Ronna Kabatznick, PhD, is a former Board Member of The Center for Mindful Eating.
She is the author of The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems and Who By Water: Reflections of a Tsunami Psychologist. She is the former psychologist to Weight Watchers International where she developed their behavior weight management program.
She is a social psychologist who has been practicing meditation since 1985. She spent nearly two years on a Vipassana meditation retreat under the guidance of two of Thailand’s greatest Forest Masters. She is the author of “The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems” and a board member of The Center for Mindful Eating, a web-based organization designed to help educate professionals about Mindful Eating. Currently, she is an assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at UCSF. Her Berkeley-based private practice focuses on helping people with depression, weight and relationship issues.
She is currently in private practice in Berkeley, CA and can be reached at drronna@gmail.com