Hello I’m Meredith O'Brien, LCSW

Meredith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey. 

Meredith received her Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2006 and received her Master of Science with a concentration in counseling from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in 2000. Meredith has an advanced training certificate in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She is an anti-diet and Health at Every Size (HAES)- aligned therapist and a Carolyn Costin Institute (CCI) certified eating disorder coach and a certified Intuitive Eating counselor. 

Meredith specializes in mental health services, more specifically the areas of depression, anxiety, addictions, eating disorders, chronic suicidal ideation, self-harm, family conflict, emotional dysregulation and life transitions. Meredith uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Solution-Oriented Therapy, Trauma-informed, Compassionate Therapy and Mindfulness-based treatments in her practice. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a skills-based treatment focusing on mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and walking the middle path. 

Fully recovered from her own eating disorder, Meredith specializes in supporting those on their own eating disorder recovery journey and treats those with anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and exercise compulsion. Meredith uses Carolyn Costin’s 8 Keys to Recover from an Eating Disorder, with her clients and uses the intuitive eating philosophy to help her clients to create a healthy relationship with food. She helps to guide her clients to reject the diet mentality, tune into their inner signals and accept themselves.

Meredith has over sixteen years of experience working with children, adolescents, families and adults with varying degrees of mental health. Currently, Meredith operates her private practice in Red Bank, NJ where she provides individual, family and group counseling for teenagers and adults. She also operates a coaching business, Recovery from Anorexia, LLC, to support those in eating disorder recovery.