MEDIA | Jude Treder-Wolff

Jude Treder-Wolff was interviewed for “Media Meltdown” Eating Disorders In The Digital Age” in LI Pulse magazine. ” It can be hard to be human in the age of technology. It’s an age where people share all their accomplishments on social media, where images are photoshopped to perfection and where marketing ploys play on individual insecurities. “This media-dominated culture impacts self-image, self-worth and, in subtle but powerful ways, influences both men and women to buy into quick fixes,” said licensed clinical social worker and certified group psychotherapist Jude Treder-Wolff.

These quick fixes are sometimes fad diets, which can lead to a shame cycle and even an eating disorder. Research published by the Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review in 2004 stressed the role of media in the development of eating disorders. It also referenced a 2002 study that found females expressed lower body satisfaction after viewing thin media images.” Read article on LI Pulse website

Jude Treder-Wolff was interviewed for “Five Good Reasons To Fire Your Therapist” on the website VICE.com “This tendency to offer practical suggestions as opposed to talking through feelings and thoughts is a common rookie mistake, says Treder-Wolff. “Giving advice gives therapists a boost,” she says. “They want to be able to say, ‘I fixed it!'” This has the pitfall of starting arguments if the client doesn?t like the advice. (Deyette was fond of her thin, attractive friends.) A more advanced therapist “wants a person to engage with their own strength and creative capacities,” Treder-Wolff says. When a client comes to their own realization about behaviors or attitudes, through guidance, that tends to lead to a steadier commitment and greater resolve. READ ARTICLE

Jude Treder-Wolff can be contacted by telephone at (631) 366-4265 or by e-mail at [email protected]