Ann Kearney Cooke, PhD spoke at the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals conference February 7, 2019 in Palm Springs California. She spoke on the opening day of the conference and the title other talk was ”Advances in the Treatment of Body Image and Eating Disorders”. She shared what she has learned after thirty years of research and development of treatments for body image dissatisfaction, body image distortion and obsession with appearance. She described the factors in an individual life which lead to body obsession, body hatred and low self esteem. Dr. Ann talked about treatment techniques to help eating disorder patients overcome anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. She demonstrated creative strategies to help individuals accept and take care of their body regardless of their shape or weight.