Rebecca J. Lester, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and a practicing psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders, trauma, personality disorders, mood disorders and gender/sexuality issues. In 2010, Dr. Lester started Lumen Psychotherapy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers low-fee mental health services in the St. Louis area. Dr. Lester is the author of the award-winning book Jesus in Our Wombs (2005, University of California Press) the recently published Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America (2019, University of California Press), as well as numerous academic articles. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry and president of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. She may be reached via her website at www.rebeccalester.com or at rjlester@wustl.edu.
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Rebecca J. Lester
Rebecca J. Lester, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and a practicing psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders, trauma, personality disorders, mood disorders and gender/sexuality issues. In 2010, Dr. Lester started Lumen Psychotherapy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers low-fee mental health services in the St. Louis area. Dr. Lester is […]