Philip Werdell, M.A. Director, ACORN Food Addiction Institute, USA.
Philip Werdell, M.A.
Director, ACORN Food Addiction Professional Training Program
Throughout his career, Phil has worked professionally with over 4000 middle and late-stage food addicts. He is a graduate of Yale University with postgraduate work in food addiction. He comes from a 25-year career building innovative liberal arts and graduate programs. As a food addict professional, Phil was lead counselor for the residential food addiction treatment program at Glenbeigh Psychiatric Hospital of Tampa and the outpatient program of Rader Institute of Washington. He is cofounder of ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services and the Food Addiction Institute, an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to support the healing of all food addicts.
Phil is the author of dozens of articles and books including,
Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction (w. Dr. Tarman),
Food Addiction: Beyond Ordinary Eating Disorders; Physical Craving and Food Addiction: A Review of the Science;
Food Addiction Recovery:
A New Model of Professional Support; Bariatric Surgery and Food Addiction: Preoperative Considerations.
Since 1972, Mr. Werdell has taught counseling, writing, group work, and other human service courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at variety of colleges and universities, including the College for Human Services, Campus-Free College, College of New Rochelle’s School of New Resources, New Hampshire College, Sarasota University, Manatee Community College, and Springfield College.
Professional Experience:
Mr. Werdell has worked with over 4000 food addicts at the Glenbeigh Psychiatric Hospital of Tampa’s residential food addiction treatment program; the Rader Institute of Washington’s out-patient eating disorder program; ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services; and in his private practice.
Publications:
Mr. Werdell’s food addiction publications include
- Beyond Ordinary Eating Disorders: Food Addiction in the IAEDP Clinical Forum;
- Food Addiction Recovery: A New Model for Professional Support;
- The ACORN Primary Intensive Handbook;
- Bariatric Surgery and Food Addiction: Preoperative Considerations;
- Physical Craving and Food Addiction: A Scientific Review for FAI
- The Disease Concept of Food Addiction: A Story for People Interested in Recovery
- Treating Food Addiction: Book 1
- Food Plans for Food Addiction Recovery
- Inventorying Food Slips
- Your Appetite Switch: Master Your Eating
Education and Honors:
BA Yale University, Scholar of the House; President of Torch Honor Society; MA, Beacon College, Human Service and Higher Education; Corning Fellowship; Fulbright Fellowship; post-graduate study at Columbia University, University of South Florida; Certified Food Addiction Counselor, Glenbeigh Psychiatric Hospital of Tampa.
