PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Wray, MS, LMFT

Elizabeth Wray earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and her Master of Science in Counseling with emphasis on Marriage and Family Counseling from California State University Northridge, Summa Cum Laude. During her graduate studies, Elizabeth provided psychotherapy to low-income families, children, adolescents and adults at the Mitchell Family Counseling Clinic. Upon graduating she began working in the treatment setting, focusing primarily on eating disorders, often with co-morbidity of depression, anxiety, chemical dependency and trauma.

She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and additionally, fully trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist, which she brings into her therapy practice. She specializes in eating disorders and has been working in the treatment modality for over four years. Prior to joining the Center for Discovery team, she was a Program Director of Residential and Outpatient treatment programs, treating teens, and adult women and men.

Elizabeth has a Rogerian, humanistic background, and is very attentive on providing client care that is warm and engaging. She encourages collaboration with the client in the treatment planning process and goals. She is compassionate, warm, understanding and empathetic. She loves to decorate cakes, crochet, travel and read.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Kaley Leshem, MA, ASW

Kaley Leshem is a registered Associate Social Worker and therapist at Center for Discovery. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California, where she gained practical experience in psychiatric and community mental health settings, and developed a clinical and academic interest in eating disorder treatment and prevention. Prior, she worked at Crisis Text Line, where she trained and supervised on-call crisis counselors. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, summa cum laude, from Tufts University, where she focused on feminist history

PROGRAM THERAPIST

Kaitlin Stone, MFTI

Katie Stone is the Primary Therapist at Center For Discovery, Woodland Hills OP, treating adolescents and adults and families impacted by eating disorders. Katie is a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern and earned her Bachelor’s of Art degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Psychology and Art and her Master’s of Art degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. Katie has a specialized interest in mindfulness and is certified yoga teacher. She is a member of the International Honor Society in Psychology (PSI CHI) and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).

REGISTERED DIETITIAN

Aaron Flores, RDN

Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist based out of Los Angeles, California.  With nearly 10 years of experience, Aaron has worked with eating disorders in a variety of settings.  A large part of his career was spent working at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System where he helped develop and launch one of the first Binge Eating Disorder programs to help Veterans struggling with this disorder.  Since leaving the VA, Aaron has continued to work in the eating disorder community helping run groups and providing individual counseling to adolescents at multiple treatment facilities in Los Angeles.

His main areas of focus are Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® and in his work, Aaron helps individuals learn how to make peace with food and develop body-positive behaviors.  Aaron’s work has been featured during Weight Stigma Awareness Week, in blogs for the National Eating Disorder Information Centre and was the closing keynote speaker of the 2016 Binge Eating Disorder Awareness Annual Conference. Along with his work with eating disorders, he also is a co-host of the podcast, Dietitians Unplugged. Aaron is most recently a Body Trust® certification recipient.

PRIMARY THERAPIST

Tessa Gordon, AMFT

Tessa Gordon, is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Yoga and Mindful Movement Instructor.  Tessa graduated Magna Cum Laude with Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Southern California and received her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Phillips Graduate University–where she specialized in Narrative/Postmodern Therapies. She specializes in eating disorders, body image, anxiety, substance mis-use, relationship dynamics, and trauma.

Combining clinical and lived experience with a love of social justice, Tessa works as a Program Therapist for Center For Discovery, where her passion to help others find recovery and healing is integrated into each part of her work. For several years, Tessa has been actively involved in the eating disorder recovery field. Prior to joining CFD, Tessa has provided therapy at a variety of community counseling centers, treatment facilities, and in private practice. Tessa has worked as a mentor and ED recovery coach, helping others receive the appropriate level of care, advocating for clients and families rights, and promoting body acceptance. Tessa is extremely passionate about working closely with individuals to discover and connect to their hopes, values, passions and interests outside of the problem, and support them in re-(dis)covering what their “anti-eating disorder” life will look like. Her ability to think outside the nine dots, and ask questions that others may not, enables her to work with her clients to develop creative solutions to help untangle what many would consider to be complicated situations.

She believe that learning to trust our true nature means unlearning the socially constructed narratives that tell us we are less than others and somehow inherently flawed

FACILITY COORDINATOR

Alyssa Song, BA

Alyssa obtained her Bachelor of Arts, in Sociology & Psychology, from Whittier College. As an undergrad she focused her senior research on childhood self-esteem which validated her want to work in the treatment field because she knew she had a passion for aspiring to help others realize their worth. She previously helped open an eating disorder outpatient treatment center in the Santa Clarita Valley where she coordinated and managed the administrative and clinical needs of the facility. A firm advocate for the eating disorder field she was fast promoted and began to work closely with the admissions department and developing marketing approaches. After 3 years she was ready to move up and recently became a part of the Center for Discovery team at Beverly Hills and now Woodland Hills. No stranger to the eating disorder field, she is always ready to take on any task at hand and her no- nonsense attitude attributes to her determination to providing superior care for clients and their families.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST

Brooke Linberg, RDN

Brooke Linberg is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She graduated from Viterbo University in Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science in Community-Medical Dietetics and minor in Sports Science. She went on to complete internships at an eating disorder center in Denver called EDCare, as well as at the University of Louisville Sports Nutrition Department. Brooke is currently working towards her master’s in nutrition sciences. Brooke has experience with the outpatient, IOP and PHP, and partial-hospitalization level of care with both adults and adolescents.

Brooke practices the All Foods Fit Philosophy, as well as Intuitive Eating. Brooke is passionate about helping others practice body positivity and learn how to make peace with both themselves and food. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN

Jamie Bratman, RD

Jamie Bratman is a registered dietitian. She graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition and went on to the University of Minnesota for her dietetic internship, the only internship in the country with an eating disorder emphasis. Jamie has had experience in most levels of care with both adults and adolescents, from residential at the Anna Westin House in Minnesota to the outpatient level of care at the Eating Disorder Center of California and now Center for Discovery.

Jamie has done supervision with both Elyse Resch, co-author of Intuitive Eating, and with other eating disorder practitioners in the LA area. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals). Jamie is passionate about helping rekindle the intuitive relationship we all had with food as babies and being able to share her excitement of being an eater in the world, which sometimes can feel very challenging.

PROGRAM THERAPIST

Kenda Woolfson, ASW

Kenda Wooflson is a registered Associate Social Worker and Therapist at Center for Discovery. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Occidental College in English Literary Studies with a focus on creative writing and minor in Philosophy. After earning her undergraduate degree, Kenda worked as a write in the non-profit sphere and has been deeply involved in advocating for policy reform pertaining to survivors of sexual assault. In 2015, Kenda returned to graduate school at the University of Southern California, where she earned her Master of Social Work degree and was part of the Phi Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies. Kenda previously worked with youth experiencing homelessness at My Friend’s Place, where she was involved in program development for the organization.

Kenda has served as a mentor to individuals struggling with eating disorders for the past five years and has studied Intuitive Eating under co-founder of the Intuitive Eating Movement, Evelyn Tribole. Kenda is thrilled to work at Center for Discovery where she can continue to support individuals as they navigate the ups and downs of recovery and find their way out of darkness and into fulfilling lives. Outside of work, Kenda is an avid reader, musician, and animal lover who can often be found at the dog park or searching for the best oat milk latte in Los Angeles.

PROGRAM THERAPIST

Pritika Sehgal, AMFT

Pritika Sehgal is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned her Bachelor and Masters of Art degree from Amity University, India in Clinical Psychology in 2015. She pursued her Master of Art degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from University of Southern California and graduated in 2018. As a Marriage and Family Trainee, she worked at a middle school site through Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC), where she conducted individual and family group sessions with students struggling with anxiety, mood and behavioral problems.

Following graduation, Ms. Sehgal began working at Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders to follow her passion for working with individuals struggling with eating disorders. She was responsible for running group and family therapy sessions with the clients. Ms. Sehgal is excited to work with Center for Discovery to continue her work with the eating disorder population to create recovery-oriented environment and healing for the clients. She believes in strong influence of family and culture on an individual’s personality and incorporates the unique familial and cultural knowledge in her therapeutic style.

DIET TECHNICIAN

Alexandria Conway

Alexandria (Alex) is currently studying to become certified as a Registered Dietetic Technician. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences, specializing in Nutrition and Dietetics from California State University Northridge. Alex has worked in the eating disorder field for two years now and has acquired experience from two other facilities in Southern California. Beginning next year, she will begin to complete her master’s specializing in sports psychology. Her goal is to work with athletes at the collegiate and high school level.

Alex’s passion in health and nutrition has helped her cultivate an interest in nutrition and psychology. As an athlete herself, she would like the opportunity to help other athletes create a safe environment to discuss their feelings and guide them towards personal goals and accomplishments. Alex is very happy to be working for Center for Discovery and privileged to be on the team.