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Practice Address:
445 East Granville Road
Building N
Worthington,
OH
43085
(614) 293-9550
Programs:
Education:
- 1974: Bachelor Degree in Sociology, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
Post Graduate Training:
- 8/90 to 6/92: Post Doctoral Internship: Harding Hospital, Worthington, OH
- 1987: Ph.D. in Counseling, Minor in Psychology
(Second minor in Family Therapy)
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Doctoral dissertation: A Two-Part Study
- Part 1: A Survey on the Prevalence and Characteristics of the Eating Disorder: Bulimia Nervosa
- Part II: A Short-Term Multidimensional Treatment for Students with Bulimia Nervosa
- 1980: Master’s Degree in Counseling, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
- 1979: Work toward master’s degree, State University of New York, Plattsburgh.
Licensure or Certification:
- Psychologist: Licensed in Ohio
Associations:
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American Psychological Association (Full Member)
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American Diebetes Association, Professional Member
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Academy for Eating Disorders (Founding Member)
Served on: Nominating Committee 1997-1999
Managed Care Committee 1997-2001
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Eating Disorders Research Society (From first year of development to 2003)
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American Association of Counseling & Development Member 1988-1990
Affiliations:
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8/00-12/00: Eating Disorders Outpatient Specialist: OSU/Harding Outpatient Services
- Provided outpatient care for patients with eating disorders & other mental health concerns.
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6/29/00 to Present: CEO/CCO The Center for Eating Disorders & Psychotherapy, Worthington, OH
- In 2000 established and direct a nonprofit free-standing clinic specializing in eating disorders that serves Central Ohio. It provides outpatient specialized treatment, education/prevention and research in the area of eating disorders. It functions with a balanced budget of over one million dollars. Staff has increased from 4 to 20 full/part-time.
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1998 to Present: Clinical Faculty Member: The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH
- Provide supervision to graduate students, MD’s in residency, and educational training for the Department of Psychiatry on eating disorders and other psychotherapeutic clinical issues.
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August 1995 to March 1997: Clinical Director of Harding Outpatients Services, Worthington, OH
- Administrator of five clinical sites that provided comprehensive mental health services in Columbus and Worthington, Ohio. Director of a multi-disciplinary staff consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other masters level professionals.
- Worked with staff to assure quality clinical standards using JCAHO format in a managed care environment.
- Work with staff to develop and maintain a wide range of outpatient programming in response to the community needs.
- Developed and oversaw a multi-million dollar budget.
- Recruited, hired and evaluated outpatient staff. In 1996 this represented a 25% increase in staff, resulting in 35 clinicians.
- Co-developed, with senior administrators, a new financial compensation plan for outpatient professional staff that increased revenues. Clinical Productivity increased by 51% in 1996. (Reported by Harding President, S.R. Thorward M.D.)
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February 1995 to 2000: Clinical Director, The Center for the Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Directed a specialized eating disorders clinical program that provided a continuum of outpatient treatment, working with multi-disciplinary treatment team; psychiatrist, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurse, and nutritionist within the Harding Hospital system.
- Co-developed a specialized partial hospital eating disorders treatment program. (In 1997 this program became part of the day-hospital program.
- Recruited, hired and evaluated staff in the program in the program (2/5/95-4/15/97). Provided clinical treatment for patients with eating disorders.
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August 1990 to February 1995: Director of the National Eating Disorders Organization
- Directed and developed the annual national eating disorders conferences. This conference averaged 40 international speakers per year, recognized in eating disorders research and treatment.
- Editor of the quarterly national newsletter.
- Directed and trained volunteers in the programs, e.g., speakers bureau, annual national conference, office work, newsletter.
- Directed the maintenance of the international treatment referral directory.
- Updated educational resources in area of eating disorders.
- Worked with the International Advisory Board who provided feedback, support and participation in NEDO programs.
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1987 to 1990: Educational Consultant, New York
- Provided seminars, lectures, and consultation in the areas such as diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders, psychological dysfunctions, human relations, and program development.
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1987 to 1990: Senior Counselor
- Provided individual, couple & group therapy to students in areas such as eating disorders, affective disorders, family problems, psychosexual, relationship & adjustment disorders.
- Created and supervised peer counseling programs for students in life transition and sexual assault survivors.
- Developed preventive programming for the residence hall staff.
- Developed & implemented applied research
Provided psychological testing
Provided psychological testing
Served on college wide division committees
Partial List of Publications:
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Assessing Outcome in Practice Settings: A Primer and Example from an Eating Disorders Program
Granello, D. & Hill, L. (2003). Journal of Mental Health Counseling (3, 218-232).
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The Journey of Treating Eating Disorders: One Center Closes, Another Opens
Hill, L. (2002). Academy for Eating Disorders Newsletter Winter, Issue 21, pg 1-2 & 11.
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A review on: “When Your Child has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Care Givers”
Hill, L. (2000). In Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 8 (4), pg. 358 – 359.
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Eating Disorders: Expert Opinion
Hill, L. (1999 & updated 2001). In chapter seven of Perspectives in Nutrition (G. Wardlaw, Ed.), New York: WCB-McGraw-Hill.
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A book review on Food Fight
Hill, L. (1999). In Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention,7 (1), pg. 66-69.
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A book review on, “Eating Concerns Support Group Curriculum, Grades
Hill, L. (1998). In Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention. 6, 197-199.
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Can We Manage Managed Care?
Kaye, W., Flynn, D., Zucker, M., Pryor, T., Hill, L., & Costin, C. (1995). Eating Disorders Review, 6. 1 – 4.
Partial List of Presentations:
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2004: Presented summary on multi-site national eating disorders data base study, with Jim Mitchell, (poster session) MD, at Eating Disorders Research Society in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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2001: “Support Groups for Eating Disorders,” co-presented with Joel Yager, MD, at
the conference, eating Disorders in the New Millennium: Extending Our Reach, Vancouver, Canada.
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2000: “Biting Off More Than You Can Chew: Confronting Eating Disorders,” Ohio
University Summer Institute, 2000, Columbus, OH.
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2000: “Starting to Look Beautiful: Dying to be Thin: When Disordered Eating Becomes Eating Disorders,” Millersburg, OH
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2000: “Eating Disorders: A Self-Abuse Coping Mechanism,” for Delaware Health Department, Plain City, OH.
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2000: “Diagnosis & Management of Anorexia Nervosa,” co-presentation with T. Linscheid, Ph.D., on OMEN/OMEN-TV, for multi-state physician training.
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1999: “Eating Disorders from the Inside Out,” Keynote Speaker at the conference on Eating Disorders and Body Image, Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, OH.
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1999: “When Disordered Eating Becomes Eating Disorders,” Conference: “Focus on Obesity: Managing Weight for a Lifetime”, Columbus, OH.
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1998: “Eating Disorders: Who, What, When, Where & Why,” a three part presentation
during the Women Take Charge Educational Series, Delaware, OH.
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1998: “Fairy Tales & Metaphors: Visions for Cognitive/Behavioral Intervention of Eating Disorders,” and “Eating Disorders Within the Educational Setting” at the conference on Reclaiming the body…Proclaiming the Self at Murray State University, Murray, KY
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1998: “Eating Disorders” lead speaker at The Mental Health Association of Summit County Workshop, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
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1998: “Eating Disorders: Identifying, Referring & Preventing” at Health Family and Community Mental Health Conference sponsored by the Ohio PTA, Columbus, OH
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1997: “Young Females in the 21st Century: Over Eating, Dieting or Finding a Sense of Self,” at conference on Perinatal and Women’s Health Care: Challenges for the New Millennium, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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1997: “Co-occurrence of Eating Disorders and Depression” Part I in April; Part II in October. A presentation on updates of the epidemiology, comorbidity, and
treatment of eating disorders, from a grant from National Institute of Mental Health and cosponsored by Harding Hospital and Ohio Department of Mental Health, Worthington, OH
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1997: “Body Image and Eating Disorders” at conference on Risky Behaviors of Adolescents: Integrating Research, Practice and Policy, sponsored by the College of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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1997: “Keep the Fire Burning”, Keynote address at Seminar on Eating Disorders at Baptist Medical Center in Kansas City, MI
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1997: “Eating Disorders: Identification, Prevention & Referral,” at a conference on Improving Women’s Health, Delaware, OH
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1997: “Media Impact on Body Size Perspectives and Self-Esteem” at conference on Living without Dieting, Walnut Creek, OH
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1996: “Keep the Fire Burning: Understanding the Multidimensional Contributing Factors in the Development of Eating Disorders”, Ohio State University Conference on Young Women in Trouble, Columbus, OH
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