About:

Melanie Marklein, M.S., is an extern at the University of Chicago’s Eating Disorders Program providing cognitive-behavioral therapy for a NIMH-funded binge-eating disorder treatment study for adult women. Melanie earned her B.S. degree in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she worked as a research assistant for Lyn Abramson, Ph.D. and Diane Gooding, Ph.D. Melanie is currently an advanced doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has two years of clinical experience working with depression, anxiety disorders, eating and body image disturbances, and adjustment disorders in college students from an interpersonal and psychodynamic perspective. Melanie recently completed her Master’s thesis, Investigating the Role of Family Background, Cultural Idealization of Thinness, and Core Beliefs in the Development of Disordered Eating Among College Women. As the Eating Disorders Graduate Assistant for the University of Illinois Counseling Center, Melanie serves on the Eating Disorders and Disturbances Treatment Team, provides outreach and consultation, and supervises the development and facilitation of psychoeducational workshops by undergraduate Counseling Center paraprofessionals. Melanie’s professional goal is to practice in an eating disorder treatment setting emphasizing a holistic approach to recovery.