We are a caring and compassionate group of clinicians, uniquely qualified in helping people who struggle with eating problems.
Our Team
Dr. Daryl Ternowski
Dr. Ternowski is a Registered Psychologist (#1672). He has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Simon Fraser University and also completed an American Psychological Association accredited internship at Vanderbilt University, TN, USA.
His clinical experience includes working as a psychologist at the Eating Disorder Program at St. Paul’s Hospital from 2004 until 2009. He now works exclusively in private practice, treating adults with disordered eating, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. He also runs groups for individuals struggling with disordered eating. Dr. Ternowski’s clinical research has included the evaluation of the impact of exercise on psychological well being, and research into the effectiveness of a large provincial forensic psychotherapy treatment program.
Ali Eberhardt
Ali Eberhardt is a Registered Dietitian who holds a Bachelor of Science, Food Nutrition Health in Dietetics degree with Honors from the University of British Columbia. She has been working in the Provincial Adult Tertiary Specialized Eating Disorders Program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC since 2011. In her private practice, Ali works with clients with eating disorders and disordered eating. Ali believes in collaborating with clients to help achieve their goals through a caring and compassionate approach while using a Health at Every Size informed approach. Ali is passionate about helping clients find a healthy relationship with food and their body. Recently Ali has taken on the podcasting world and is co-host of the “Let Us Eat Cake” podcast- a podcast dedicated to ditching diet culture and providing evidence-based information to the many myths related to how we nourish our bodies. Ali believes that the body knows what to do with nutrition, food is much more than just a sum of its macronutrients and that the body can ALWAYS be trusted.
The Let Us Eat Cake Podcast is available on any major podcast app and more information can be found at @eatcakepod on Instagram and Facebook or at www.eatcakepod.home.blog.
Dr. Krista Brown
Dr. Krista Brown received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2016 and also completed an American Psychological Association accredited internship at I Ola Lāhui, Rural Hawai‘i Behavioral Health. Prior to joining the team at ThriveBC in 2019, Dr. Brown served as the Clinical Director for the Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, a non-profit organization that provides mental health and substance use treatment and prevention services to youth, adults, and families across the State of Hawai‘i. Dr. Brown’s clinical experience includes working with adolescents and adults at the University of Hawai‘i’s Centre for Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Eating Disorders Program. She also has experience providing individual, group, and family therapy to individuals across diverse settings such as Juvenile Drug Court and primary care medical centers. Dr. Brown treats adolescents and adults with disordered eating, depression, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns. Her recent research has focused on developing and evaluating a range of prevention programs for youth.
Dr Erin Dunn Wallden
Dr. Erin Dunn Wallden is a Registered Psychologist (#1637). She completed both her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and an American Psychological Association accredited internship at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. She also completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research sponsored 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Dunn Wallden’s clinical experience includes working as a psychologist in the Eating Disorder Program at St. Paul’s Hospital from 2004 to 2011, providing individual and group therapy to patients in both the residential and outpatient programs. In her private practice, she treats adults with disordered eating, depression, anxiety, and substance use issues.
Dr. Dunn Wallden also conducts research, with a focus on the applications of readiness and motivational models to the assessment and treatment of eating disorders, substance use, and health behavior change. She presents at conferences, publishes in journals, offers workshops, and serves as a reviewer for journals and funding agencies. Finally, Dr. Dunn Wallden is an active member of a number of professional organizations and a clinical supervisor for doctoral level psychology students at Simon Fraser University.
Why choose us?
Although many treatment providers express an interest in helping people who struggle with eating problems, we are unique because we have extensive training and experience treating mild, moderate, and severe eating issues.
Each member of our interdisciplinary team has worked in specialized eating disorder treatment settings (inpatient, outpatient, and residential programs within the St. Paul’s Hospital Eating Disorder Program). Collectively, we have over 25 years experience working with people who are struggling with problematic eating (i.e. Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, emotional eating).
We have experience working with people who need a lot of support to make changes, as well as those who just need a bit of advice on how to get started or how to maintain changes they have already made.
We are genuinely motivated to help you get better. We regularly review clinical research to ensure that we offer the best treatment we can. Further, as part of our practice, we work with you to track your progress so that you get treatment focused on your specific needs and problem areas.
Finally, we are a caring and compassionate group of clinicians. We understand the complexities related to these issues, appreciate the ambivalence that people often feel about change, and recognize that change is difficult. Because of this, we find it easy to be non-judgmental in our work supporting our clients.