Jeana Cost is the Admissions Director at Eating Recovery Center. She has been with the center since 2010 and has worked in the mental health field for 10+ years. Jeana graduated with a BA in Psychology, a BS in Health Care Administration and a MS in Community Counseling from Minnesota State University Moorhead. She is recognized by the state of Colorado as a Registered Psychotherapist and is certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors.

As the Admissions Director, Jeana oversees the Clinical Assessment process at Eating Recovery Center and partner facilities. She provides guidance and insight to her teams with regard to pre-admission patient assessment, treatment recommendations and collaboration with families and outpatient teams. She actively collaborates with medical and clinical leadership to identify the best care for patients and families.

Marla Scanzello is committed to helping individuals with eating disorders develop a healthy relationship with food. A Registered Dietitian, she received her BS in Nutrition from the University of Arizona, completed her dietetic internship at Tufts-New England Medical Center and received a Master’s degree in Nutrition from Tufts University.

Marla has worked with patients at multiple levels of care at both Cambridge Eating Disorders Center and Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts. She also has experience working with diabetes, GI disorders, heart disease and many other conditions as an outpatient dietitian at Kaiser Permanente. Marla has worked extensively with patients and families, implementing nutrition plans for patients suffering from anorexia, bulimia and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS).

Karen Trevithick, PsyD, is Clinical Director of Outpatient Services for Eating Recovery Center. In this role, she provides leadership for counseling services, identifies and implements strategies for operation, and facilitates counseling and group activities for patients.

Dr. Trevithick has more than 10 years of experience in eating disorder treatment. Most recently, she served as clinical director for the Eating Disorder Center of Miami, where she developed and facilitated an intensive group program and provided individual and family therapy for patients struggling with eating disorders, as well as post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Prior to her work at the Eating Disorder Center of Miami, Dr. Trevithick served as a psychologist for Alternatives Counseling Center and as the coordinator for Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital’s eating disorder program. During her tenure at Alexian, Dr. Trevithick co-developed, managed and cultivated the Center’s nationally recognized eating disorder intensive outpatient and partial programs.

Dr. Trevithick received a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brandeis University, as well as both a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in clinical psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Bonnie Brennan’s love for psychology and the human spirit began in her first courses in psychology in high school and has continued throughout her life. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Colorado at Denver. Furthermore, she is recognized by the State of Colorado as a Licensed Professional Counselor and is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors.

Bonnie has worked in a variety of treatment settings in her 15+ years of experience, such as outpatient private practice, intensive outpatient, residential and inpatient settings. Aside from her expertise in working with eating disorders, she thrives on helping individuals find values-directed lives and assisting in growing the minds of her patients and the therapists she supervises.

Elizabeth Easton, PsyD, is the Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Eating Recovery Center. She graduated with a Doctorate in Psychology from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Easton completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Denver, specializing in individual, family and group therapy with The Eating Disorders Program, Anxiety and Mood Disorder Outpatient Clinics, and General Psychiatry Inpatient Units.

Her integrative therapy approach spans psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based treatment and family-based therapy (FBT) modalities. She also has extensive training and experience with psychological testing, including both cognitive and emotional assessments. Dr. Easton aids patients’ and families’ efforts to become more aware and mindful of their individual strengths and goals.

Thomas B. King, MD, is the Medical Director of the Adult Partial Hospitalization Program at Eating Recovery Center. Dr. King earned his MD at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, which included a summer fellowship at the Maudsley Institute in London, England, and graduated in 1973, followed by his Psychiatric Residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. His career in medicine includes more than 35 years experience as a psychiatrist, treating varying patient populations and age groups, both nationally and internationally. Most recently, Dr. King served as Medical Director and Staff Psychiatrist of Exempla West Pines Behavioral Health Services, and still currently holds a Psychiatry Private Practice in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Foundation, and Colorado Psychiatric Society, and his primary professional interests include psychotherapy, psychological development and teaching.

Dr. Cindy Pikus has treated children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders for over 17 years. Dr. Pikus received her bachelor of arts degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, during which time she began treating inpatients and outpatients struggling with eating disorders. She then joined the hospital staff to provide individual, family and group therapy in both the Adolescent Psychiatry department and in the UCLA Eating Disorders Program. As the UCLA Eating Disorders Program grew, Dr. Pikus became increasingly involved in program development and assumed the role of Associate Director, in which she coordinated and oversaw multidisciplinary clinical teams for the program’s adolescent and adult tracks, at both the inpatient and partial hospitalization levels of care. She also continued to provide individual and family therapy for adolescent and adult inpatients and partial hospital patients in the program, and ran UCLA’s adult outpatient eating disorders group.

Among her many achievements at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Dr. Pikus co-founded the UCLA Campus-wide Eating Disorders Partnership, bringing together the Resnick Hospital-based program, student counseling center and athletic department to promote collaboration across the departments on campus providing treatment to students with eating disorders. She brings to her roles as Eating Recovery Center’s Clinical Director of Adult Inpatient and Residential Services and Associate Chief Clinical Officer her extensive experience and expertise in working with eating disorder patients in multiple treatment modalities and at multiple levels of care.

Dr. Jane Miceli is the Medical Director of Adult Inpatient and Residential Services at Eating Recovery Center. She has 20 years of psychiatric experience and has treated eating disorders and co-occurring illnesses in Eating Recovery Center’s inpatient/residential unit since 2010. Previously, she has worked in community mental health settings and in private practice, and has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience through this work. Dr. Miceli loves working with Eating Recovery Center’s multidisciplinary professionals that share her values and strive to do their very best to help patients find their way towards healing and health.

Dr. Miceli graduated from the University of Colorado medical school with Honors and completed their Psychiatric Residency program. During her residency in psychiatry, she received the Charter Fellow Leadership Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1993) and the Gold Apple Teaching Award from the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine (1991). Dr. Miceli worked at the Mental Health Center of Denver from 1993 to 2001, during which time she held the position of Associate Medical Director for Intake and Mobile Crisis Services. Dr. Miceli was in private practice from 2001-2010. She is Board Certified in Psychiatry, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the Colorado Psychiatric Society, the Academy of Eating disorders and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.

Julie Holland is Chief Marketing Officer for Eating Recovery Center in Denver, Colorado, and is widely recognized in the industry as both a clinician and public speaker. A Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, she has directed marketing and customer relationship management programs at several leading eating disorder treatment programs across the country.

Most recently, Julie served as Vice President, Business Development, Eating Disorders Programs for CRC Health Group, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of all intake, marketing and outreach efforts nationwide. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals overseeing the credentialing program for CSATs. Julie has also served as Director, Professional Relations and Education at the Renfrew Centers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Ft. Lauderdale, and as Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Clark Center at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia.

Julie has specialized in the treatment of self-esteem, eating and body image issues for adults and adolescents for more than 24 years. She maintained private practices in the U.S. and Bermuda, providing consultation and training to professionals and consumers. An Approved Supervisor for the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp™), Julie is also the Director of Certification for iaedp™ – the only certification worldwide for eating disorders professionals. In addition, she holds memberships in several marketing, healthcare and eating disorder organizations.

Julie received her Master’s degree in Health Science with an emphasis in Counseling from Georgia Southern University and her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Armstrong State College.

Emmett Bishop has more than 20 years experience in the treatment of eating disorders.  Formerly Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia, he was Director of Undergraduate Education in Psychiatry and completed research in psychosomatic medicine.  He has also completed drug studies and research with psychotropic medications and eating disorders.  Author and co-author of numerous articles in his field, he has lectured widely on eating disorders and psychotropic medications.

Since 1998, Dr. Bishop has worked on an assessment protocol for bariatric surgery candidates.  He has completed systematic research and has presented workshops at national conferences.  He is sought after as a consultant and advisor on bariatric psychological assessment. Dr. Bishop was medical director of the Clark Center Eating Disorders program in Savannah, Georgia 1986 – 1996 and Director of Outpatient Services at Eating Disorder Center of Denver 2003 – 2007.

He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals since 1993 and is a past president.  He has been a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders since its inception in 1993 and currently serves as an Academy Fellow. Dr. Bishop has been a member of the Editorial Board of Eating Disorders Journal of Treatment and Prevention and the American Journal of Psychiatry, as well as other professional journals.