Anna I. Guerdjikova

Dr. Guerdjikova serves as a staff licensed social worker for Lindner Center of HOPE, with a primary focus on the treatment of adult patients with eating and mood disorders. Within the Harold C. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program, Dr. Guerdjikova serves as a Director for Administrative Services. She is an outpatient and partial hospitalization program therapist, and inpatient group facilitator, and also serves as a consultant for LCOH residential units. Prior to joining the Research Institute at Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Guerdjikova was a post-doctoral fellow in the Psychopharmacology Research Program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Dr. Guerdjikova has been extensively trained in Cognitive Behavior therapy (CBT) and holds a certification in enhanced CBT with an eating disorders treatment focus (CBT-E). As a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) she has been trained in Family-Based Therapy (FBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT, and mindfulness techniques in the treatment of eating disorders. She has a strong clinical and research interest in binge eating disorders and in treating complex patients presenting with psychiatric and medical comorbidities.