CREDENTIALS/DISCIPLINE: Marriage and Family Therapist Intensively Trained DBT Therapist.
BOARD CERTIFIED: Yes – BBS, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification
Number of years treating patients with eating disorders: 2-5 years
Number of patients with eating disorders I treat annually: 1-5
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERTISE: DBT for emotion & behavior regulation, often including eating disordered behaviors.
TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY: ED behaviors are maintained by circumstances in an individual’s environment and/or the reinforcers/outcomes of the behavior. I work with clients to help them learn new behavioral skills to meet goals of eliminating ED and other dysregulated behaviors.
Yes, I believe it is possible to recover from an eating disorder. I define recovery as eliminating eating disordered behaviors (actions & thoughts).
FEES: Cash, Credit Cards, Payment Plans, Personal Checks. If patient covered by “Provider out of the network” in a PPO patient needs to apply for reimbursement.