Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC

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Dr. Guerdjikova serves as a staff licensed social worker for Lindner Center of HOPE, with primary focus in 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, 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 with the Psychopharmacology Research Program at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Dr. Guerdjikova has been extensively trained in Cognitive Behavior therapy (CBT) and holds a certification in enhanced CBT with 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 disorder and in treating complex patients presenting with psychiatric and medical comorbidities.

As a researcher, Dr. Guerdjikova has served a primary investigator, co-investigator, supervisor and coordinator for numerous clinical trials examining subjects with mood, anxiety and eating disorders. Her main research interests are in the area of eating, mood and impulse control disorders.

Through Dr. Guerdjikova teaching experience she has served as a course coordinator, lecturer and supervisor for medical and social work students as well as a public educator.

Dr. Guerdjikova has first and co-authored several book chapters and more than 50 original research articles on the topics of binge eating disorder and obesity, pharmacotherapy of eating and mood disorders, and phenomenology of mental illness, published in peer reviewed journals. She has served as an invited reviewer for a number of professional journals as well as an invited educator for NAMI and various professional and community groups in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Dr.Guerdjikova has more than 15 years of experience in clinical and research work. She is a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) and the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) and regularly presents at various professional conferences.

This provider offers telehealth visits. 

Areas of Specialty and Interest:

• Eating Disorders (binge eating focus)
• Mood Disorders
• Impulse Control Disorders
• Stigma in Mental Health
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Degree(s):

• 2000 Doctor of Medicine, Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2005- PhD in Neurosciences; University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio
• 2008- MSW, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio

Licensure and Certification:

• 2008  L.S.W. State of Ohio
• 2008- Certified Clinical Research Coordinator
• 2011  L.I.S.W. State of Ohio