Dr. Colleen Reichmann, PsyD
Hello there! My name is Dr. Colleen Reichmann, and I am the founder of Wildflower Therapy LLC. I am a licensed clinical psychologist in Philadelphia, PA, and an eating disorders specialist. I also specialize in mental health specific to college students, maternal mental health, anxiety, and depression.
Speaking & Outreach
Shout it from the rooftops! Eating disorders do not have to be a life sentence! (Can you tell I am passionate about spreading this message?) This is why I speak and write as well. I am interested in any forum that helps to spread the message about the life in color that is waiting for ya.
I love, love, love providing eating disorder and body image education and awareness! Participants have called my workshops interactive and engaging.
I have spoken at Moravian College, Marywood University, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia, among other venues.
Contact me about speaking at your event!
Recent Presentations
California State University Northridge: Joint Advocates on Disordered Eating (2021) Recovery Real Talk: Demystifying and Destigmatizing Eating Disorder Recovery
The Positivity Charge (2019): Mental Health: It’s Time to Talk About It!
West Chester University (2019): Eating Disorders: The Why, The How, The Way Out
IADEPT Greater Philadelphia Workshop (2018): Finding Freedom From Body Hatred
James Madison University (2018): Owning Your Body: Body Autonomy After Trauma
Eating Recovery Center Conference (2018): Not Sick Enough: On the Egosyntonic Nature of Eating Disorders From a Patient and Clinician Perspective
The College of William and Mary (2018) : SMASHTalk: Eating Disorders and Body Image
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Conference (2018): Forgotten Bodies: The Importance of Intersectionality for the Evolution of Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery
University of Virginia Law School Feminist Legal Forum (2018): Deconstructing Diet Culture
True Warrior (2017) Food Body Love Rally: Perfectionism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly With Dr. Colleen Reichmann
Princess Anne High School Honors Society (2017): Eating Disorders 101
Binge Eating Disorder Conference (BEDA) 2017: Marginalized Bodies: Weight Stigma in Eating Disorder Treatment and What We Can Do About It
Beauty Sick: On Our Cultural Obsession With The Mirror (2016): The College of William and Mary
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Smashing perfect numbers at the William and Mary Southern Smash in May 2017
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Proudly showing the world that we are more than numbers during Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2018 (William and Mary)
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University of Virginia Feminist Legal Forum 2018
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Presenting with Lindsay Hall at the Eating Recovery Center conference in October 2018!
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Presenting with Ivy Felicia at the NEDA conference in May 2018
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Smashin’ some scales at William and Mary in September 2018
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Speaking about tending to our mental health needs at the Positivity Charge Retreat in Philadelphia
Writing
I also write! I’ve written for Recovery Warriors, Project HEAL, MoreLove, The Mighty, Glam Salad, and more! Contact me for information about what I can contribute to your publication.
My Book
The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery! It’s a fresh, smart, how-to book that helps people with eating disorders to heal their relationship with food, their bodies, and ultimately themselves.
The Inside Scoop is coauthored by Dr. Reichmann and Jennifer Rollin, two eating disorder therapists (who happen to be best buds) both of whom are recovered from their own eating disorders. The text uses humor, personal narratives, and research-proven techniques to offer specific actionable guidelines on how to reclaim one’s life from an eating disorder. The authors explain the difference between dieting and eating disorders, break down the stages of recovery, and provide tips on how to thrive in each stage. The book provides powerful myth-busting on topics that have historically not been addressed in eating disorder recovery books, such as clean eating and orthorexia, exercising in recovery, and fat positivity. Tangible exercises at the end of each chapter provide readers with advice and tips on implementing this approach to recovery in their day-to-day lives.
The humorous and down-to-earth tone of the book creates an authentic and genuine feel that leaves those who struggle with chronic dieting, eating disorders, and negative body image feeling connected and heard.
Trainings
Challenging Eating Disorder Amotivation: Exercises for Clinicians to Instill Motivation and Hope Among Clients With Eating Disorders
Amotivation to recover is one of the main challenges that clients with eating disorders face. I know- I’ve been there as the patient, and, years later- as the clinician working with folks who struggle with this!
As an eating disorders specialist, I feel confident in the techniques that I have developed over the years to help my clients work through amotivation and lack of hope. And in this webinar, I’m spillin’ everything I know. In it, I explain the core reasons that folks struggle with amotivation from both an empirically-based perspective, and from my own clinical experience. I provide you with 12 effective tools and exercises to use in session with your clients. If you are a therapist or dietitian looking to learn more about how to help your clients build motivation and hope, this webinar is for you.
For $85 you receive this 47-minute on-demand webinar for professionals, along with three worksheets that you can use with clients.
PLEASE BE AWARE: Upon purchasing the training, you will be taken directly to a page with the link for the video, as well as all three handouts. Please download the video and handouts right away, as you cannot click back to this screen once you have exited it. Once you download, you have lifetime access to all materials.
More About Colleen Reichmann
What type of therapy do I do?
Well, like most things in psychology land, the answer to that question is not black and white. I was trained to utilize person-focused therapy. What does that mean? Basically, I recognize that you are essentially the world’s leading expert on… you! So I listen. My goal is not to save you. My goal is to work alongside you and help you save yourself.
Now when it comes to issues like eating disorders, postpartum depression, anxiety, and body image issues - talking is great. Talking is essential. But I want you to take action too. This is why I also implement Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Family-Based Treatment with adolescents when appropriate. These therapy techniques will provide you with specific skills and change-mechanisms to implement between sessions. This way, you can focus on taking back your life even when you are not in sessions with me. (Cool, hu?)
I am not a smile-and-nod therapist. Clients have described me as interactive, genuine, radically authentic, and real. If you choose to work with me, I will ask you to bring your all. You will be asked to dig deep. I will guide you to sit with your emotions (versus running from them). We will laugh together (a lot). I believe that issues such as chronic dieting/disordered eating are the tip of the iceberg. In our work together, we will be delving down under the water to deeper roots. And while it will not be easy, I promise that it will ultimately be rewarding.
Do I know what I’m doing?
Here’s the low-down on my training: I completed my predoctoral internship at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro Center for Eating Disorders. I then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Sheppard Pratt Center for Eating Disorders. In both of these programs, I worked across the inpatient, partial hospitalization, and IOP levels of care. I then created eating disorder programming and worked with students at the College of William and Mary. So I have a strong foundation of training in treating disordered eating.
I am an advocate for the Health at Every Size and body-liberation movements, and was named one of the top eating disorder experts in the country by a leading treatment center.
I did not *ahem* thrive in college (to put it lightly). Because of my own rough history during those years, I have such a deep well of empathy for the specific struggles that college students face. And working at William and Mary solidified my love for working with college students. I cannot emphasize enough how much I enjoy helping people navigate this challenging period of life.
After going through years of infertility, and finally having my son and daughter through IVF, I became very interested in maternal mental health. I sought out specialized training in this area, and now proudly help mamas navigate the spectrum of peri and postnatal mental health struggles, from infertility, to pregnancy loss, to postpartum depression and beyond.
Why do I do this work?
To explain this, I am going to enlist the help of a quote from The West Wing (yes, the show):
“This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, ‘Hey you. Can you help me out?’ The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, ‘Father, I’m down in this hole can you help me out?’ The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then another person walks by and the guy shouts, ‘Hey! I’m down here. Can you help me out?’ And the person jumps in the hole. Our guy says, ‘Are you stupid? Now we’re both down here.’ The other person says, ‘Yeah, but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.'”
I do this work because I get it. I’ve been there. I’m the guy in the quote that knows the way out. Now, don’t get me wrong, your way out is going to be unique and different from mine. But I remember *that* feeling. So my plan to is walk right alongside you to help you discover your path to climbing out of the hole. You can do this.
I founded this practice because I believe in your ability to find freedom. My aim is to help you create the necessary changes while providing safety and connection in a collaborative relationship.
Awards and Recognition
Balance Treatment Center Recognizes 80 Expert Eating Disorder Therapists and Advocates