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Sofia Rydin-Gray specializes in assessing and treating the behavioral and emotional components of weight management, binge eating, and lifestyle-related conditions that interfere with quality of life. Utilizing main therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy while incorporating somatic experiencing and internal family systems therapy, her research focuses on understanding both immediate and distal triggers of binge eating and food cravings, along with behavioral weight loss interventions. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2007 and is a licensed psychologist and certified Health Services Provider in North Carolina. Dr. Rydin-Gray serves as the Behavioral Health Director at Duke Diet and Fitness Center, which is a residential-style weight management program, and holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at DFC from 2007 to 2009 and her clinical internship in behavioral medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2006-2007.
Duke University Medical Center • Durham, NC
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Duke Diet and Fitness Center • Durham, NC
Director of a residential-style weight management program.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)