PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Eden Hyder, MA, LPC

Eden joins the Center for Discovery Outpatient team as Program Director after several years with the company. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, Eden pursued her passion for counseling. She completed a dual Masters in Counseling Psychology and in Christian Studies from the Seattle School of Psychology and Theology. Eden joined the Center for Discovery team while still in graduate school, supporting and counseling adolescents with eating disorders at our residential program in Edmonds, Washington.

Eden has worked in all levels of care, supporting adolescents and adults with eating disorders, anxiety, depression and body image issues. She is trained in Relational Psychoanalysis, which motivates her emphasis on clients’ relationships with themselves and their loved ones. Eden regularly complements that focus by incorporating several other modalities in her work with clients, including DBT, CBT, ACT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Play Therapy and Lifespan Integration. She is most passionate about collaborating with her clients to develop treatment goals that are both individualized and creative.

Eden believes that cultivating a team founded on hope, authenticity and integrity creates a positive and safe environment for the clients and their loved ones to learn and grow on their journey toward recovery.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Ruth Roddy, LPC

Ruth joins the Center for Discovery Outpatient team as a Consulting Therapist after more than two years working in the field of eating disorders. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Ruth worked as a Violence Prevention Program Coordinator for a domestic violence shelter in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This position had her running groups in local schools to help prevent domestic violence in the future lives of adolescents. This experience solidified her desire to pursue higher education in the field of counseling as well as a passion for working with adolescents. Ruth then went on to complete her Masters in Counseling from Oklahoma State University. While pursuing this degree, she interned with a community counseling center focusing on trauma informed care.

Upon graduation, Ruth returned to the metroplex and began her LPC-Internship with a local inpatient psychiatric hospital focusing on eating disorders. Ruth has worked at all levels of care supporting adolescents and adults with eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression. Ruth takes a client centered approach to therapy complemented by including DBT, ACT, CBT, and ERP. She is most passionate about facilitating groups and incorporating the family into treatment. She believes that increasing family understanding and connectedness can be transformational in the treatment process.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Raychel Yearsley, LPC

Raychel Yearsley, MS, LPC, NCC is a primary therapist at Center for Discovery and has more than two years of experience in treating eating disorders. After completing her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Art at Southern Methodist University, she completed her Masters of Science in Counseling at Southern Methodist University.

While in graduate school, Raychel completed specialized courses in expressive arts therapy and child and adolescent therapy. Raychel completed her graduate-level practicum at a performing and visual arts high school where she worked with creative adolescents in a demanding and high-pressure environment. She completed her LPC-Internship in a private practice setting where she worked with children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders and in an eating disorder treatment setting where she worked with adolescents and adults with eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, and depression. Raychel has experience utilizing CBT, REBT, ACT, and Adlerian treatment modalities, in addition to incorporating activity therapy, expressive arts, mindfulness, and yoga into therapy. Currently, Raychel is working toward her 200-hour registered yoga teacher certification and is passionate about incorporating embodied approaches into the treatment of eating disorders.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Amy Bartley, MS, LPC-Intern

Amy Bartley, MS LPC-Intern is a primary therapist at Center for Discovery providing therapy to families and individuals impacted by eating disorders. Amy received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of North Texas and a Masters of Science in clinical mental health counseling from Texas A&M University at Commerce.

Amy has experience with a wide variety of populations in multiple settings. Ranging from providing behavioral therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorder, to providing case management and support to individuals and their families at a non-profit agency. While completing her graduate degree, Amy interned at a community mental health agency providing counseling to adults, adolescents, and families.

In working with clients, Amy uses a client-centered approach, focusing on client’s core beliefs, individual experiences, and attachment and development. Amy works to provide a collaborative, safe, and supportive environment to provide clients with the capacity to reconnect with themselves and others.

FACILITY COORDINATOR

Elizabeth Lenox, BA

Elizabeth obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Louisiana Tech University. Prior to joining Center for Discovery, she worked in foster care as an Intake Coordinator verifying therapeutic foster parents through the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. She joined the Dallas Outpatient team in July 2018 as the Facility Coordinator.

Elizabeth is passionate about breaking the stigma of mental illness and promoting recovery. She uses her past experience in the mental health and social services industries to cultivate a positive facility environment for both clients and staff and manage the therapeutic milieu.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN

Nikki Weber, RD, LD

Nikki Weber is the Registered Dietitian at the Center for Discovery Dallas outpatient facility treating adolescents, adults, and families affected by eating disorders. Nikki graduated from Texas Christian University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences. She completed her dietetic internship hours while in school through the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at TCU.
She has nutrition experience working in hospitals, diabetes clinics, and school districts. Nikki had the opportunity to intern at an eating disorder facility where she developed a passion for helping individuals struggling with eating disorders. After creating meal plans and providing nutrition education to school aged children and parents at a local school district for a few years, Nikki is ready to begin her career as a dietitian at Center for Discovery.
She believes in providing thoughtful individualized nutrition counseling for her clients so that they can one day embrace the “all foods fit” philosophy.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN

McKenzie Ramirez, RD

McKenzie Ramirez is a Registered Dietitian at Center for Discovery treating adolescents, adults, and families impacted by eating disorders. McKenzie graduated from the Texas A&M University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics. She completed her clinical dietetic internship through Texas A&M at world-class dietetic facilities in Houston.
McKenzie has great passion for and experience treating adults and adolescents with the eating disorders. She believes in providing professional, warm and compassionate individualized nutritional counseling to help her clients rebuild and nurture a healthy relationship with food.

CLINICAL OUTREACH REPRESENTATIVE

Jamie Schwartz RD, LDN

Jamie Schwartz RD, LDN, joined the Center for Discovery team in 2015. Jamie is a registered dietitian with years of experience treating clients with eating disorders. She received her first Bachelor’s degree in biology from UT Dallas. After working at UT Southwestern in developmental biology and Baylor hospital, testing infants for inborn errors of metabolism, she realized that she had a passion for helping people with eating disorders.  She returned to school to receive her second Bachelor’s in Nutrition and Dietetics at Texas Women’s University. She was part of the nations first Dietetic Internship with an emphasis on eating disorders at the University of Minnesota. After several years in direct client care in residential and PHP eating disorder facilities, she returned to her hometown of Dallas, TX and began her work as a Clinical Outreach Representative at Center for Discovery.

Jamie is dedicated to connecting clients and professionals with the services they need to meet their specific needs. She is passionate about connecting with professionals in the mental health field, providing education and awareness, and helping people find the best possible treatment available. She continues to expand her own clinical knowledge and loves being pat of the Center for Discovery family, where clinical excellence and dedication to the individual client make recovery possible. She would be happy to hear from you with any questions or concerns.