Danielle Small is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified eating disorder specialist consultant with extensive experience in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, and compulsive over-exercise. Danielle has been a member of the Monte Nido team since 2013, working at multiple sites and all levels of care on both coasts. She was previously Clinical Director at Monte Nido’s Eating Disorder Center of Boston until taking on the role of Clinical Director at Monte Nido’s Clementine Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment Center, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She then became Regional Director of Clinical Operations for the Northeast, overseeing all clinical programming and operations for the Residential and Day Treatment programs in the region. Danielle is currently Vice-President of Clinical Services working with all of Monte Nido’s teams nationwide. Danielle’s therapeutic aim is simple; she wants our clients to connect with their potential for growth despite life’s inherent struggles. Her passion is helping individuals reach a place of self-acceptance, re-connecting them to their intellectual curiosity, and allowing them to tap into the potential for personal peace. She endeavors to do this with humor, warmth, and candor.

Michael Chiumiento, PsyD is currently Director of Family Services at Monte Nido. In this role, Michael assists in the expansion and improvement of family inclusion & family intervention across all brands and programs. He leads clinical training in the therapeutic modalities and evidence-based curricula delivered to adolescents and families across Monte Nido Walden’s family-based treatment continuum. Dr. Chiumiento has received advanced intensive training in Family-Based Treatment; FBT-TAY; DBT for Adolescents & Families (DBT-A); and the DBT prolonged exposure protocol for PTSD (DBT-PE). Dr. Chiumiento presents frequently on FBT and DBT to clinical and educational staff as well as medical residents both in and outside of the Walden system, including IAEDP, The Alliance for Eating Disorders, and Tufts Medical School. He provides consultation to families, teams, and providers in and outside of the Monte Nido system. Dr. Chiumiento has examined the impact of caregiver support and DBT skills groups as ancillary treatment components in family-based adolescent programs. He has also presented on the problematic nature of pejorative and outdated language in evidence-based treatments, and the necessity of urgent procedural change regarding weight-related treatment interventions and case conceptualization in eating disorder programs.