Online Eating Disorder Support Group

As a Senior Outreach Manager for Alsana, Sara oversees the outreach manager team and supports in regions overseen by multiple outreach directors. Sara is passionate about making connections in the professional community that can help bring clients to care and achieve the lasting recovery they deserve through Alsana’s unique approach to eating disorder treatment. Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. She has experience working with adolescents and adults of all genders and their loved ones at higher level of care settings. Sara is passionate about helping others achieve lasting recovery by promoting healing not only in the individual but also their relationships. In her free time, Sara enjoys cooking, reading a good fantasy novel, and being one of the loudest moms at her children’s sporting events – but most of all enjoys family time with her husband Cedric, two sons – CJ and Dean, daughter – Isabelle, and bonus daughter – Lylie. Sara is local to Fort Worth, TX.

Molly is a Primary Therapist at Alsana’s Westlake Village PHP/IOP location. In this role, she works with clients in individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy and in supportive other work. 

Molly is passionate about working with clients as they explore their core beliefs, challenge social and cultural messages, connect to their values, and create lives that are congruent and fulfilling. She draws from her clinical and lived experience in her work to challenge diet culture and dismantle the systems that perpetuate it. Molly specializes in working with the co-occurring presentation of eating and substance use disorders. 

Prior to becoming a therapist, Molly worked in Financial and Crisis Communications for some of the world’s largest hedge funds and financial institutions. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she previously lived in and worked in New York and Hong Kong before returning to California. In her free time, Molly enjoys traveling, reading, creative writing, and exploring new restaurants with friends. 

Molly received her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy with honors from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Colgate University, where she graduated cum laude. 

Jennifer Berry received a BS in Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications in 1993 and a MA in Community Mental Health in 2006 both from the University of North Alabama. She received an Alabama license as a LPC in 2009 and the added a supervisory certification, LPC-S, in 2016. In her early career, she worked on-site in schools with children and adolescents. In 2007, she returned to the University of North Alabama providing contract work specifically with a diverse, emerging adult population providing eating disorder support and education. She joined the Division of Student Affairs and Student Counseling Services in 2013 as the Senior Mental Health Counselor providing eating disorder specific treatment including co-occurring disorders, assessment, body image and self-concept, and support groups. In addition, Jennifer provided eating disorder specific psychoeducation programming and presentations in the University setting and in the community.

Until 2022, she also maintained a practice as an outpatient therapist working with a diverse population of adolescents, teens, and adults providing eating disorder specific treatment, body image and self-concept, spirituality, trauma experiences and co-occurring disorders. She then joined the Alsana team in December of that year with a passion for eating disorder recovery, the Adaptive Care Model®, and the holistic approach offered by Alsana.

Outside of work, Jennifer loves being a mother to her son, Brooks and her daughter, Makensie. She enjoys her time boating on the Tennessee River, listening to motivational podcasts and music, and checking off her “bucket” list adventures.

Dr. Kat Barker is an associate licensed therapist in Alabama and Texas. She completed her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision at Auburn University. She has worked with clients with eating disorders for over three years in various settings. In her role at Alsana, Kat serves clients in the East United States in the Virtual PHP and IOP programs.

Katherine interned at Alsana and would leave each day fulfilled from spending time with the amazing clients. Now a dietitian with Alsana, she is inspired daily by clients’ bravery and courage. She also appreciates the cohesive team that pushes her to not only become a more effective dietitian, but also a better person.

Katherine loves supporting clients as they gain a healthy relationship with food. This includes experiencing the enjoyment and nourishment of food in harmony, creating an environment for individuals to trust their bodies as well as the food they use to fuel it. She believes it is an honor that our clients share their story and their recovery journey with us day in and day out. She values seeing clients’ relationships with food transformed and true freedom entering their lives—mind, body, and soul.

Katherine graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Food and Nutrition. As a registered and licensed dietitian nutritionist, she is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor, a member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Katherine loves cooking, boxing, traveling, and anything that involves being outdoors. She’s traveled to 11 countries including China, Tanzania, and Cuba.

As DOCS at Alsana, Alyssa loves getting to know the clients and helping them find the hope they need to step toward recovery every single day. It’s the team environment at Alsana in Birmingham that makes her enjoy stepping through the doors each morning.

Knowing that everyone cares for each other and is passionate about the work makes this such an amazing career. Alyssa has been working with eating disorder clients since her first internship in 2016.

Alyssa graduated from the University of Montevallo after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Art and Psychology and her M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Molly is a mental health professional, licensed to provide psychotherapy in Maryland. She found her passion for mental health during her education at Towson University where she identified her innate need for helping others and promoting the importance of mental wellness and the importance of providing quality, high standard patient care. She furthered her experience at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as a leader of the Patient Experience team while completing her Masters Degree in applied psychology and obtaining counseling licensure.

As Director of Regional Outreach of the mid-atlantic, Molly helps connect healthcare professionals with Alsana to ensure their clients are comfortable in their courageous decision to pursue eating disorder treatment. She is dedicated to providing a personalized experience to both providers and individuals seeking treatment. Molly arrived to Alsana with experience as an outreach professional for mental health and dual diagnosis residential treatment.

Molly has called the DMV area home for over 10 years but is a native of New Jersey. Her goal is to bring awareness of Alsana’s passion and treatment approach to the mid-atlantic region.