At the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders, you’ll learn from a team of experienced professionals who are leaders in the field. Our faculty combines decades of research, clinical expertise, and a shared commitment to advancing evidence-based care. Rest assured, you’re learning from trusted experts who are passionate about equipping clinicians like you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to make a lasting impact.
The Dedicated Team Behind Our Training Institute
Co-Founder
Daniel Le Grange, PhD
A Distinguished Professorship at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco, where he is a Benioff UCSF Professor in Children’s Health and Director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, as well as the Department of Pediatrics. Dr.Le Grange also is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at The University of Chicago and was a Berlin Institute of Health Stiftung Charité Visiting Professor at the Charité in Berlin for most of 2022-2023. Dr. Le Grange received his doctoral education at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Hospital, the University of London, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of London and the Maudsley Hospital, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
A Distinguished Professorship at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco, where he is a Benioff UCSF Professor in Children’s Health and Director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, as well as the Department of Pediatrics. Dr.Le Grange also is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at The University of Chicago and was a Berlin Institute of Health Stiftung Charité Visiting Professor at the Charité in Berlin for most of 2022-2023. Dr. Le Grange received his doctoral education at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Hospital, the University of London, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of London and the Maudsley Hospital, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine, California. Dr. Le Grange’s research interest focuses primarily on treatment development through randomized controlled trials for adolescents with eating disorders. He has authored or co-authored more than 700 manuscripts, books, book chapters, and abstracts, and presented his work at more than 200 national and international scientific meetings. His focused scholarship has been translated into more than 10 languages. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Le Grange was elected Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders in 2002. He also is a Member of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Associate Editor for the European Eating Disorders Review, and past Associate Editor for the Journal of Eating Disorders and BMC Psychiatry. He currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for Eating Behaviors and the Italian Journal of Eating Disorders and Obesity and is a past Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Eating Disorders. He is a well-known figure on the international lecture circuit and has on numerous occasions presented his work across North America, Europe, Australasia, Asia, and Africa. Over the past 20+ years, Dr. Le Grange has been Principal Investigator on numerous randomized clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (United States), the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), as well as private foundations in the United States and Australia. Dr. Le Grange is the recipient of the 2013 UCSF Presidential Chair Award, the 2014 Academy for Eating Disorders Leadership in Research Award, and the 2022 Hilde Bruch Lecture Award, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Dr. Le Grange’s research interest focuses primarily on treatment development through randomized controlled trials for adolescents with eating disorders. He has authored or co-authored more than 700 manuscripts, books, book chapters, and abstracts, and presented his work at more than 200 national and international scientific meetings. His focused scholarship has been translated into more than 10 languages. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Le Grange was elected Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders in 2002. He also is a Member of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Associate Editor for the European Eating Disorders Review, and past Associate Editor for the Journal of Eating Disorders and BMC Psychiatry. He currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for Eating Behaviors and the Italian Journal of Eating Disorders and Obesity and is a past Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Eating Disorders. He is a well-known figure on the international lecture circuit and has on numerous occasions presented his work across North America, Europe, Australasia, Asia, and Africa. Over the past 20+ years, Dr. Le Grange has been Principal Investigator on numerous randomized clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (United States), the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), as well as private foundations in the United States and Australia. Dr. Le Grange is the recipient of the 2013 UCSF Presidential Chair Award, the 2014 Academy for Eating Disorders Leadership in Research Award, and the 2022 Hilde Bruch Lecture Award, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Co-Founder
James Lock MD, PhD
A child psychiatrist and Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. He is the director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Division of Child Psychiatry and psychiatric director of an inpatient eating disorder program for children and adolescents at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. The author of over 350 scientific publications on eating disorders, Dr. Lock is a also a recipient of the 2014 Leadership in Research Award from the Academy of Eating Disorders, the Price Family Foundation Award for Research Excellence from the National Eating Disorder Association, an NIMH Early Career Development Award, and an NIMH Mid-Career Development Award. His research has been continuously supported by NIH since 1998. He lectures widely including Canada, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
managing director
Kristen Anderson, MA, LCSW, CEDC-S
A licensed clinical social worker and the Managing Director of the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the Honors College at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and moved to Chicago to begin working with Daniel Le Grange, PhD, FAED on treatment studies for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Kristen obtained her Master’s degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. With over twenty years experience in the field of eating disorders, Kristen has provided FBT in a multitude of clinical treatment trials and is the former Clinical Director at the University of Chicago Eating Disorders Program. Her current research focuses on the use of telemedicine to deliver Family-Based Treatment and the use of Multi Family Therapy for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. Kristen’s primary interests include family based treatment for adolescents and young adults as well as the treatment of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Kristen provides consultation and presents nationally and internationally on the topic of eating disorder treatment. She is a certified Family Based Treatment provider and certified Family Based Treatment Supervisor.
Dr. Erin Accurso
Erin C. Accurso, PhD (she/her/ella) is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Director of the UCSF Eating Disorders Program, and affiliated faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. Dr. Accurso obtained her B.A. in psychology from Dartmouth College and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the San Diego State University / University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program, after which she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago specializing in eating disorders. She has served as a study therapist on multisite FBT trials and an FBT consultant on implementation trials funded by NIMH, and she provides FBT to adolescents and transition age youth at UCSF in both English and Spanish. To date, she has authored over 85 scientific publications, advancing knowledge in mental health service delivery for eating disorders. Her research focuses on improving access to effective care, particularly the accessibility of evidence-based treatments for underserved minoritized individuals with eating disorders.
Kerri Boutelle, PhD
A Professor of Pediatrics, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity and Psychiatry at UC San Diego and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She has specialized in studying and treating eating disorders since 1992 and has been consistently funded by NIH since 2002. Dr. Boutelle has an undergraduate degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Health Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology. She completed her clinical internship at University of Mississippi Medical Center, and her postdoctoral fellowship in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. She works with families and individuals struggling with anorexia, bulimia, other specified feeding and eating disorders, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, binge eating disorder, weight management, and other gastroenterological problems. Boutelle was the study supervisor for a NIH funded multi-centered trial for adolescent anorexia at UCSD, practices FBT in her own clinical practice and supervises staff at UCSD, nationally and internationally on the provision of FBT.
Lindsey D. Bruett, PhD
An Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and an attending psychologist in the UCSF Eating Disorders Program. She leads the Eating Disorders Program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. In addition to providing FBT and other evidence-based treatments for youth and young adult eating disorders, she also has expertise in anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting-based interventions. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Bowdoin College, and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with an emphasis in developmental psychopathology, from Temple University. She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Bruett regularly trains and consults with community-based providers on youth eating disorders care. She is the Adolescent Mental Health training lead of the UCSF/ZSFG Multicultural Clinical Psychology Training Program and an Associate Program Director of the UCSF Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Dr. Bruett's research aims to further our understanding of effective interventions to support youth mental health.
Danielle Colborn, PhD
A Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford School of Medicine where she treats children and teens with eating disorders. Dr. Colborn received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Davis, her doctorate in psychology from Alliant International University, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Colborn has served as a study therapist for FBT treatment development, and has extensive experience in implementing FBT with children, teens and young adults. In addition to direct clinical care Dr. Colborn also serves as the primary supervisor for trainees within the eating disorder program. Dr. Colborn has led seminars in the detection and treatment of eating disorders and provides ongoing consultation and supervision in the community. In addition to her work at Stanford she has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area where she specializes in the treatment of eating disorders.
Gina Dimitropoulos, PhD
Dr. Dimitropoulos, MSW, PhD, FAED, (she/her) is a Professor with the Faculty of Social Work and cross appointed to the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. Gina is an approved supervisor with the train2treat4ed and an approved supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. She is the research lead with the Calgary Eating Disorders Program. With over 20 years of clinical experience, she conducts research in family based treatments for youth and young adults with eating disorders. Using an intersectionality and equity lens, she provides supervision with teams who work with families who are racialized, gender diverse and those experiencing social and economic challenges.
Angela Celio Doyle, PhD
Vice President of Behavioral Health Care at Equip Health, where she leads over 100 providers in delivering online, evidence-based care for eating disorders. Dr. Celio Doyle is passionate about early intervention and access to evidence-based care and has been a clinician and researcher in the eating disorder field for over 20 years. She has been a faculty member with the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders since its inception in 2008 and has trained treatment providers nationally and internationally in Family Based Treatment (FBT). After earning her BA and MA at Stanford University, Dr. Celio Doyle received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California at San Diego. She spent seven years as part of the Eating Disorders Team at the University of Chicago before starting the Eating Disorders Program at the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle. Dr. Celio Doyle has provided FBT in her private clinical practice as well as her role as a study therapist on two NIMH-funded multisite trials at the University of Chicago. She has published more than 60 scholarly articles, abstracts, and book chapters on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders in youth. Dr. Celio Doyle holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Washington's Department of Psychology.
Peter M. Doyle, PhD
A licensed clinical psychologist and Co-Director of the Eating Disorders Center of Seattle. He is also a Clinical Instructor of Psychology at the University of Washington. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and moved to the West coast to work and study at the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders at San Diego State University, where he received his master of arts in psychology with a specialization in eating disorders. Dr. Doyle then returned to Chicago and earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his predoctoral internship and a two-year NIMH-funded postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Chicago's Eating and Weight Disorders Program. Throughout his career, Dr. Doyle has been involved in federally funded research, publishing primarily in the areas of early response to treatment and the use of technology in the assessment of eating disorders. In his clinical practice, Dr. Doyle provides individual and family-based treatment for adolescents and adults with eating disorders.
Sarah Forsberg, PsyD
An Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Eating Disorders Program where she provides individual and family therapy for children, adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. She also serves as an attending psychologist on the adolescent medicine inpatient unit where individuals receive treatment for the medical complications of eating disorders. Dr. Forsberg received a B.A. in psychology from Smith College and a Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the PGSP-Stanford Consortium Program at Palo Alto University. She then completed a predoctoral internship at the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, focusing on treatment and research for eating disorders. Over the past decade, Dr. Forsberg has conducted research on FBT, specifically exploring mechanisms of change and predictors of treatment outcome. She has also served as a study therapist on several NIMH sponsored randomized clinical trials examining FBT and related adaptations. She most recently published a book outlining best practices in supervision and adherence to FBT interventions, Family-Based Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders: A Guide for Supervision and Advanced Clinical Practice (Forsberg, Lock and Le Grange, 2017). She is particularly interested in elevating treatment fidelity to improve outcomes for patients and their families.
Dr. Sasha Gorrell
An Assistant Professor in the Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Her clinical and supervision focus is in the outpatient treatment of adolescents with restrictive eating disorders, specifically in supporting their recovery in FBT. Dr. Gorrell earned a BA in Psychology from Columbia University, an MA in General Psychology from New York University, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from University at Albany, SUNY. After completing her clinical internship at Geisinger Medical Center in Behavioral Medicine, she joined the UCSF team for a T32 postdoctoral fellowship in clinical services research. Her current funded research projects include investigating biobehavioral features of problematic exercise in the context of eating disorders and the use of neuromodulation to treat anorexia nervosa. Overall, her research focuses on characterizing maintenance mechanisms and shared features of anxiety and eating disorders, and using this knowledge to adapt and develop evidence-based treatments.
Brynn Kelly, PhD
A child and adolescent psychologist in the Eating Disorder Specific Care Clinic at IWK Health – the pediatric medical centre serving Atlantic Canada – and is a Clinical Associate with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. Since joining IWK Health, Dr. Kelly has focused on building capacity within the public health care system to prevent, diagnose, and treat eating disorders. As such, she is actively involved in eating disorderservice provision, supervision, teaching, and program development and evaluation. She leads FBT training initiatives and capacity building at IWK Health, co-leads a provincial Family-Based Treatment Training Clinic, and co-leads an FBT consult group for clinicians across Atlantic Canada. In addition to working to build clinical capacity in Atlantic Canada, Dr. Kelly provides education and consultation to various groups in the community pertaining to eating disorder prevention, early detection, and intervention. Dr. Kelly holds a BA from McGill University and an MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California. She completed a predoctoral internship in clinical child psychology at UC Davis Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Kellie Lavender
A Registered Psychotherapist and Co-Director of the New Zealand Eating Disorders Clinic in Auckland, New Zealand, a private outpatient clinic offering evidence based treatments for eating disorders. Kellie has been working in the field of eating disorders for over 20 years with almost all eating disorder presentations with adolescents and adults. Over the past 12 years Kellie has specialized further in using FBT. She became a certified FBT therapist in 2013 and an Institute Faculty member in 2018. Kellie works with individuals and families and has a special interest in working with older adolescents and young adults within the FBT framework. She has presented widely on FBT at local and international conferences and has published a paper on rebooting FBT following perceived failed attempts. Kellie provides supervision to clinicians both in the public and private setting as well as specialist FBT training and consultation to treatment teams across NewZealand and internationally. She also provides training and supervision for Adolescent Focused Therapy (AFT) a manualized, empirically evaluated individual treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa.
Katharine L. Loeb, PhD
Director of Research and Training at the Chicago Center for Evidenced-Based Treatment (CCEBT) in Illinois. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who has devoted her three-decade career to the research and treatment of eating and feeding disorders and related weight concerns. She has also played an integral role in training future scientists and clinicians in this field. In 2020, Dr. Loeb retired as Professor of Psychology in the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) and joined the team at CCEBT. Dr. Loeb received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She was the founding Director of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Eating and Weight Disorders Program; at FDU, was Director of both the Eating, Feeding, and Weight Disorders Lab and Clinical Practicum. She has also been a faculty member, trainer, and certified therapist of the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders since its inception. She is on the medical advisory board of Relief Resources, an international referral service for the Orthodox Jewish Community. Dr. Loeb has been inducted as a Fellow in the Academy for Eating Disorders and in the Association for Psychological Science, and she is a recipient of the FDU Distinguished Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship. Dr. Loeb’s research involves improving case identification of and parenting capacities in managing child and adolescent eating disorders, and systems-level strategies, including applied behavioral economics, to improve children’s eating behaviors.
Renee D. Rienecke, PhD, FAED
A clinical psychologist and Director of Research for Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Centers and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. After earning her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan, Dr. Rienecke received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and completed her clinical psychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Rienecke has extensive experience building and directing treatment programs, and was the founding Director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program and the Medical University of South Carolina Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Rienecke is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders and a member of the Eating Disorders Research Society. She has worked in the field of eating disorders for over 25 years and has over 80 publications. Her research interests include the role of expressed emotion in treatment outcome for adolescent anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Heather Rosen, PhD
Heather Rosen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of eating disorders in adolescents and young adults. She earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and completed her doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Rosen previously held academic positions at large medical centers and children’s hospitals, including Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital. In these roles, she provided inpatient and outpatient treatment to patients with eating disorders, expanded clinical services for the treatment of eating disorders through program development initiatives, and served as a primary clinical supervisor for psychology and psychiatry learners. She also works as a clinical consultant for Equip Health and provides clinical consultation and training to mental health practitioners in the community.
Aileen Whyte, PhD
An Associate Clinical Professor at Stanford School of Medicine where she also serves as Director of the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic. She obtained her BA in Psychology from Lehman College New York and earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the New School, New York. Dr. Whyte provides training and ongoing consultation in FBT. Additionally, she has worked as a study therapist on several NIMH-sponsored randomized clinical trials that investigate FBT and its adaptations. Dr Whyte is a co-author of the book: Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders Piece by Piece: A Practical Guide for Parents (James Lock, Aileen Whyte, Brittany Matheson & Nandini Datta, 2024). Dr Whyte is especially dedicated to advocating for the widespread adoption of evidenced based treatment for eating disorders and facilitating greater access to care for all patients and families.
Blake Woodside, MD
Dr. Woodside’s specialty in psychiatry is the treatment of eating disorders in adults, and family therapy of adolescent anorexia nervosa. He is currently Medical Director, Program for Eating Disorders at the Toronto General Hospital, Director of the Inpatient Eating Disorders Service, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical member and approved supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and a certified therapist and supervisor for the Behavioural Family Therapy Institute. Dr. Woodside has an active academic career with a long history of grant support from many agencies and private foundations. His research activity presently focuses on novel treatments in eating disorders, including Deep Brain Stimulation, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, and Family-Based Therapy. He has many other research interests including family issues, genetics, treatment outcome, human resource/economic issues and males with eating disorders. He has also been recognized locally and by the American Psychiatric Association for his contributions to undergraduate medical education. Dr. Woodside has a long history of involvement in organized medicine, going back to his medical school days in the 1980s. He has served in various capacities for the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ontario Psychiatric Association and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, for which he served as President in 2002-2003,and Chairman of the Board from 2003-2009. Dr. Woodside earned his medical degree from Queen’s University in 1982, his psychiatry degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1986, and his Masters of Science in 1990 from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Dr. Woodside lives with his wife and three surviving children in Toronto.
Jennifer Coelho, PhD
A psychologist based in the Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children and Adolescents at BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, BC, Canada). She is also appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. Over the past two decades, Dr. Coelho has specialized in clinical care and research relating to eating disorders. In her current role, Jennifer provides evidence-based treatment for children and youth with eating disorders, and is actively involved in research, evaluation, program development and teaching. She has served as the President for the Eating Disorders Association of Canada, and has held a number of grants to support improvements in care for youth with eating disorders, their families, and the clinicians who provide care for eating disorders.
Fiona Duffy
A Consultant Clinical Psychologist in NHS Lothian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service where she leads the Eating Disorder Development Team, and is a Lecturer in the Clinical Psychology Department at Edinburgh University. She completed her undergraduate psychology degree in 2001, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Glasgow University in 2006 and has worked clinically with young people with eating disorders in inpatient, intensive treatment and outpatient services since then. Fiona is the co-lead of the Edinburgh University Eating Behaviours and Disorders Research Group and has research interests in the development and treatment of eating disorders, specifically interpersonal risk and maintaining factors and the efficacy of peer support. She has held a number of grants related to preventative body image interventions and digital peer support for young people and parents and carers.
Jakki Mathers
A Clinical Nurse Specialist in NHS Grampian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). She qualified as an RMN in 2004 and following working within Adult Mental Health in-patient services she has worked clinically in out-patient CAMHS since 2008, in both the Specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder Team and the wider generic CAMHS team. As well as direct clinical work, Jakki contributes to service evaluation and development, service user involvement, multi-disciplinary consultation, teaching and training. She is the operational lead of NHS Grampian's Specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder Team and is linked in with the Scottish CAMHS Eating Disorders Steering Group. Jakki completed FBT training in 2014, went on to become an accredited practitioner in 2018 and became an FBT supervisor in 2022. She is passionate about supporting young people with Eating Disorders and has specialist skills supporting those with Anorexia Nervosa and their families / carers and implementing FBT.
Evie Maxwell
A Senior Nurse Therapist and Nursing Team Manager in NHS Fife Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, working in an Intensive Community Treatment Team (ITS) and has practiced in child mental health services since 2003. Evie delivers nursing care to young people and thier families with a range of mental health difficulties. The majority of the young people in this service have a diagnosed eating disorder and Evie is the only accredited FBT supervisor in this service. Evie has been an FBT clinician since 2011. Proving FBT as the first line treatment to patients with anorexia nervosa (under 18 years).
Lorraine Small
A Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) in NHS Lothian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service working within the Eating Disorder Development Team and Intensive Treatment Service. Lorraine completed her Child Health Nurse Diploma in 2003, going on to convert to Mental Health Nursing (Degree) in 2005. Lorraine has worked within CAMHS Inpatient Unit since 2003, working with young people with a range of mental health needs including Eating Disorders. Lorraine has continued to work with young people and families with Eating Disorders within her role as a CPN within the Intensive Treatment Service (2010) and Eating Disorders Development Team (2012). Lorraine has been practicing FBT since then and is integral in the implementation of FBT within Edinburgh.
Sarah J Taylor
A Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Eating Disorder Senior Nurse Specialist working within NHS Lothian Scotland in the Eating Disorder Development Team. Sarah completedher Child Health Nursing Degree in 2011, going on to complete her conversion to Mental Health Nursing Degree in 2012. Sarah has worked in a general CAMHS inpatient unit in England and a private eating disorder unit in London before moving back to Scotland in 2014 to work in NHS Lothian. Sarah has worked within the CAMHS Day Service, Intensive Treatment Service and then as a Research Nurse in Eating Disorder Development Team, implementing a number of grants funded projects related to preventative body image interventions and digital peer support for young people and parents and carers prior to her current role. Sarah has completed her Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for children in young people in 2019and gone on to specialise in CBT for Eating Disorders. Sarah has been practicing Family Based Treatment since 2014 following on from her introductory training with Professor James Lock.
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