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Jennie J. Kramer, MSW, LCSW

Director, Metro Behavioral Health Eating Disorders Centers; Co-author, Overcoming Binge Eating for Dummies.

Jennie Kramer is the founder and executive director of Metro Behavioral Health Associates Eating Disorders Centers located in Scarsdale and in NYC. MBHA offers comprehensive outpatient treatment for all forms of eating disorders along the spectrum.

Kramer has served as the Director of the Renfrew Centers for Eating Disorders in both NY and NJ for five years and has been treating all forms of eating disorders for over a dozen years. Prior to entering this field, she also served as Chief Operating Officer for Dr. Robert Atkins and was a management consultant to the healthcare industry with a special emphasis on integrative medicine.

Kramer received her training from Adelphi and Fordham universities. She serves on the Board of The Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society and enjoys membership and affiliation with organizations including The National Eating Disorders Assoc. (NEDA), The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), The Binge Eating Disorders Associations (BEDA), The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), The Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC),The National Association of Social Work (NASW), New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), The NY State Society for Clinical Social Work (NYSSCSW) The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the International Network of Integrative Mental Health (INIMH).

She is co-author of Overcoming Binge Eating for Dummies (Wiley/2013).