Anna Treacy

About Anna Treacy

Dr. Treacy’s mission in life is empowerment. This includes the empowerment of self, family, community, country, and our global community. To be part of ensuring power is used to educate and help give voice to those with little to no power. To help spread the Cycle of Empowerment.When asked to give a mission statement, Dr. Treacy responded:\"To eradicate eating disorders. To provide a safe framework to learn sexual health education. To help and teach people on the spectrum of abilities empower themselves with knowledge. To provide inclusive, accurate, complete knowledge in mental and physical health education, improve health access, and ensure as many lives as possible learn how to be their own best nurturer.\"Why? Anna has been recovered from an eating disorder (ED) since 2002. It was in April of 2002 when her treatment team unanimously declared her recovered from her ED. They are the first in their family to seek psychological treatment. After several years of digging into their family history, they discovered a history of untreated mental illness leading to forced institutionalization and suicide. As a child and a teenager she experienced the devasting loss of family members to suicide, changing the course of her life. Dr. Treacy is driven to help as many people as possible recover from eating disorders, stabilize their mental health, and receive accurate sexual health education.Dr. Treacy enjoys being with her family, including her parents, partner of 20+ years, her three children and five pets. She is appreciative of the lifelong friendships that have endured through many phases of her life; proving how important therapy is to the maintenance and well-being of relationships. And, proving how much, we can change and take charge of our brains, thoughts, and emotions with grit, knowledge, support, vulnerability, and persistence (neuroplasticity is a most beautiful thing). They love to get outdoors to garden, explore, dance, go rock hounding, and take advantage of Northern Nevada’s four seasons and high-desert beauty.

Experience

1. Group Facilitator and Nationally Certified Master Health Education Specialist (Mches)

   Thrive Wellness

   Nov 2020 — Present · Reno, NV, US

Education

• University of Nevada, Reno

  Master of Public Health (MPH), Public Health Leadership

  2000 — 2006

• University of Nevada, Reno

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Education, Special Education and Disability Studies, Quantitative and Mixed Method Research

  2011 — 2016

• University of Nevada, Reno

  Bachelor's of Science, Dual: Health Science (Pre-Medicine) and Health Education

  1994 — 2000