About 

Farrington Specialty Centers headquarters is located in Fort Wayne, IN with a satellite offices in Indianapolis and Plymouth, IN. We are honored to provide care face to face and via telehealth for eating disorders, compulsive exercise, and body image to individuals throughout Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.

Our therapists and dietitians walk alongside those who enter our doors. From treatment to the lasting freedom that comes with true healingyou are not alone.

Our treatment center is committed to nurturing an inclusive treatment environment that encourages openness, respect, and growth. Farrington Specialty Centers believes relationships are essential in this mission. We partner with loved ones and other health professionals committed to recovery.

 
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Farrington Specialty Centers founders: Brooke Farrington, Founder and CEO, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist- Supervisor (left) and Shellie Cattell, Co-Founder, Chief Operations/Outreach Officer (right)

Letter from Farrington Specialty Centers Founders


At Farrington Specialty Centers, we believe that everyone battling an eating disorder has the potential for a full recovery and lasting freedom. As Founders, we know this as truth from our personal experiences.


Our desire is to provide individuals in Northeast Indiana with the eating disorder treatment we so desperately needed during our own battles. Farrington Specialty Centers' therapists and dietitians are committed to walking with individuals and their loved ones every step of recovery. Our goal is to break the cycle of eating disorder behavior and other maladaptive patterns in the individuals life, allowing for the opportunity to live a life full of passion, purpose, and authenticity. 

In 2009, as a recovered clinician, Brooke Farrington began outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment programs under Farrington Specialty Counseling. The high success rate of these programs is evident by the many fully recovered individuals Farrington Specialty Centers has had the pleasure to journey alongside ever since. 

Brooke identified a growing need for eating disorder care in the greater Fort Wayne community. She partnered with Shellie Cattell to expand Farrington Specialty Centers’ services to include Neossia, our current partial hospitalization program.

Shellie became familiar with the need for eating disorder treatment in Northeast Indiana when she experienced her own daughter’s journey to healing. As a mother, Shellie knows firsthand the devastating effects of eating disorders and the monumental recovery process. 

- Shellie & Brooke

Meet Our Team

Our team of therapists, dietitians, psychiatric, and medical providers have over 100 years of combined experience in treating eating disorders. Together we are committed to providing effective and personalized care.

 

Brooke C. E. Farrington, MSW, LCSW, CEDS-C

Founder, CEO, Chief Clinical Officer, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist- Consultant

 

Shellie Cattell, BSBA

Co-founder, Chief Operations/Outreach Officer

Emily Van Nelson, MA

Vice President of Operations

 
 

Haley Slovenec

Director of Admissions

Dana Clevering, LMHC, LPC, EMDR

Clinical Director, Therapist

 
 

Adrienne Johnson, LMHC, LPCC, ATR-BC, CEDS

Program Director, Counselor, and Art Therapist

Madeline Kallenbach, MS, RDN, LD

Senior Program Dietitian

 
 

Amber Smith, MA, RDN, LD

Registered Dietitian

Stephanie Carpenter, MA

Program Therapist

 
 

Carolina Forman, MA, LMHCA

Therapist

Renee Nauman, RDN

Registered Dietitian

 
 

Ashley Davis, MA, LMHCA, RYT-200

Therapist

Katie Koller, RD

Program Dietitian

 
 

Erica L. Walworth, MS, LMFT, RDN, LD, CEDS

Therapist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist

Dallas Parson, MA, RD, LD

Dietitian

 
 

Nichole Fleming

Office and Program Aide

G. Morgan Nilles, PA-C

Certified Physicians Assistant

 
 

Dana Forrest, MD

Medical Doctor

Amy Whistler, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

 

Cynthia Probst, LMHC

Family Therapist

 

Natalie Blevins

Operations Manager

Lauryne Pearson

Social Media Manager

 

Josh Farrington, MPHIL

Professor, Clinical Bioethicist

Brenda Shepherd, BS, AAS

Accounts Manager

 

“There is hope, there is light and there are people who will truly see YOU. The staff at FSC are some of those people. I am eternally grateful."

15 year old female