For Eating Disorder Treatment Professionals
A psychiatric partner who speaks your language.
Summer Lawson PMHNP-BC brings a neurobiological, weight-inclusive approach to eating disorder psychiatric care — and is actively accepting referrals from therapists, counselors, registered dietitians, and nutritionists.
Why Refer to Summer
- Director of PMHNP Services for an internationally recognized neurobiological eating disorder program.
- Trained in NEW FED-TR — a neurobiological eating disorder treatment protocol developed with UC San Diego.
- Weight-inclusive care across all DSM diagnoses and emerging presentations including orthorexia nervosa. Every body. Every presentation. No diet culture.
- Two decades of experience across inpatient, PHP, IOP, and outpatient eating disorder treatment settings.
- Full Schedule II prescriptive authority including medication-assisted approaches where clinically indicated.
- Coordinated care model — Summer works alongside your team not in place of it.
How the Collaboration Works
You continue the therapeutic and nutritional work you are already doing with your patient. Summer handles psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and medication management. She communicates with your team, coordinates care, and keeps you informed. Your patient gets the full clinical picture — therapy, nutrition, and precision psychiatric support working together.
Psyched is located at 5202 Bethel-Reed Park Suite 100 Columbus OH 43220 — within the same building as Eating and Behavioral Health Associates, Lindsey Mathes Nutrition, Empower Nutrition, and Aligned Nutrition. In-person and telehealth available.
What Your Patients Can Expect
- A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation — not a rushed intake.
- Weight-inclusive clinical approach with no diet culture language.
- Neurobiological framing that complements trauma-informed and CBT-based therapy models.
- Clear communication back to the referring provider.
- Evidence-based pharmacotherapy tailored to each patient's physiology and presentation.
- Functional medicine integration where clinically indicated.
Insurance Accepted
Aetna · Cigna · Devoted Health · Humana · Ohio Healthy · Medical Mutual · Lyra Health · OSU Faculty and Student Plans · UnitedHealthcare · GTEB · Anthem for existing patients. Fee-for-service and superbill available for all other plans.