Dr. Lisa C. Palmer, PhD, LMFT, CHT, is Clinical Director of Programs at The Renew Center of Florida. Dr. Palmer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Certified Hypnotherapist; Trained in Mediation; and has completed ground-breaking research focusing on the drive to self-starvation amongst anorexic immigrant women to the U.S. Additionally, Palmer is a AAMFT Clinical member and has been designated to the prestigious position of AAMFT Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Approved Supervisors serve a very important role – a mentor for the next generation of marriage and family therapists. AAMFT Approved Supervisors are dedicated professionals who have obtained the rigorous educational, experiential and supervisory training required for the competent supervision of marriage and family therapists and trainees. Those who have earned the designation serve as mentors who support and nurture their supervisees’ strengths and resources, and provide a learning environment that ensures thorough marriage and family therapy (MFT) training and education. AAMFT Approved Supervisors have a breadth and depth of MFT clinical and supervisory experience, and they stay involved in the professional MFT community. They are committed to refining their clinical and supervisory skills, and they participate in ongoing professional development through their affiliation with the AAMFT. Dr. Palmer has extensive experience working with eating disorders and addictions and in a variety of mental health settings including at several inpatient, residential and outpatient facilities. Her specialty is eating disorder recovery and relationships, but she works with individuals, couples, and families of those suffering from a variety of complex mental health and relational issues, and completed residency working with those with schizophrenia, DID, addictions and trauma. In the realm of eating disorders, Palmer is known for establishing the first ethnicity, culture and identity group in the U.S. at the renowned inpatient treatment facility, which earned her national recognition. She also founded a successful eating disorders program called WISE in Hollywood, Florida, and served as the Clinical Director. The program is one of the few in the US accepting medicare for the treatment of eating disorders. During her term participants in the program achieved extraordinary success and healing, many of them experienced long-term benefits of recovery for the first time in many years. The WISE Program (Women’s Institute for Self-Empowerment and Sensible Eating) now extends to The Renew Center of Florida in Boca Raton under Dr. Palmer’s leadership. The Boca Raton program is a modification of the original design, customized for the clients The Renew Center of Florida serves. Dr. Palmer's work in the eating disorder field and beyond has been attractive to numerous magazine, television, and radio publications. She recently completed articles for publication, one of which appeared in the professional Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and Family Therapy Magazine. Additionally, Palmer founded the popular www. MyEDHelp.com in 2006. She also serves as an adjunct professor for master's and doctoral students at Nova Southeastern University. For an appointment with Dr. Palmer as well as information, resources, and referrals call 954-907-3446. Visit www.TheRenewCenter.com