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Camarillo, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Westlake Village
Susan Richter, MA, LMFT
New Beginnings Counseling Center
Private Practice/individual therapy, couples counseling, family counseling, outpatient, supervision and training for professionals, support groups*
Camarillo, CA
Additional communities served: Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Westlake Village, Oxnard
Office: 805-987-3162 ext 5
Website: www.newbeginningscounseling.net
Email: susanrichter.mft@verizon.net
Treatment Model: Interpersonal, Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioral, Family Systems, Treatment Team Approach
Ms. Richter treats Anorexia and Bulimia
Other areas of expertise: EMDR
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1984
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Support Groups:
*Woman's Growth and Support Process Therapy Group Monday 7-8:30pm ($50/session). Please call Susan at 805-987-3162 ext. 5 for more information.
*Eating Disorder Therapy Group. 12 week treatment group for bulimia Tues 5:30-7pm ($50/week). Please call Susan at 805-987-3162 ext. 5 for more information or to reserve a space.
*Free ANAD Eating Disorder Support Group: Located at New Beginnings Counseling Center, 155 Granada St. Suite N-B, Camarillo, CA. The group meets Weds. evening from 7:00 - 8:30pm and is an ongoing, drop-in group. For more information or directions please call Susan Richter MFT at 805-987-3162 ext. 5.
*Body & Soul Therapy Group: An integrated approach to Stress Management for men and women who want to improve relationships with themselves and others. Monday 5:00-6:30pm ($60/session). Please call Susan at 805-987-3162 ext. 5 for more information.
Foundations At Mandalay Beach
Contact Person: Dawn Smith-Theodore
Support Groups, Nutritional Counseling
5312 Outrigger Way, Oxnard Shores, CA
Additional Communities Served: Santa Barbara, Malibu, Ventura, Westlake Village, Camarillo and the Los Angeles Area
Office: 818-694-0770
Website: www.FoundationsMandalayBeach.com
Email: info@FoundationsMandalayBeach.com
Treatment Model: Foundations at Mandalay Beach is a sober living home for women who are in early recovery from addictions, eating disorders and body image issues. They provide a supportive and structured environment to enable women to find balance as they transition to their sober, healthy nutritional lifestyle.
Foundations at Mandalay Beach treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adult women. Foundations at Mandalay Beach also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers and Binge Eating Disorder.
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Credit Cards
They believe a strong foundation promoting honesty, integrity, and accountability will provide the structure necessary for the passage to a successful life in recovery. Their unique approach will provide support for women struggling with body image issues by offering nutrition education, body image classes and yoga in a safe, peaceful and tranquil environment. Foundations at Mandalay Beach is a 4000 square foot home located steps from the beach in beautiful Mandalay Beach. Dawn Theodore is a specialist in the treatment of eating disorders and addictions. She worked for 7 years as a primary therapist as well as a group facilitator at Monte Nido Residential Treatment Center in Malibu with women suffering from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Exercise Addiction. Dawn is currently the Eating Disorder Consultant at Visions Adolescent Treatment Center in Malibu where she works with adolescents who suffer from drug addiction, alcoholism as well as eating disorders. Dawn has a private practice in Calabasas, CA . She has appeared on The Health Zone as an eating disorder specialist and is recovered from Anorexia Nervosa herself. Dawn saw the need for a transition facility for women in recovery not only from drugs and alcohol, but also from eating disorders and body image issues.
Rader Programs - Pacific Shores Hospital
Inpatient, Residential Treatment, Day Treatment, Medical Evaluation, Individual therapy, Nutritional Counseling, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups
Oxnard, CA
Office: 800- 841-1515
Website: www.raderprograms.com
Email: rader@raderprograms.com
Treatment Model: A Multidisciplinary treatment team in an inpatient setting
The Rader Programs treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. They also work with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1998
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Pacific Shores Hospital is a 30-bed facility completely dedicated to Rader Programs Eating Disorders Treatment. The facility was specifically designed and fully renovated to provide a warm, nurturing environment conducive to the delivery of the highest level of quality care available. The facility is located five minutes from the ocean in picturesque Ventura County just north of Los Angeles and south of Santa Barbara in Southern California. Rader Programs at Pacific Shores Hospital maintains an outstanding treatment team with extensive experience and training in Rader Program's proven treatment philosophy. Rader Programs at Pacific Shores Hospital is the premier facility specializing in Eating Disorders treatment in the United States.
The Rader Program is a national treatment center with multiple locations. The Program accepts patients from all across the United States.
JCAHO, Dept of Health, BBB, City & State Licensed
La Ventana Eating Disorder Programs
Clinical Director: Candy Bartole, MFT #MFC 40679
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Nutritional Counseling, Medical Evaluation, Day Treatment, College/University Counseling Program, Coaching, Holistic Healing, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups, Phone Counseling, Outpatient
275 E. Hillcrest Drive, Suite 120, Thousand Oaks, CA
Additional Communities Served: Los Angeles/Ventura County, Nationwide
Office: 805-777-3873
Website: www.laventanaeatingdisorderprograms.com
Email: candy@laventanaeatingdisorderprograms.com
Treatment Model: Cognitive Behavioral and Experiential ,Self Psychology and Family Systems. They offer day treatment services and evening intensive outpatient for a variety of eating disorders and disordered eating.
The La Ventana Eating Disorder Programs treat Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. La Ventana also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Night Eating Syndrome.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1998
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale, Insurance, Credit Cards
Shannae Rickards, Ph.D.
Private Practice/individual therapy, couples counseling, family counseling, referrals for inpatient and day treatment options
Thousand Oaks, CA
Additional communities served: Calabasas, Camarillo, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Westlake (additional areas served: Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley)
Office: 805-496-7144
Treatment Model: Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioral, EMDR
Dr. Rickards treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents and adults. Other areas of expertise: Borderline Personality Disorder, abuse and trauma history, chemical dependency and self-mutilation. EMDR.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1993
Payment Options: Cash/Check
Sydnie Ridley, LMFT
Private Practice/individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, outpatient, support groups*
Offices in Los Angeles, CA and Agoura Hills, CA - Located at:
2001 S. Barrington Ave. #203 Los Angeles, CA
28230 Agoura Rd. # 150 Agoura Hills, CA
Additional Communities Served: West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Brentwood, Thousand Oaks, Westlake
Office: 310-463-5106
Website: www.sydnieridleymft.com
Treatment Model: Objects-Relations, Family Systems, Cognitive-Behavioral
Ms. Ridley treats Anorexia and Bulimia; adolescents and adults.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1992
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Group Therapy: Group therapy for those dealing with anorexia and bulimia. Free ANAD support group in Santa Monica: call Sydnie Ridley, MFT at 310-463-5106 for details.
Candy Bartole MS, LMFT, License#MFC40679
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups
4882 McGrath Street, Ste. 290, Ventura, CA (additional office soon in Westlake)
Additional Communities Served: All of Ventura County
Office: 805-512-2542
Email: Candy1red@sbcglobal.net
Treatment Model: My focus is what is best for the individual client. I use a combination of treatment philosophies, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, experiential and solution focused.
Ms. Bartole treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity and Compulsive Overeating.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1997
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale
As a recovering eating disorder person, I understand the eating disorder personally as well as professionally. Don't try to fight it alone!
Kristi Walsh, Ph.D., Psychoanalyst
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Outpatient, Couples Therapy, Phone Counseling
143 Figueroa Street, Ventura, CA
Additional Communities Served: Ojai, Oxnard, Carpenteria, Santa Barbara, Camarillo
Office: 805-722-5221
Email: Kristiwalshphd@aol.com
Treatment Model: Object Relations, Psychodynamic
Dr. Walsh treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1986
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Dr. Walsh has over 20 year of experience working with all types of eating and weight management issues. She uses a relational approach to bring into awareness the unconscious dynamics that compel the client toward compulsive behavior. Her therapy is designed to unmask the early developmental issues that are at the root of eating disorders, and help the client resolve the deprivations for which food and exercise have become a substitute. In her work, Dr. Walsh draws from the following perspectives: psychoanalytic, cognitive/behavioral, developmental, and nutritional. Dr. Walsh is not a provider on any HMO panels but will assist with PPO insurance billing. She offers a free initial consultation.
Lois Zsarnay, MS, LMFT, RD, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist & Registered Dietitian
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Nutritional Counseling, Outpatient, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy
4882 McGrath St., Suite 290, Ventura, CA
Additional Communities Served: All Ventura County
Office: 805-650-0507
Website: www.nutritionmentor.com
Email: lois@nutritionmentor.com
Treatment Model: Since Lois is both a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Dietitian she uses a combination of Nutrition Counseling with Therapeutic approaches such as: Cognitive Behavioral, General Systems, Family Systems, Solution Focused and Non-Diet Approach.
Ms. Zsarnay treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, children, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1992
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale
Lois Zsarnay, MS, LMFT, RD is a Licensed Marriage, Family Therapist and Registered Dietitian who specializes in helping people to develop a healthier relationship with food and finding balance in life. She explores with the Client where they are currently at in their journey of recovery and identifying what is working for them and what is not working for them. She then helps the Client to identify what they want to have different in their life and collaborates with them to develop the plan of how to achieve it. Lois focuses on balance and moderation in all areas of life.
Westlake Village, CA (scan down)
Karen Decker, MS, RD #R547876
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Nutritional Counseling, Outpatient, Inpatient Residential Treatment
4055 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 215, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served:
Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Simi Valley, San Fernando Valley, Camarillo, Oxnard, Agoura, Calabasas, Ojai
Office: 805-383-1877
Email: kdecker5@verizon.net
Treatment Model: Nutrition therapy through individualized education, meal planning and challenges to food and body distortion along with non-diet approaches to normalize relationships with food. Child nutrition concerns focusing on developing healthy family philosophies of food and weight with avoidance of guilt and shame which can lead to possible future disordered eating. Client support through extensive communication with treatment team.
Ms. Decker treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome and Compulsive Overeating.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1979
Payment Options: Cash/Check
Karen Decker is a registered Dietitian with extensive experience in the areas of clinical nutrition and eating disorders. She has had in-patient experience with eating disorder treatment at Northridge Hospital, Northridge, California and out-patient nutrition counseling through Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, California. Currently, Karen is treating eating disorder patients through her private practice in Westlake Village, California. In addition to her private practice, Karen is consulting dietitian for substance abuse/eating disorder clients at "Visions Adolescent Treatment Center", Malibu, California.
Linda K. Laffey, MFT Lic.# MFC37134
Private Practice/Individual Counseling, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Coaching, EMDR, Holistic Healing, Nutritional Counseling, Outpatient, Phone Counseling
Office 1: 699 Hampshire Road, Suite 210, Westlake Village, CA
Office 2: 18757 Burbank Blvd., Suite 125, Tarzana, CA
Additional communities served: Agoura, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Simi Valley
Westlake Village Office: 805-375-5860
Encino Office: 818-591-2989
Website: www.lindaklaffeymamft.com
Treatment Model: Working collaboratively with each client, I use a combination of Cognitive Behavioral, Family Systems, Somatic, EMDR, Psychodynamic, Humanistic and Client-centered approaches designed to assist that particular client in achieving her/his therapeutic goals as quickly and effectively as possible.
Ms. Laffey treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Night Eating Syndrome, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).\
Payment Options: Cash/Check
The addition of Integrated Somatic Therapies and EMDR to the treatment of eating disorders has dramatically increased the effectiveness of therapy, as well as significantly decreased the total length of time in treatment. I am very excited about the recovery successes I have witnessed again and again and again.
Robbi Rucker, MA, MFTI, Registered Marriage Family Therapist Intern, Supervised by Catherine Auman, MFT License#30784
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy
699 Hampshire Road, Suite 210, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Malibu, Oak Park
Office: 310-285-2226
Website: www.robbiruckertherapy.com
Email: robinlrucker@gmail.com
Treatment Model: I have found a combination of psychodynamic inquiry along with cognitive behavioral strategies is most effective for my clients.
Ms. Rucker treats Bulimia in adolescent and adult women. She also works with Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 2006
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale
Having personally overcome the pain and frustration of compulsive overeating, I can provide tools to those still searching for help. I understand what it is like to feel out of control with food and how it affects other areas of one's life and self esteem. I can help. Free 20 minute consultation.
Jacque Sierad, LCSW, License#LCS23008
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Outpatient, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Phone Counseling
2239 Townsgate Rd., #104, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Los Angeles County, Ventura County
Office: 818-224-2248
Email: jqsierad@aol.com
Treatment Model: Ms. Sierad has been in recovery from her own eating disorder for over 20 years. She recognizes the necessity of a multifaceted approach to treating eating disorders. The tools won't work if you don't pick them up! She utilizes several modalities including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, art therapy and twelve step concepts.
Ms. Sierad treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adult men and women. She also works with Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Compulsive Overeating, and Night Eating Syndrome.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1998
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Credit Cards, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare
You are not your eating disorder. In order to recover from an eating disorder you need to understand what is helping you cope and learn new ways of coping and learn new behaviors that support the "you" you are meant to be. To do this you need tools. Let's find the tools that work for you.
Lillian Still, MA, LMFT
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Outpatient, EMDR, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy
2277 Townsgate Road, Suite 108, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Simi Valley, Calabasas, San Fernando Valley, Malibu, Camarillo
Office: 805-427-1476
Treatment Model: Psychodynamic, Ego State Psychology, Family Systems, Object Relations, EMDR, Cognitive-Behavioral
Ms. Still treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Overeating and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1999
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Sliding Scale
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