Our team specialists are dedicated to providing compassionate, state of the art treatment in a comprehensive outpatient setting. Our extensive clinical training and experience combines psychiatry, psychotherapy, nutrition, fitness, body image consultation and university affiliated teaching. We have worked with individuals throughout the entire lifespan...

Thomas Van Aken, MD completed his internship at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center and Psychiatric residency at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital with a Post Doctoral clinical fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Subsequently he served as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and has been in private practice since 1991. He has extensive clinical experience and expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of mood and eating disorders with a special interest in Anxiety and OCD.

Member: American Psychiatric Association
National Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease
Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory
Hastings Center for Bioethical Research
National Eating Disorder Association

Megan McCormick, LCSW -Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ACSW, received her Masters in Clinical Social Work from Fordham University in 1983. She has over twenty years post-graduate practice in the field of child, adolescent, adult and family psychotherapy and is the co-founder of a multi-disciplinary therapy group in Southern Dutchess County. Her specialties include eating disorders, anxiety and depressive disorders, trauma intervention, adolescent development and family issues. Her extensive experience with Eating Disorders reaches across the lifespan.

Member: Academy for Eating Disorders
National Eating Disorders Association
National Association of Social Workers
Academy of Certified Social Workers

Christopher Ryan, LCSW- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ACSW, BCD, received his Masters in Clinical Social Work in 1981 from the University of Albany. He has received advanced clinical training from NYU and training in Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation from Boston University. He has over twenty-seven years experience in the field of child, adolescent, adult and family psychotherapy and is the co-founder of a multi-disciplinary group in Southern Dutchess County. His specialties include substance abuse, alcohol disorders, anxiety disorders, marital interventions and cognitive behavioral interventions. He has ten years experience working in crisis intervention for Putnam County.

Member: National Association of Social Workers
National Eating Disorder Association
National Academy of Certified Social Workers
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work

Paula Van Aken, MS, RD, CDN, received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Simmons College and her Masters in Nutrition Education from Columbia University. She is a Professor Emeritus of Nutrition; Marymount College of Fordham University, Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer and is employed part-time as the Eating Disorder Nutrition Specialist for Columbia University's Student Health Services. Her specialization in nutrition issues across the lifespan includes over sixteen years of university teaching and twenty years of clinical practice. She has special training in weight management, intuitive eating and disordered eating.

Member: American Dietetic Association including Sports, Wellness, Weight
Management and Behavioral Health practice groups
Westchester/Rockland Dietetic Association
National Eating Disorder Association
American Fitness Professionals
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Rhonda Hauge, LCSW-R, ATR, received her Masters in Art Therapy from Buffalo State College in 1987 and her Masters in Social Work from Fordham University in 1991. She has over 20 years experience working with children, adolescents and adults in outpatient settings as well as residential and school settings. She utilizes the use of art, play and psychotherapy in her practice. Areas of expertise include: body image, grief work, anxiety and depression, school anxiety, family and relationship issues, the emotional impact of chronic illness, and trauma.

Member: National Eating Disorder Association