post , The New York Times , BBC News, Wall Street Journal , Newsweek , NPR, and the Los Angeles Times .