Amy Gardner, MS, CEDRD, RYT

Amy Gardner, MS, CEDRD, RYT, is a certified eating disorder registered dietitian and yoga teacher.
Join Amy and I as we hear all about her book ‘iMove, Helping Your Clients Heal from Compulsive Exercise’ and
training for clinicians enhancing their practice with a greater knowledge base on her trademarked iMove Method.
Amy also touches on business aspects as an owner of Metrowest Nutrition, a multi-disciplinary group practice with
several locations throughout the Greater Boston and MetroWest area.

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Karen Chinca, LICSW, CEDS-S, Diplomate, Academy of Cognitive Therapy, joins us to discuss the phrase ‘drop the rope’ in treatment with our patients and clients. She is an expert in OCD and eating disorders, their dual diagnosis, and exposure therapy. Karen teaches us how and why we need to treat all of a person’s diagnosis in a dynamic, caring, thoughtful journey together with their anxiety as their best friend.

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Lauren Manasse, LICSW, CEDS-S, and Robyn delve into EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), its origin, and how this type of therapy can be profound. Lauren’s professional experience and training is essential to continuing to strive for hope in our patients’ recovery journeys.

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Kortney Brown and Whitney Trotter join Robyn on the inaugural episode of the second season of TheNPRD. Kortney and Whitney are both dietitians and nurses – with two of the three of us also nurse practitioners and a third will be a nurse practitioner very soon. Learn more about why we chose to combine our degrees and how we’d like to see shifts in our field in the future.

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Back by popular demand! Dr. Judy Feldman, psychiatry and psychotherapy expert, returns for a discussion about harmonizing the mind with our anatomical systems. Known as “Internal Family Systems” or IFS in the psychotherapy field, IFS helps us, as practitioners, take a mind body approach to eating disorder treatment.

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Get to know our very own Emily Pardue, PMHNP! In her work within my private practice, Emily sees patients for psychopharmacology assessment and ongoing medication management. She is drawn to the interconnectedness of body and mind and the relationship between nutrition and mental health. Tune in to learn more about what inspires her in this line of work!

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On this week’s The NPRD, Dr. John Sharp joins the show and discusses psychopharmacology advancements for treating individuals who struggle with depression. We take a deep dive into Ketamine for treatment in those with eating disorders, specifically – a medication that I find greatly supports my patients in their ED journey and recovery.

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Join me as I sit down with Wendy Oliver Pyatt MD, FAED, CEDS, world-leading expert on treating eating disorders, for a discussion about her unique eating disorder care philosophy. Dr Wendy has developed a unique treatment approach that dives into the underlying issues that place a person at risk for mental health issues such as eating disorders. Hear how she approaches healing, health and guiding her patients toward inner peace.

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As both a pioneer and veteran in the field of psychiatry, psychotherapy and eating disorders, Dr. Feldman shares pearls of wisdom from her 30-year career. She is known and respected for establishing the three principles of treatment: honesty, flexibility and collaboration. She reminds us that these are key to a trusting patient/provider relationship, and that having hope makes recovery possible.

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Jordan Rich, my good friend and producer of The NPRD, joins me to celebrate the one-year anniversary of The NPRD. We talk about where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we plan to take The NPRD. Tune in for a sneak peek into upcoming content to help you practice confidently. We hope you feel as inspired as we are after listening to this episode!

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