HOUSTON OUTPATIENT EATING DISORDER PROGRAM

EXECUTIVE AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR

Megan Ledet, LCSW

As Executive Director for Center for Discovery Houston, Megan Ledet oversees the residential and outpatient eating disorder facilities. She additionally serves as the Clinical Director at the residential level of care. Megan has over a decade of experience in the assess- ment and treatment of eating disorders, spanning across inpatient, residential, and PHP/IOP levels of care. 

Megan received her MSW from the University of Alabama and went on to serve as the PHP manager at a treatment center for eating disorders in Birmingham, AL immediately after graduation. In 2012, she moved in Miami, FL to work as a primary therapist at a residential ED facility treating adult women. There, she spearheaded the centers mindful movement program and was promoted to senior primary therapist in 2014– serving dual roles as therapist and clinical director. In 2015, Megan moved to Houston and served as a staff social worker at a nationally renowned inpatient mental health hospital before being promoted as the Director of Eating Disorder Services in 2017. 

Megan is passionate about the treatment of eating disorders and the co-occurring struggles associated with the illness. She is extensively DBT trained and sees this as an ideal modality to facilitate change in individual’s experiencing EDs. Megan is EMDR trained and a skilled, trauma informed clinician. She is also an advocate for the power of relationships in healing and recognizes the sacred nature between clients and their treatment teams. Megan believes a strong, unified team is essential in fostering client healing and is excited to continue and create an environment that strengthens both client and staff. 

Megan was raised in the suburbs of Birmingham, AL, although she and her husband now consider Houston home. When she is not at work, she can be found loving on her rescue pup, Mookie, crafting, planning home renovation projects, or (her favorite pastime) watching Alabama football– Roll Tide! 

REGISTERED DIETITIAN

Emily Travis, MPH, RDN, LD

Emily Travis, MPH, RDN, LD, earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Baylor University in 2014. She then completed her Dietetic Internship and customized Master’s degree with concentration in nutrition and focus in epidemiology from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2016.
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Emily obtained extensive training and experience in outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization eating disorder treatment throughout her dietetic internship. Emily also has experience working in private practice. Emily works with individuals to help them obtain a more positive body image, while overcoming their obstacles around food.

FACILITY COORDINATOR

Jon Carapezza

Jon has 10 years of experience in the mental health field, including management and client care coordination of inpatient, residential, and intensive outpatient facilities. He joined the team in May 2018 as Facility Coordinator and is currently fulfilling his hours to become a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. In his spare time, Jon likes to play with his dog and spend time in nature.

PSYCHIATRIST

Dr. Sonal Rana, MD

Sonal Rana, MD, went to Stanford University for her undergraduate education. She pursued her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed four years of adult psychiatry training at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Semel Institute of Human Behavior and Neuroscience and later returned to Stanford to complete her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. She is board certified in adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.

After completing her fellowship, Dr. Rana worked as the medical director for the intensive outpatient program for adolescents and families at the Bay Area Children’s Association, a non-profit agency in California. She has specialized training in mentalization-based therapy, structural family therapy, family-based therapy for eating disorders, play-based therapies, interpersonal, parent-child interaction therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapies for children and adolescents.

She has facilitated adolescent groups on depression and anxiety, parent workshops on childhood anxiety, as well as, multifamily groups designed to improve family communication and cohesiveness. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults with diagnoses ranging from anxiety and depression, to bipolar disorder, eating disorders, disruptive behavior disorder, personality disorders (with particular emphasis on Borderline Personality Disorder), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, high functioning autism, and schizophrenia. As a psychiatrist, she believes that medications are a useful adjunct to therapeutic modalities designed to bolster families and individuals. She has been part of the Center for Discovery family since 2015.

DIETETIC INTERN

Linsey Steele

Growing up, Linsey didn’t always feel at peace with her body. Diet culture sets unrealistic standards about how people should look and what their relationship with food should be like. She practices through a lens that recognizes and appreciates Health At Every Size and integrates Intuitive Eating. She believes all foods fit and can be incorporated with variety and balance in a way that best makes sense for each individual.

She grew up in the heart of Houston and received a Bachelors of Nutrition Sciences from the University of Houston in 2019, and she completed her Dietetic Internship with the University of Houston’s Distance Program. While obtaining her degree, she spent her time working at the Medical Center for Eating Disorders alongside Jennifer Nagel, PA and Dr. Edward Tyson who both specialize in treating the medical complications of eating disorders. She has experience working with people of all ages and backgrounds.

She is passionate about working with eating disorders, disordered eating, body respect and acceptance, and intuitive eating using a non-diet approach.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Ebony Morrow

Ebony Morrow is Licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate here in the state of Texas. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Texas Women’s University in pursuit of a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy. With Master’s degrees in both Counseling and Human Science from Prairie View A&M University, she is equipped with advanced skills and training to provide services to adolescents, adults, families, and couples. As a family systems trained clinician, Ebony utilizes her expertise to help clients develop a treatment plan that will work for them or their family. Other areas of specialty include, but are not limited to: parenting education, family substance use, general mood disorders, family/life transition, and divorce. Ebony’s desire is to empower individuals and families to redefine challenging experiences in an effort to build a future fostered by self-love, peace, and purpose.