Co-Directors
The AEDC is co-directed by Dr. Tiffany Brown and Dr. April Smith, who each have over a decade of experience treating eating disorders and disordered eating. Drs. Brown and Smith supervise the graduate student clinicians providing services at AEDC.
Dr. Tiffany Brown (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Auburn University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She has been working within the eating disorders field since 2008 and completed her graduate training in clinical psychology at Florida State University in 2016. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of California, San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research where she also completed her post-doctoral fellowship and later served as a staff psychologist. She has treated individuals with eating disorders ages 6+ at outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and inpatient/medical stabilization levels of care using cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and family-based therapy. She also specializes in the treatment of eating and body-image related disorders in diverse and understudied populations including men and LGBTQ+ individuals and has extensive experience treating ARFID.
Dr. April Smith (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Auburn University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She started working in the fields of eating disorders and self-injury in 2006 and completed her graduate training in clinical psychology at Florida State University in 2012. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of California, San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research. Dr. Smith has worked with individuals experiencing a wide array of eating concerns across the lifespan and at multiple levels of care. Dr. Smith employs the leading eating disorders treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and family-based therapy. She also specializes in the treatment of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors.
Graduate Student Clinicians
Abi Camden, MS (she/her) is a fifth-year doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at Auburn University. She received a BA in psychology, with a minor in studio art, from Agnes Scott College. Her research examines differential conceptualizations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) across diagnostic systems, with a special interest in CPTSD, and psychometric properties of related measurement instruments. Abi’s primary clinical interests include trauma-related disorders such as PTSD and CPTSD, anxiety-based disorders (e.g., OCCD, phobias), eating disorders, and related concerns (e.g., suicidal ideation, self-harm). She enjoys utilizing evidence-based therapy interventions including DBT and CBT, rooted in a humanistic and collaborative approach.
Will Grunewald (he/him) is a third-year clinical psychology PhD student at Auburn University. His research interests include identifying risk factors for disordered eating, body image disturbance, and suicidality, with a particular emphasis on these risk factors among vulnerable populations. He also studies the overlap between conformity to masculine norms and Muscle Dysmorphia. Will's treatment areas include treating male disordered eating, anorexia nervosa, body image disturbances, muscle dysmorphia, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorders.
Giselle Jimenez (she/her) is a fifth-year doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at Auburn University. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and externalizing disorders, such as oppositional defiant disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. As a member of the Parent-Child Interaction Lab, Giselle provides Parent-Child Interaction Therapy services to local families of children between the ages of 2-7 years old at the Auburn University Psychological Services Center. With the goal of practicing as a child clinical psychologist in a hospital setting, Giselle joined the Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic to train in evidence-based treatments for eating disorders, including avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
Taylor Stanley (she/her) is a third-year clinical psychology PhD student at Auburn University. She is originally from Richmond, VA, and completed her BS in psychology and MA in experimental psychology at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Taylor has experience working in community mental health centers, in addition to providing services to individuals mandated to treatment for substance-use and working with an integrated treatment team at an in-patient psychiatric and forensic hospital serving individuals with severe mental illness. Taylor uses a strengths-based, person-centered, behavioral approach to her clinical work informed by her training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), commonly pulling techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Her clinical area of focus includes disordered eating and body image concerns, as well as broadly implementing empirically supported services to promote overall physical and mental health and well-being. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends, watching reality TV, drinking iced coffee, and petting any dog that crosses her path.