MEET OUR TEAM

Amanda Role, LMHC, ATR

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Eating Disorder Therapist, KLEDC

Background
I am a licensed mental health counselor and registered art therapist trained and experienced in trauma-informed care, expressive arts therapy, DBT, motivational interviewing, and ACT.

Approach
My therapeutic approach integrates creativity, humor, and spontaneity and recognizes that successful treatment varies with individual needs, strengths, and preferences. I draw from lived experience and utilize humanistic and relational work to foster healing, self-awareness, resiliency, and connection in one's daily life. I offer myself as a grounded, collaborative, and compassionate presence. I work from a place of honoring my clients' humanity and their authentic selves. I truly believe that everyone can find greater depth and meaning within themselves and make strong, healthy connections to their surroundings. I am honored to connect, learn from, and witness transformative growth, embodiment, and positive change in my clients.

Worked With
I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults who struggle with the effects of trauma, depression, anxiety, psychosis, disordered eating, and loss. I have provided care to individuals and families within the community, residential, PHP, day treatment, and outpatient settings since 2010. 

Kaitlin Shimer, MSW, LCSW

Eating Disorder Therapist, KLEDC

Background
I am currently an Associate Therapist at KLEDC. I am located in Boston and have worked in the eating disorder field for over nine years. I have gained insight and experience working as a residential counselor, group leader, and recovery coach with clients from all backgrounds. 

Approach
I believe in every individual's ability to recover and live a life they genuinely value.

I enjoy working with all ages, but have a genuine love for working with adolescents.

Focus
I am passionate about trauma-informed care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, DBT, and body-based interventions. 

Lara Reaves Mofidi

Recovery Coach, Intake Coordinator, KLEDC 

Background
I have worked as a Care Coordinator and a Recovery Coach for mental health, addiction, and the eating disorder community.

Approach
One of my greatest strengths is my genuine passion and enthusiasm for the recovery journey.

With lived experience, when it makes sense, I will sometimes share my stories of recovery, which often brings renewed hope and inspiration right when it is needed most. Intimately knowing the journey and challenges of eating disorder recovery,

I will guide each client through the phases of their journey, rest with them when they need rest, and push with compassion when a push is needed.

Focus
I am passionate about working with clients individually, guiding them back to rediscovering and strengthening their authentic selves.

Larissa Beecher

Pronouns: she/her/hers/they/them/their
Eating Disorder Therapist, Recovery Coach, KLEDC

Background
I am a specialist in treating eating disorders and neurodivergence. I have successfully worked with many clients to improve binging, restrictive, and purging behaviors, ARFID, and related symptoms including sensory issues, a limited food variety (“picky eaters”), concentration and focus skills, and coping with chronic illness.  I developed and facilitated the first nationwide neurodivergence group at Walden Behavioral Care, where I worked in their partial hospitalization programs (PHP) and intensive outpatient programs (IOP).

Approach
As a neurodivergent member of the LGBTQI+ community who has been recovered from an eating disorder for about 9 years, I uniquely combine evidence-based knowledge with personal and professional experience to tailor to a client’s individual needs.

Focus
Focusing on mood disorders (such as anxiety, depression, OCD), neurodivergence, couples/family therapy eating disorders (Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge eating disorder, and ARFID), sensory issues, LGBTQI+, and executive functioning skills, I treat teen and adults, ages 13 and up.