Psychotherapy Practice
Eugene, OR

(541) 232-6680

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
#T0571

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Eating Disorders Experience

As a woman who has been recovered from an Eating Disorder for over 18 years, I have particular empathy for those engaged in this struggle and my approach is one of non-judgment and loving-kindness. 

I began facilitating ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders) groups in 1999 and after receiving my Master's Degree in counseling, worked for Rader Programs at Pacific Shores Hospital in Oxnard, CA, an inpatient facility for people with severe Eating Disorders.  I spent 4 years at Rader and was Lead Therapist my last year.

I also worked as a primary therapist at Pathways, an intensive outpatient program in Thousand Oaks, CA and at the Eating Disorder Center of California, a partial hospital program in Brentwood.

In June of 2008 I left my position as a primary therapist at RainRock, a residential treatment facility in Springfield, Oregon for women with eating disorders.

I have presented papers on Eating Disorders and have taught classes on E.D. prevention and treatment at the elementary, junior high school and college levels.  I have also written a play about E.D. prevention, targeted at elementary school age children.

I love the work that I do, but am well aware of the high recidivism and low success rates of currently employed treatments. In addition to using traditional methods, I am committed to expanding my therapeutic options.  I am particularly interested in exploring more spiritually oriented approaches to Eating Disorder treatment and recently did some additional graduate work in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica in California.