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Jill Zimmerman Rutledge, M.S.W., LCSW, is a psychotherapist who has worked with adolescent girls and women for over 20 years.  She has lectured nationally on the topics of eating disorders, women’s body image, stress management and stepfamilies. 

Jill’s approach to therapy is practical and growth-inducing.  With sensitivity and intuitiveness, she helps women identify areas to work on, and to find coping strategies to deal with their problems and thrive in their lives.  Jill is also interested in helping women explore the mind-body connection as a part of finding a sense of balance and inner peace. 

Jill is the author of several articles on women, the media and body image, as well an article on breast cancer survival.  She has also published 2 award-winning self help books for adolescent girls, Dealing With The Stuff That Makes Life Tough:  The Ten Things That Stress Girls Out and How To Cope With Them (McGraw-Hill, 2004)  and Picture Perfect:  What You Need To Fell Better About Your Body (HCI, 2007)

Jill has been featured in national and international television and radio shows, including ABC TV News, NPR, and MTV-Finland.  She has also been featured in    popular magazines and newspapers, including YM, Teen People, Fitness, Mothering, Daughters, The Chicago Tribune, The Arizona Republic and The Detroit News.  Jill maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Evanston, IL. 
To make an appointment, you can reach Jill at 847-869-0539, x2.

Click here to check out Jill's article on Teen Body Image at RadicalParenting.com.
"I see a lot of tween and teen girls in my practice of psychotherapy, and many of them have problems with their body image. Some feel bad about their bodies because...''

Click here to download Jill's article, "An Image to Heal'', printed in the January/February 1997 edition of The Humanist

Click here to download Jill's column
in the September 2006 Daughters Magazine

Click here to download Jill's column on stress
in the Jan.Feb. 2006 Daughters Magazine

Click here to download Jill's article, "Our Bodies, Our Daughters'',
printed in the spring of 1997 in Mothering magazine

Click here to see an updated version of Our Bodies Our Daughters

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