The International School for Food Addiction Counseling and Treatment (The INFACT School) is the world’s first and only Food Addiction counseling training that awards professional certification from an accredited certification body.

Graduates qualify to receive a Certified Food Addiction Professional (CFAP) certificate from the European Certification Board and a CFAP from the The Addiction Professionals Certification Board.

“No other Food Addiction program offers anything comparable,” 

explains INFACT’s Director, Esther H. Gudmundsdottir, MSc.



The International School of Food Addiction Counseling and Treatment (INFACT) Food Addiction Professional Training Program Primary Course is taught by a panel of international experts on the forefront of Food Addiction, counseling, treatment, biochemistry, medicine, metabolic science, and nutrition.

INFACT CertificateThe International School of Food Addiction Counseling and Treatment (INFACT)

Food Addiction Professional Training

allows you to learn from

the world’s leading Food Addiction experts.

“The lineup of teachers and lecturers is a unique blend of pioneers and specialists in this field. Between us, we have over 200 years of combined experience in counseling and treating the disease of Food Addiction and expertise in metabolic science.”

“No other programs teach the clinical criteria for Food Addiction counseling and treatment. INFACT is the only school and training accepted for certification by certifying bodies worldwide. We’re the first and only,”

adds Gudmundsdottir, who directs Iceland’s MFM Center for Treatment of Food Addiction.

Online course instructors include Phil Werdell, MA (USA), Marty Lerner, Ph.D. (USA), Guttorm Toverud, Ph.D. (Norway/USA), Theresa Wright, MS (USA), Mary Foushi, CFA (USA), and Esther H. Gudmundsdottir, MSc. (Iceland). Special guest lecturers include Dr. Robert Lustig (USA), and Dr. Nicole Avena (USA). Recent additions are Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, Director of Bright line eating; Amanda Leith, Director of SHIFT recovery; and Karla Osborne, Registered Therapeutic Counselor.