Unbound Recovery is growing and happy to announce new providers joining the practice. We would like to welcome Alissa Osterhaus, LSCSW to the team. Alissa started seeing clients with Unbound Recovery on January 2nd, 2024 and is accepting new clients currently. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
from Kansas State University, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas. She is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and is in the process of obtaining her Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) certification from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Foundation (IAEDP). Alissa comes to us from working at a community mental health center for almost 5 years, working primarily with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, poor body image, trauma, and disordered eating/eating disorders. Alissa strives to provide a safe space where individuals feel heard and seen while also using evidenced-based approaches to empower and create meaningful change. She is credentialed with most major insurances: BCBS, Aetna, United Healthcare, Cigna, Medicaid, and Sunflower. Credentialing still processing for Tricare and Aetna Medicaid
We would also like to welcome Sophia Jones, RDN, LD to Unbound Recovery. Sophia earned Bachelor’s Degrees in Nutrition and Health and Dietetics at Kansas State University. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who previously worked at an inpatient rehabilitation setting helping patients regain strength and improve quality of life with positive nutrition changes. She has been staying at home to take care of her two precious children and help her husband with his local small business the past few years. She is thrilled to return to her passion in the realm of dietetics, which is guiding individuals out of the diet culture mentality and into freedom through a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. She currently is working on insurance credentialing. Once credentialed with insurances, she will be accepting new clients at Unbound Recovery.
Kohleen Zerull is currently a therapy intern seeing clients at Unbound Recovery. Kohleen is in her final year of her master’s level clinical counseling program. She currently holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with minors in Art and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience. Kohleen has 4 years of involvement in multicultural counseling research. She guides her clients with empathetic listening and understanding. Kohleen views the therapeutic process as a supportive environment where clients can process traumatic experiences, gain valuable skills to improve their relationships, and discuss multicultural concerns and their effects. She will be employed with Unbound Recovery after her graduation in May. At that time she will start the insurance credentialing process with most major insurance companies, and will be accepting new clients.
Other providers at Unbound Recovery include Alissa Mick, MS, RDN, LD, who provides nutrition counseling services and is a registered dietitian nutritionist. Alissa is currently accepting new clients. Amber Howells, PhD, RDN, LD provides nutrition counseling services and is the Director at Unbound Recovery.
We are also currently hiring another therapist. Both part-time and full-time options are available, flexible scheduling, and we provide eating disorder treatment training for providers. For full position details, please visit: https://www.indeed.com/job/outpatient-therapist-d78c77be65d3f7e4.
Unbound Recovery is excited to announce that we are offering a meal supervision group to our clients. Our meal supervision group is part of our treatment plan for high risk clients who struggle with nourishing adequately and have significant fear/anxiety around food. The group is facilitated by either a dietitian or therapist. As part of the treatment plan, the purposes of the meal supervision are to provide additional support and accountability at mealtimes, assist with regulating the nervous system around eating, normalize eating experiences, and decrease fear around food. The group will start January 23rd, 2024 and will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7 PM through telehealth services. Insurance will be billed for group services or there is a cash pay rate. For additional information regarding group services, please reach out to 785-510-3008.Other services offered include: Individual therapy sessions, individual nutrition counseling sessions, presentation services, recovery support group, and loved ones support group. For more information about all of our services, please visit our website at www.unboundmhk.com.
Unbound Recovery is an outpatient clinic that specializes in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, body image concerns, and coexisting mental health conditions. Unbound Recovery provides both therapy and nutrition counseling services. All of our therapists and registered dietitian nutritionists are currently working on their certification to become Certified Eating Disorder Specialists (CEDS). We accept most major insurances. Currently, we are accepting new clients at both our Manhattan, KS and Topeka, KS Locations!
