“Ask the Experts’ Clinical Team
Leading Practitioners Sharing Their Knowledge About Eating Disorders
If someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you are not alone. Our team of experienced clinicians can provide advice and guidance related to eating disorders and the treatment options that you and your family may be considering.
They know what to do when…
…A daughter who appears to have bulimia refuses to seek treatment or even to talk about it.
…A young woman’s preoccupation with her weight leads her to think she has an eating disorder.
…A father is concerned that his daughter is always counting calories and checking her appearance in a mirror.
…A person who was successful treated for an eating disorder finds herself repeating past eating behavior.
…An athlete who has begun purging before each game is concerned about the potential impact on his health.
…A patient who believes she has binge eating disorder doesn’t know what kind of help she needs.
Meet Our Online Eating Disorders Consulting Team
The following clinicians are available for confidential discussions:
Bob Bordonaro, LICSW
With more than a decade of eating disorder treatment experience, Bob Bordonaro, LICSW has worked in several key positions at Walden. Currently serving as director of Walden’s Peabody, Mass., clinic, he is also president of the Metro Boston Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals and has been a member of the National Association of Social Workers since 1998. He earned his master’s degree in social work from Simmons College in Boston.
Rebekah Bardwell Doweyko, LPC
Having held clinical positions at several eating disorder treatment facilities, Rebekah Bardwell Doweyko, LPC is currently director of Walden’s South Windsor, Conn., clinic. A specialist in substance abuse treatment, she was featured in the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary “Thin” and wrote the foreword to the highly acclaimed self-help book, Maintaining Recovery from Eating Disorders by Naomi Feigenbaum. She earned her master’s degree in mental health counseling from Florida Atlantic University and is a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut.
Robert J. Keane, Ph.D., LICSW
For the past five years, Robert J. Keane, PhD, LICSW has served as assistant vice president of clinical services and training at Walden Behavioral Care. A senior behavioral health administrator and clinician with more than 30 years of behavioral health experience, he is a former deputy commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and was co-principal investigator for a four-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He earned his master’s degree and doctorate from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, where he is currently a faculty member.
Renee Bazinet Nelson, Psy.D.
Now Walden’s director of adolescent services, Renee Bazinet Nelson, PsyD formerly served as assistant director of Walden’s clinic in Worcester, Mass. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with a concentration in health psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and completed her post-doctoral training at the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center in Massachusetts.
Angela Snyder Rowan, LICSW
Angela Snyder Rowan, LICSW is the director of Walden’s clinic in Amherst, Mass. She is trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and has worked with adolescents, adults, couples and families in the treatment of transgender individuals. She earned her master’s degree in social work from Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Emily Slager, M.Ed., LMHC
Before being named director of Walden’s newest and largest clinic at Hickory Drive, Waltham, Mass., Emily Slager, MEd, LMHC served as director of residential, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for adolescents and adults at Walden’s previous Waltham location. She earned her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Boston College. Her professional interests include the development of eating disorders in athletes and in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.