Clarissa has worked in the addiction and mental health fields for the past 12 years and enjoys a reputation as being a skillful clinician yet “down-to-earth” with common-sense solutions to problems that occur when clients are struggling with food addiction recovery issues. Clarissa founded Reinvent Your Bliss Point in 2018 where she works with individuals based on a holistic approach to healing and maintaining recovery.

She has a passion for empowering and supporting individuals, coupled with her commitment to education and best practice, provides clients with a strong, supportive foundation to assist in navigating challenging times for them and loved ones. Her empathetic regard for each individual’s unique challenges and strengths fuels her commitment to helping people on their path to healing from food and the behavioural and emotional health issues that are attached to it. She hopes to create real change in the awareness of the disease of Food Addiction & launched the podcast Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction with Dr. Vera Tarman and Molly Painschab this year.

Clarissa is currently enrolled in Bitten Jonsson's Holistic Addiction Medicine Course. She is on the Executive Committe of the Board of the Food Addiction Institute. She was on the team responsible for the submission of Food Addiction to the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization. Clarissa and the Food Junkies Podcast team are proud to be presenting the topic of Food Addiction at the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals this year.

Follow Clarissa:

Website: https://foodaddictionhelp.ca

Instagram: @reinventyourblisspoint

Facebook: Clarissa Kennedy

Podcast: https://www.foodjunkiespodcast.com

Molly Painschab, LCPC/LAC/FAC, is a mental health professional, addiction strategist, behavior specialist, and certified international food addiction counselor with experience coaching individuals and their family members through recovery management and relapse prevention. Her background in addiction treatment while working with individuals being supervised by the Department of Corrections, Child Protective Services, and other Court-Ordered situations inform her solution-focused and forward-thinking style. Molly is fueled by her belief that recovery is possible.

Molly is SUGAR Certified and Licensed and is currently enrolled in Bitten Jonsson's Holistic Addiction Medicine course as well as Dr. Georgia Ede's Ketogenic Diets for Mental Health Clinician Training Course (to start at the end of July 2021). She is also a Board Member of the Food Addiction Institute and is a co-host of the Food Junkies Podcast. She also started the Food Addiction Professional Network in 2020 to bring together more Food Addiction Professionals!

Follow Molly:

Website: mpainschab.com

Instagram: @MollyPainschab

Facebook: @MollyPainschabCCC

Facebook groups: Sugarbomb in your brain https://www.facebook.com/groups/1682784168624569 and Sugar-Free for Life Support: I’m Sweet Enough https://www.facebook.com/groups/SugarFreeForLife

Podcast: foodjunkiespodcast.com

FREE Sugar Sober Support Fridays at 1 pm EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85619727781