Donna Fish.
Donna Fish talks "Mental and Physical Fitness: A Toolkit for Surviving and Thriving as a Dancer" with the Second Avenue Dance Company.
Donna Fish
Donna Fish, L.C.S.W.-R., is a licensed clinical social worker based in Manhattan, where she runs a private practice. Areas of specialty include eating disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family and couples work. She writes for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, and she is a frequent consultant to the Wendy Williams Show on body image and eating disorders.Ms. Fish has been an adjunct faculty member of Columbia University School of Social Work, the Center for Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, and is a guest lecturer at Harvard Medical School’s Dept. of Eating Disorders, NYU School of Social Work, Mount Sinai Hospital Dept. of Psychiatry and Bellevue Hospital’s Dept. of Social Work and Psychiatry. She has trained the staff at New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services Head Start program, consulted with Child Advocacy Services of Manhattan, and has been a presenter at the Renfrew Center’s Annual Conference on Eating Disorders. With the publication of her book: Take the Fight out of Food: How to Prevent and Solve Your Child’s Eating Problems, Ms. Fish has been interviewed for multiple media outlets including NPR, Better Homes and Gardens, Parenting, In Touch Weekly, ParentGuide News, First for Women, Today’s Parent, USA Today, and USA Weekend. Ms. Fish is a frequent guest speaker to multiple schools and colleges, and was the keynote speaker for the Minnesota School Board’s Administrative Summer Conference.
Television appearances have included the WEEKEND TODAY SHOW, FOX NEWS CHANNEL, AND MSNBC. A former dancer, Ms. Fish has served as a consultant for the staff at the School of American Ballet, the professional training program of the Steps Dance School in NYC, the Actors Fund of NYC, and The Juilliard School.