Mirasol Names New CEO, Expands Role of Adventure Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment Program

Tucson, AZ, February 20, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Mirasol is pleased to announce the appointment of Diane Ryan, MA, CPT, as their new Executive Director. Ryan is uniquely qualified to lead the organization, with more than a decade of experience as a primary therapist at Mirasol and eight years as Mirasol's Clinical Director.

In her new role, Diane will direct day-to-day operations, staffing, admissions, regulatory compliance and marketing for Mirasol's residential, intensive outpatient (IOP) and partial hospitalization (PHP) eating disorder treatment programs.

Under Ryan's direction, Mirasol will build on its tradition of innovation in alternative treatment, and expand the role of adventure therapy in both the adult and adolescent treatment programs.

"My goal is to maintain Mirasol's track record of excellence and take that forward with new approaches and new interventions based on recent developments in the field of neuroscience," says Ryan. "The latest research underscores the importance of connection as a primary components of mental, emotional and physical health. Eating disorders at their core are about disconnection, and wilderness and the other experiential therapies we practice here at Mirasol are all designed to foster connection with your yourself, with the people around you and with your place in the world."