Debra L. Safer, MD, ABPN, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and Codirector of the Stanford Adult Eating and Weight Disorders Clinic. She is a coauthor of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia (for mental health professionals) and The DBT® Solution for Emotional Eating (for the general public). She has worked with hundreds of people with eating and weight concerns, with a particular focus on evidence-based treatment.