Tory Butterworth, PhD, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in treating emotional eaters. Based on her training in the Bodynamics body-mind psychotherapy program, Tory has created the STOP Eating Your Feelings treatment model which identifies four different developmental patterns underlying binge eating disorder. She has presented this model at The 26th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference and the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy Conference. She currently uses this model in individual psychotherapy as well as in therapy groups and workshops. Tory has also co-led groups in Mindfulness for Depression and Mindful Eating through Mercy Behavioral Health, where she worked as a therapist for three years and in Training and Development for five years.
After receiving her PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, Tory conducted research in medical decision making for ten years at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and The University of Pittsburgh. She has authored articles in academic journals, written book chapters, presented at academic conferences, and was the co-investigator on two grants funded through the National Institutes of Health.
