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

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 in adults molested as a child, rape and incest. 

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 clientss 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 lived in this energy 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, She is currently working on her certification in equine therapy to expand her health and healing profession. Lindsey believes in the beauty of connections with all living beings.

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

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.

She has performed professionally in theater and dance companies; facilitated therapeutic groups within intensive and outpatient treatment programs; designed curriculum for dance studios; and instructed a multitude of movement classes including yoga, Pilates, and dance.

Natalie’s practice as a depth-oriented ‘movementrepreneur’ fosters an integration of mind and body through a collaborative journey of performance artistry and Jungian-inspired art therapies. She subscribes to loving ourselves in our darkest spaces; embracing the strength of our shadows and empowering our true Self. Her ‘heartwork’ encourages oneself to explore the relationship of unconscious intentions and unwanted behavioral patterns for a conscious, nourishing life.

Danielle received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Davis, her doctorate in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, with a specialty focus in adolescent eating disorders. She currently works as Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and as a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco.

Danielle incorporates a variety of therapeutic techniques into her work and is certified in Family-Based Therapy. Danielle’s goal as a clinician is to help people recognize their full worth and live lives full of meaning and purpose. Danielle feels privileged to do the work she does and values that psychotherapy allows her to work with patients and families when they are their most real, authentic selves.

In addition to clinical work, Danielle is passionate about research, teaching and training. She has conducted research on interpersonal relationships and recovery from anorexia nervosa, neurocognitive processes in adolescent eating disorders, and treatment outcomes for Family-Based Therapy. In addition to academic journal articles she has published chapters on novel family therapy interventions, and treating eating disorders on university campuses. Danielle regularly provides educational seminars to local agencies, schools, mental health centers and conducts Continuing Medical Education trainings with a focus on treatment and prevention of eating disorders. For more information please go to www.drdaniellecolborn.com.

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.

I received my first bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Tehran. I moved to the U.S. to continue my education and received my second bachelor’s degree in biology Pre-med from NYIT. I received my graduate’s degree and the doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University – San Francisco. I completed my internship at APA accredited site, IMCES in Los Angeles, CA and my Post Doc residency at Kaiser South SF, focusing on general adult population and eating disorders.

I am passionate to work with a diverse range of clients. As a contextual behavioral psychologist, I utilize approaches such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). These types of psychotherapy will require patients to do homework and actively create new meaningful experiences. Many of my patients have found going through this type of therapy life-changing.

I am bilingual and competent to work both English and Farsi Speaking clients.