As a therapist Lindsey provides psychotherapy for teens and adults with a specialization in eating disorders, body image, body shame issues, dieting and food phobias. Lindsey is certified in EMDR and specializes in working with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with a focus on adults molested as children. She strongly encourages a treatment team approach for her clients in recovery from eating disorders and complex trauma. Lindsey at her core enjoys depth based therapy. She uses nature, animal-based therapy. community and the wisdom of Earth and sound clinical practice to help support her client’s in getting in touch with their deeper sense of being, embodiment and purpose. Lindsey believes that each person who comes into her office has the capacity to heal and everything they need within to heal. Her job as a psychotherapist is to support her clients in finding self-love, compassion, grace and resolution in their journey. Lindsey treats eating disorders from a HAES (Health at Every Size Model). Lindsey believes in the innate wisdom to heal and lives in this energy frequency within her life and practice. She believes in integrative approaches in the means to fully heal as an individual. It takes a community.

In her spare time she can be found supporting worthy causes such as EDRS, at the beach or in the mountains with her Dog River and working on personal growth. Lindsey believes in the beauty of connections with all living beings.

Theresa Carpinito Kira, PsyD is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Corte Madera. Theresa served as the Staff Psychologist at Marin Vista Health & Wellness Center’s Intensive Outpatient (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization (PHP) eating disorder program. Prior to this, she served on the Eating Disorder Treatment Team at Portland State University’s Student Health & Counseling Center, where she completed her pre- and post-doctorate training.

Theresa earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Atlanta. She received training in college counseling and eating disorder settings as well as conducting ADHD, learning disability, and other psychological evaluations.

Theresa is seeking certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and is excited about the ways that this modality can be a helpful tool in treating eating disorders and trauma.

Theresa has a background in media studies and is passionate about investigating the ways in which various media formats can negatively influence body image, writing her dissertation on the potential for Facebook to have an impact on body image dissatisfaction in young women. She aims to help people view social and traditional media images with a more discerning eye, to find ways to celebrate body positivity and size diversity online, and to ultimately find joy, meaning, and fulfillment in their real lives offline.

Corinne specializes in helping clients break free from the mental, emotional, and physical toll of chronic dieting, various levels of disordered eating, and body image concerns – as well as nutrition and body image healing work in eating disorder recovery. Ultimately, she helps clients nurture a caring and compassionate relationship with food and their bodies through a non-weight focused, non-diet approach.

Corinne works with clients individually and in groups. She is also the host of The Body Image Podcast.

Corinne began her work in body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders, after spending some time working with clients through the traditional weight-normative approach in the first few years of her career (where the emphasis is on weight and weight loss when defining health and wellbeing). It was here that Corinne realized something had to change, as this approach felt unethical, uncaring, and most of all, unhelpful for her clients. After all, even if we all ate and moved the same, different body shapes and sizes would still exist. With that shared, Corinne has spent the latter part of her career engaged in clinical supervision and various trainings to enable her to competently and successfully work with individuals struggling with food and body image concerns, disordered eating, chronic dieting, and eating disorders. Today, Corinne works from a weight-inclusive approach (where the emphasis is on viewing health and wellbeing as multifaceted and on reducing weight stigma). She is currently working towards certification to become a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD) through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). In her work, Corinne uses a variety of tools, techniques, resources, and therapeutic approaches to help her clients nurture a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body.

Corinne graduated cum laude from Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and completed her dietetic training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She received a Masters of Science from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Further professional training was through the completion of Wellcoaches Core Coach Training Program, Body Image Training for Clinicians, Nutrition Counseling for Eating Disorders, Clinical Approaches To Treating Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder, and The Original Intuitive Eating Pros® certification process to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, among others. Adding to her unique background, Corinne completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training through h3 Yoga in Marin County, California and has taught nutrition at the university level. Corinne frequently speaks on body image, embodiment, intuitive eating, Health at Every Size® (HAES), and eating disorders.

Today, Corinne resides in Marin County, California with her husband, three dogs, cat, and little girl.

Arin earned her Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from The American School of Professional Psychology in 2011, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Neuroscience from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 2004.

Arin utilizes a multidisciplinary theoretical approach with emphases on Psychodynamic, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Family Systems models. She has tremendous passion for working with people who struggle from eating disorders. Arin believes that people have the capacity for change and that a trusting therapeutic relationship along with personal accountability are important components for recovery from an eating disorder.

She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the International Association of Disordered Eating Professionals, and Eating Disorder Recovery Support. Arin is working towards becoming a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist through IADEP.

Marcella received her B.A. from UC Berkeley, and Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan. Marcella’s desire to address eating disorders drove her to pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology, receiving her PhD in 2012. She completed her post-doc internships at an eating disorder outpatient program and an eating disorder residential program for adolescents.

Marcella currently serves as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY # 27037) in Kaiser Permanente’s eating disorder clinic in Oakland. Marcella also serves as adjunct faculty at UC Berkeley Extension Program.

In 1997, Marcella worked with About-Face, a nonprofit organization that addresses media impact on body image serving as the Director of Media Literacy until 2005. Today she is on the About-Face Board of Founders and a consultant. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Association of Size Health and Diversity (ASDAH), on the Board of Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS) as Past President and serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Eating Disorders Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee.

Marcella trains in Kajukenbo at Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center in Oakland. She holds a second degree black belt and enjoys the exploratory path her training gives her. Her recovery and her martial arts training inspires her dedication to multicultural body nurturance and community celebration. For more information about Marcella’s trainings, go to marcellaedtraining.com

Dr. Woodruff earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and trained at Stanford University where she specialized in the treatment of young adults and developed expertise in working with eating disorders, members of the LGBT community, and substance abuse.

Dr. Woodruff is is certified in Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders, also known as Maudsley therapy and is currently in the process of obtaining certification in Emotion Focused Family Therapy for eating disorders. She has taught eating disorder treatment techniques to predoctoral interns and postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University.

Dr. Woodruff also provides consultation, outreach services, and educational seminars to the community, schools, and graduate students training to be psychotherapists. Please find more about her at www.drelissawoodruff.com

Shelly’s life goal is to live each day with purpose in a way that allows her to look back and know that she’s been true to herself, honest with her community, and made a positive impact in people’s lives.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending a night playing board games or having a living room dance party with her partner and friends, getting lost for days in a puzzle, going for a hike while exploring the outdoors, cooking a large Indian meal with her mother or watching a movie with her cat Pliny in her lap.

She is always here to help, so please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Ashley’s research and clinical interests include eating disorders, suicidality, emotional expression, and the influence of contextual factors on these presentations. Ashley believes in a collaborative, strengths-based, creative, and culturally sensitive approach to therapy. She has worked with diverse individuals, families, and couples struggling with eating disorders, suicidality, acute psychiatric needs, mood disorders, and co-occurring relational distress for the last ten years at all levels of care.

Ashley completed her B.A. at Swarthmore College and her Master of Family Therapy at Drexel University. She is a member of several professional associations including the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and their Continuing Education Provider Approval (CEPA) Committee, International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) and their African American Eating Disorder Professionals and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (AAEDP-BIPOC) Committee, and the Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (NCCEFT).

Katie earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. Katie has had the privilege to work with people with diverse identities and backgrounds in a variety of settings, including university counseling centers, community mental health clinics, and eating disorder treatment programs. She completed her predoctoral internship at where she specialized in working with young adults and developed expertise in working with eating disorders, anxiety, the LGBT-Q community, and individuals with diverse multicultural backgrounds. She spent her post-doctoral training practicing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), specializing in individual and group therapy for adolescents and adults with a variety of issues that interfered with their quality of life. Prior to opening her private practice, Katie worked as a staff psychologist at a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient eating disorder treatment program, where she conducted individual, group, and family therapy with adolescents and young adults recovering from eating disorders.

Katie is a certified Be Body Positive Facilitator and she is also certified in Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders. Katie is working toward becoming a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IADEP).