Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, PhD, FAED, CEDS-S, is an internationally recognized expert in understanding and treating mood, anxiety, and eating disorders. She is Lecturer at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she has taught and supervised Psychiatry residents and fellows as well as Clinical Psychology interns and externs for over three decades.

Dr. Astrachan-Fletcher has worked with countless patients and people seeking advice on a variety of topics, from mental healthcare topics such as helping those in your family deal with loved family members who have had trauma and diagnosable mental health issues, to general counseling on how to better interact with your family, how to understand and avoid being reactive to others and activating others, and dealing with issues of enormous family legacy and wealth.

Dr. Astrachan-Fletcher is a senior RO DBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) clinician, is a nationally recognized expert in the field of DBT and FBT (Family-Based Treatment), and frequently presents at national eating disorders conferences. Dr. Astrachan-Fletcher has co-authored The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia: Using DBT to Break the Cycle and Regain Control of Your Life (2009), and she co-authored the Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders: From Overcontrol and Loneliness to Recovery and Connection (2022). Both workbooks are used in treatment centers throughout the country.