The Creators of the Recovery Companion
ED BLOCH, LSCSW has been treating eating disorders for 15 years. Ed and his
wife Jena are Co-Owners of the Life Enrichment Center (LEC) in Lawrence, Kansas.
Ed is a former Director for the Rader Institute, one of the first nationally
recognized treatment programs to identify the need for specialized eating disorder
treatment. He also directed an inpatient program for survivors of sexual abuse.
Ed has served as a clinical consultant to inpatient and residential programs,
and as an education consultant for school districts and professional organizations.
For six years Ed was an instructor at Pepperdine University's Graduate School
of Education and Psychology in California; facilitating courses in Eating Disorder
Diagnosis and Treatment, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theory, and Substance
Abuse. Ed was Founder and Director of Comprehensive Eating Disorder Treatment
Centers in Southern California where hundreds of individuals were treated successfully
in an non-restrictive outpatient setting.
JENA LEUENBERGER, MA,
LCMFT received her Master's Degree in Psychology from Antioch University in
Southern California with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. Jena is
co-director of the Life Enrichment Center, LLC in Lawrence, KS. After attaining
her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Kansas State University, Jena spent
8 years in Southern California honing her skills in working with eating disordered
individuals. She worked with Monte Nido Treatment Facility, a residential eating
disorder treatment program. Jena has served as a consultant to school districts,
Beach Cities Health District, professional organizations, and has worked closely
with dieticians and nutritionists in developing strategies and programs for
overcoming disordered eating, including a unique workshop on Living Diet and
Eating Disorder Free, a program that helps individuals escape the diet mentality
and the diet merry-go-round. Jena's personal experience has made her passionate
about assisting others with their struggles and showing others the possibilities
they have with recovery in their lives.
STACI HENDRICKSON, RD,
LD, CSCS is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer in private
practice in Lawrence, KS. After several years of seeing diets fail over and
over again (and finally understanding that diets were the problem!!), Staci
embraced a non-diet approach in her practice. Staci helps her clients develop
their own food and movement plans and find their own wellness path. Her nutrition
and exercise programs make perfect union with the Recovery Companion's "You
Are the Expert" approach.