Dr. Kelli Rugless is a licensed psychologist, certified eating disorders specialist, and the Chief Clinical Officer at Project HEAL, a nonprofit organization committed to equitable access to eating disorder healing for all people. Dr. Rugless is also the owner of a bicoastal group practice, Flourish Psychology, where she specializes in women's mental health and the treatment of eating disorders and body image. In her work at Project HEAL she has participated in the development of an identity-driven eating disorder training curriculum for behavioral health professionals in an effort to reduce some of the access barriers to this type of training and encourage more clinicians from all backgrounds to join the eating disorder professional community. She hails from Southern California but currently lives and works in Maryland. In her free time, she enjoys her grandmother's hobbies including reading, sewing, and gardening with her husband and three sons.