<div id="searchable_text" style="display:none" > <br> <br> <h1><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="49" COLOR="#8D1301" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Joy Jacobs, J.D., Ph.D.</FONT></P></h1><br> <h2><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="24" COLOR="#AC0D0D" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Specializing in eating disorders, weight management and healthy lifestyles</FONT></P></h2><br> <br> <h3>Home</h3><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="26" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Welcome to Joy&apos;s Healthy Bites, an innovative program especially for eating disorders, weight management and personal wellbeing.</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="16" COLOR="#FFFFFF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and serves on its Media Affairs Committee.</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="16" COLOR="#FFFFFF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs is a member of Friends of Nutrition Entrepreneurs, NEDA, and the Eating Disorders Coalition.</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="15" COLOR="#FFFFFF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs serves on the Professional Advisory Panel for Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T)</FONT></P> </p><h3>Specialties</h3><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Anorexia Nervosa</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Bulimia nervosa</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Binge Eating</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Body Image Concerns</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Weight Management</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Compulsive Exercise</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Body Dysmorphic Disorder</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Relationship and Self Esteem Issues</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Assertiveness</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">OCD</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Depression and Anxiety</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Fertility Issues</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#0000FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><a href="http://www.drjoyjacobs.com/media/joyonmaudsley.mp3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Maudsley family based therapy</a></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dialectical Behavioral Therapy</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Cognitive Behavioral Therapy</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Interpersonal Psychotherapy</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Media and Corporate Consulting</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Program Development</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Therapist Training and Supervision</FONT></P> </p><h3>Services</h3><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">All therapy provided by Dr. Jacobs is informed by the state of the science in psychotherapy treatment and research.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#940101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Individual therapy: </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Expert, evidence-based psychotherapy delivered with warmth.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#940101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#940101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Family therapy: </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Joy provides Maudsley family therapy on an outpatient basis. Joy is the lead therapist at UCSD&apos;s 5-day intensive family therapy program. Joy is able to provide phone consultation for families nationally and internationally. She has developed expertise working with very young children and males with eating disorders, as well as adults and adolescents. Joy facilitates the building of Maudsley friendly interdisciplinary treatment teams. Joy also provides supervision/consultation for therapists learning the Maudsley approach as well as other empirically based treatments.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#7A0101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#7A0101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Media Consulting: </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Joy&apos;s background in media and fashion make her an invaluable consultant to magazines and corporations in communicating their messages effectively.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#7A0101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#7A0101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Parent coaching: </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs provides a unique and innovative parent coaching program designed to train caregivers in refeeding and supporting treatment resistant children and adolescents.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#940101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#940101" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">In home meal support: </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs will assess your home environment and help you revamp it to work for you. She will coach you through meals, grocery shopping, and food preparation--essential factors in full recovery and developing a healthy lifestyle.</FONT></P> </p><h3>Media</h3><br> <br> <br> <h3>Social Web</h3><br> <h3>Downloads</h3><br> <h3>Blog</h3><br> <br> <h3>Social Web</h3><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Check out Dr. Joy in action as she heads up the <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><a href="http://beta.beaconstreetgirls.com/clubs/fit--fabulous-team/articles/540-faced-with-fast-food" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fit and Fabulous Team for the Beacon Street Girls!</a></FONT></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Created in 2004, the Beacon Street Girls was the first brand designed specifically to help preteen girls navigate adolescence using friendship-focused contemporary fiction. Today, the Beacon Street Girls books, website and line of gifts provide tween girls everywhere with positive media and strong role models. The Beacon Street Girls, whether online or in the widely popular book series, are shaped by leading experts in adolescent development and current research on how to positively impact girls’ self-esteem. Fans from 112 countries and their parents have embraced the Beacon Street Girls as role models who are “just like me.” The Beacon Street Girls world and Club BSG can be found online at http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com.</FONT></P> </p><a href="http://beta.beaconstreetgirls.com/clubs/fit--fabulous-team/articles/559-ask-dr-joy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>No Frame</b></a><h3>Downloads</h3><br> <a href="http://drjoyjacobs.com/media/parentectomy_press_release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Green Down Arrow</b></a><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="19" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs and other experts comment on the role of family in eating disorders treatment.</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="18" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Listen to Dr. Jacobs explain the Maudsley approach and give tips on using it. Also featuring Laura Collins (author of Eating With Your Anorexic), Harriet Brown (founder of Maudsley Parents) and Dr. Walter Kaye. From NEDA&apos;s 2007 Conference, Eating Disorders Come in All Shapes and Sizes.</FONT></P> </p><a href="http://drjoyjacobs.com/media/joyonmaudsley.mp3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Green Down Arrow</b></a><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="19" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs discusses the importance of the family meal.</FONT></P> </p><a href="http://drjoyjacobs.com/media/cv-article.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Green Down Arrow</b></a><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="19" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dr. Jacobs Brochure</FONT></P> </p><a href="http://drjoyjacobs.com/media/drjoyjacobs_brochure.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Green Down Arrow</b></a><h3>Blog</h3><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">I am pleased to announce my new blog, One More Bite, in partnership with Gurze Books. This blog incorporates a Maudsley therapist&apos;s, parents&apos;, patient&apos;s, and siblings&apos; experiences of the home refeeding process, chronicling the triumphs and challenges that occur daily in the process of ed recovery.</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Gurze books publishing company specializes in eating disorders and is dedicated to serving the entire eating disorders community: individuals who are suffering, their loved ones, the professionals who treat them, and the educators who are working toward prevention. </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Please visit me at:</FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#0000FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><a href="http://www.eatingdisordersblogs.com/one_more_bite/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">One More Bite</a></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">All the best, Joy</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> </p><h3>Contact</h3><br> <br> <br> <h2><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="24" COLOR="#AC0D0D" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Contact</FONT></P></h2><br> <br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="24" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">858-922-4383</FONT></P> </p><br> <p> </p><br> <p> <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="22" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">11772 Sorrento Valley Rd. Suite 157 </FONT></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GeosansLight" SIZE="22" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">San Diego, CA 92121</FONT></P> </p><a href="http://www.wix.com/eitanp/Joy-Healthy-Bites/Page-1" target="_self">BIO</a><br> <h3>Home</h3><br> <h3>Specialties</h3><br> <h3>Services</h3><br> <h3>Media</h3><br> <h3>Contact</h3><br> <a href="/Page-3">Page-3</a><a href="/Page-2">Page-2</a><a href="/Page-1">Page-1</a> </div>