Dr. Ellie Benner, PsyD, MA is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified Family Based Treatment (FBT) provider, Co-Founder and Director of Outreach and Training at Mainline Center for Eating Disorders. She is also a Research Psychologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Benner obtained her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Health Psychology and her Master of Arts in Psychology from La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Benner previously worked as a Clinical Psychologist at CHOP in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program, where she specialized in providing FBT to children and adolescents and supervision to medical, nutrition, and behavioral health trainees. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults with eating-related concerns across the diagnostic spectrum. She is trained and experienced in evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and co-occurring concerns, including: FBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Dr. Benner has presented locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally on identification, prevention, and treatment of pediatric eating disorders. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals. She has provided trainings for clinicians, schools, and treatment centers on preventing weight-based harm, fighting diet culture, and early recognition and rapid intervention for treating pediatric eating disorders.

Dr. Benner is a Board Member of the Southwest Philadelphia Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals and is an active member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

Dr. Benner identifies as an anti-diet, anti-weight stigma, health-at-every-size provider. She is enthusiastic about empowering caregivers to support their loved one with an eating disorder while combatting diet culture. She is goal-oriented, collaborative, and strongly believes in using treatments shown by research to be effective.

She also enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, dog Sophie, shopping and hiking.