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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,Somatic Experiencing/ Natural Calming Approach
Ms. Richter treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, children, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Compulsive Overeating, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
Other areas of expertise: EMDR,Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, Certified Trauma Specialist/ Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1984
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Support Groups:
Healthy Self Image Group for Adolescents: Adolescent group therapy will address the issues of body image, self-esteem, and relationships. When: Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:30pm. Cost: $50 per session. Call or email Susan Richter to reserve your space. A prior consultation is required.
Eating Disorders Recovery Skills Group: In a safe, supportive environment you will learn... Gentle awareness of eating disorder triggers and development of skills/resources to experience: Freedom from emotional or stress eating/dieting; Freedom from purging, compulsive exercise, or self-starvation; Practical tools for overcoming a focus on food and weight; Skills for improving body image and self-acceptance; Communication and relationship skills; Personal empowerment in dealing with pressures of appearance-focused culture; When: Tuesdays, 5:00 - 6:30pm ongoing. Cost: $65.00 per session (most insurance accepted). Call or Email Susan Richter to reserve your space. A prior consultation is required.
Eating Disorders Case Consultation Group: Monthly free meeting for consultation, sharing of knowledge, and support for clinicians working (or interested) in the field of eating disorders treatment. When: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 12:30- 2:00pm. Where: Suite N-B at New Beginnings Counseling Center. Contact Susan for additional information.
Body & Soul Process Group. A men's and women's group therapy experience for those interested in improving their relationships with themselves and others. This group is designed to provide a safe and supportive place to explore: Practicing specific skills for relaxation and body awareness, Identifying stress triggers and stopping progression of stress related pain, Managing stress related eating behaviors, Dealing with relationships directly and with greater confidence, Developing conflict resolution skills toward more satisfying interactions, When: Mondays, 5:00 - 6:30pm. Cost: $65.00 per session (insurance may apply). Co-Facilitators: Susan Baker, MA, MFT and Susan Richter, MA, MFT.
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.
Candy Bartole MS, LMFT, License #MFC40679
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups
275 E. Hillcrest Drive, Suite 120, Thousand Oaks, CA
Additional Communities Served: All of Ventura County
Office: 805-512-2542
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!
La Ventana Eating Disorder Programs
Clinical Director: Candy Bartole, MS, LMFT, License #MFC40679
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
Office: 888-311-0188 (toll free)
Website: www.laventanaED.com
Email: info@laventanaED.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
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.
Michelle C. Gross, MA, MFT, License #MFC31071
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Phone Counseling
2659 Townsgate, Suite 207, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura, Oak Park, Calabasas, Camarillo
Office: 805-497-2366
Treatment Model: I view eating disorders as a coping mechanism. By means of a variety of therapeutic techniques ( i.e. cognitive behavioral therapy, art therapy, work book exercise, relaxation techniques etc.), I lovingly assist each client in discovering how their eating disorder has served them; moreover, how to cope in healthier ways. My goal is for each of my clients to recognize that their eating disorder is not "who they are" rather, "what they do".
Ms Gross treats Anorexia and Bulimia; males and females, adolescents, and adults. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity, Compulsive Overeating, Night Eating Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1993
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance
I love working with eating disordered individuals. I find it a joy to watch them learn to love themselves and to nourish their bodies. People can recover from eating disorders! I've seen it with my own eyes!
Linda K. Laffey, MFT, License #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: 16055 Ventura Blvd, Suite 717, Encino, 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.lindaklaffey.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.
Antonia Ludwig, MA, MFT
Private practice/individual therapy, Family therapy, Couples therapy
5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite 225, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park
Office: 818-707-3173
Treatment Model: Objects-Relations, Family Systems, Cognitive-Behavioral
Ms. Ludwig treats Anorexia and Bulimia
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1992
Payment Options: Cash/Check, Insurance, Sliding Scale
Sydnie Ridley, LMFT
Private Practice/individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, outpatient, support groups*
Offices in Westlake Village, CA and Los Angeles, CA - Located at:
5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Building 200, Suite 225, Westlake Village, CA
2001 S. Barrington Avenue, Suite 203, Los Angeles, CA
Additional Communities Served: West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Brentwood, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills
Office: 310-463-5106
Website: www.sydnieridleymft.com
Treatment Model: Because each client is unique and has different needs and issues, Sydnie uses as combination of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and family systems to help clients recover from their eating disorder. Recovered from anorexia for over twenty years, Sydnie views eating disorders as "disorders of the self" in which eating and exercise behaviors are used as "adaptive" coping mechanisms. Believing that eating disorders are not only about food and weight, but are symptomatic of deeper, more complex issues, these "adaptive functions" need to be explored and understood through an empathic relationship between the client and the therapist in order to facilitate complete recovery. Furthermore, throughout the therapeutic process, she believes it is essential to address any medical and/or nutritional issues by using a treatment team approach when appropriate.
Sydnie treats Anorexia and Bulimia in adolescent and adult women and men. She also works with Athletes and Compulsive Exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder and Compulsive Overeating.
Treating Eating Disorders Since the Year: 1991
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.
Jacque Sierad, LCSW, License #LCS23008
Individual Therapy/Private Practice, Outpatient, Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Phone Counseling
2660 Townsgate Rd., #530, Westlake Village, CA
Additional Communities Served: Los Angeles County, Ventura County
Office: 818-224-2248
Website: www.townsgatecounselingcenter.com
Email: jacquesierad@gmail.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, Sliding Scale, 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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