ABOUT JUDY SMITH, LICSW

“My grandmother was my main caregiver and obese. I loved her dearly. Often I witnessed her sitting in the dark eating ice cream from a carton and crying. I wanted to help her but just didn’t know how. I earned a masters degree in social work but my focus was often on helping people with eating disorders.”

Judy Smith, L.I.C.S.W., is a Behaviorist and the Clinic Director at Medical Weight Management Centers in Edina, Woodbury and Saint Paul.  She oversees patient case management from intake to discharge, does behavioral assessments, and teaches behavioral lifestyle change while managing a multidisciplinary team of professionals.   She has been treating patients with eating disorders, weight and other issues for more than 30 years.

Previously she directed the Fairview Southdale Hospital Weight Management Program in Edina, Minn.  She also was an addictions counselor, a family therapist and program supervisor at the Family Renewal Center in Edina.   She has worked as a therapist in private practice at the Southdale Medical Center in Edina. She taught behavioral eating classes while in Brussels, Belgium, for one year. During an internship in Minneapolis, she served as a school social worker.

“Working with Medical Weight Loss Management and Optifast I know I am fulfilling my quest to help those who have issues with obesity and compulsive eating.”

Smith is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.  She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in social work from the University of Minnesota.

She has delivered educational presentations on eating disorders, addictions and family systems to physicians, university social work students, the military and the community.

Smith has been interviewed by several publications and is currently writing a guidebook for compulsive overeaters.

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