About Dr. Oliver-Pyatt
Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt completed her training as a psychiatrist at NYU-Bellevue Hospital, where she served as a Chief Resident. Her training and experiences involve direct patient care and leadership across multiple levels of care and treatment modalities, including inpatient psychiatry, residential addiction programs (where she served as a medical director), forming PACT PROGRAMS (Programs for Assertive Community Treatment), emergency room psychiatry, public outpatient care, and private outpatient care. In 2001, she became the State of Nevada Division of Mental Health and Disability Services Medical Director, overseeing all aspects of mental health treatment in Nevada, for which she received Senatorial Recognition. She was the first woman and youngest person ever to assume this role. In 2003, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt founded her first Residential Eating Disorder Treatment program, the Center for Hope of the Sierras. This program expanded to add Partial Hospitalization Care and Transitional Living. Later, in 2008, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt went on to found Oliver-Pyatt Centers and Clementine, both nationally and internationally recognized as top programs in the field of eating disorders.
Wendy brings a deep level of knowledge and experience to her work.
Dr. Oliver-Pyatt is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, a Fellow of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and a Certified Eating Disorder Supervisor. With regard to her eating disorder treatment, she can work with you across multiple domains ranging from individual therapy, psychiatric/medication management, nutrition therapy, and family therapy & psychoeducation.
Thought Leadership
Dr. Oliver-Pyatt is a well-known clinician in the field of eating disorders. She has served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, was the Chairman of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (which has now merged with the National Eating Disorder Association), and has presented at national and international conferences for over 20 years.
having extensive success at guiding patients through complex psychological and behavioral struggles. Her attuned approach, intuitive foundation, understanding of psychodynamics, and ability to develop meaningful treatment interventions and protocols is grounded in 20 + years of experience, extensive training, and working with dynamic teams to help patients with the most complex forms of mental health struggles.
Dr. Oliver-Pyatt trained at NYU-Bellevue hospital, where she experienced an in depth treatment psychodynamic an pharmacologic training and worked in a vast array of treatment settings. Following her residency she went on to become an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of Nevada and Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. She has in depth knowledge and experience of complex psychopharmacology, while also
Speaking Experience
The Book
Questions & Answers About Binge Eating Disorder:
A Guide for Clinicians
Written in a question-and-answer format, Questions and Answers about Binge Eating Disorder: A Guide for Clinicians provides answers to the questions most commonly asked by practitioners treating patients with binge eating disorders (BED). What criteria should I use to diagnose Binge Eating Disorder? What are the most common misconceptions about eating disorders in adults? Is it possible for my patient to fully recover from BED or any other eating disorder? This authoritative resource also addresses crucial topics ranging from risk factors and causes of BED, to treatment protocols and recovery from BED, to advice for families and caregivers of people suffering from BED. Written by an expert in the field, Questions and Answers about Binge Eating Disorder: A Guide for Clinicians is an essential resource for all practitioners managing the treatment of patients with BED.
