Author: Brenda Grund

Brenda Grund is a Psychosocial Therapist and the Project Manager of Centrum Spectra: Expertise in Restrictive Eating Disorders in Women on the Autism Spectrum. Being on the Spectrum herself, she had been working in the field Mental Healthcare for over 10 years, working mainly with eating disorders and addiction. Leading self- help groups for women with eating disorders, she found in about every group of 5 to six participants, there was at least one woman on the Autism Spectrum and not only that, the treatment seemed to have an adverse effect on these women. Wanting to know more about this, she started looking into this and eventually did research that led to a thesis: Effective ways of treatment for women with Anorexia Nervosa who are also on the Autism Spectrum. Writing this thesis she came to the discovery that no specialized help was available for these women, decided to take matters into her own hand and started Centrum Spectra. She now trains (Mental) Heathcare professionals and provides individual guidance for woman with restrictive eating disorders on the Autism Spectrum. https://centrumspectra.com/