OUR PHILOSOPHYAt Amrita, we work with a multi-disciplinary team that is comprised of therapists and dietitians that have extensive experience treating eating disorders and use evidence based treatment. We understand that eating disorders are caused by a variety of psychological, biological, interpersonal, and social factors, and that each individual is unique in their own history and etiology of their eating disorder symptoms.
We are committed to creating a compassionate environment where individuals can safely explore their behaviors, thoughts and feelings with a kind awareness that enables them to identify their needs, stabilize disordered eating behaviors, develop new healthy behaviors, restore the mind/heart/body connection, and create emotional resiliency for long term recovery. We know it takes a strong community to help create lasting change, and we value working closely with outside providers as well as family and friends. Building a community is essential to successful discharge planning and continued support for long term recovery. |
OUR TEAM
Carol Normandi, LMFT, CEDS
Program Director Carol works in private practice specializing in eating disorders and body image disturbances, and works with individuals, couples and families with a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. She has spent 30+ years working with eating disorders, with extensive experience as an individual therapist, speaker, and facilitator of groups and workshops. Carol is the nonprofit Beyond Hunger's co-founder, and has co-authored It's Not About Food: End Your Obsession with Food & Weight, and Over It: A Teen's Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food & Weight. She is co-creator of the Body Love Cards. Carol is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Certified EMDR Therapist. |
Lynne Martin, RD
Nutrition Director Lynne has been working with individuals with eating disorders for over 25 years. She started her career at the Toronto General Hospital Eating Disorders program, a world-renowned treatment facility with a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy emphasis. After moving to the Bay Area, she became a founding member of New Dawn Eating Eating Disorders Program in Sausalito and then worked with La Ventana Eating Disorders center in San Francisco. In each Location Lynne was responsible for the development of the nutrition programming of the treatment centers. She currently works in private practice with a specialty in the treatment of eating disorders. |
Sabine Haake, RD
Dietitian Sabine received her B.S. in Nutritional Science and Clinical Dietetics with post graduate training in Eating Disorders from University of California Berkeley. She has worked with a non-dieting approach for over 27 years to promote normalized and mindful eating with both individuals and groups. In her private practice in Marin County and San Francisco, she provides individual nutrition therapy for all ages and facilitates therapeutic meals, eating disorder support groups, and organized restaurant outings as well as cooking instructions for her clients. She publicly speaks to local school communities about the prevention of eating disorders and health at every size. |
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