Treatment Team

Physician & Medical Director Oklahoma, Arkansas

Meghan Scears, MD

Dr. Meghan Scears is a Board-Certified Family Physician through the American Board of Family Medicine. She is the Founder and Medical Director for Living Hope Eating Disorder Treatment Center. In this role, Dr. Scears oversees the medical evaluation and treatment of all patients and supervises the clinical treatment team.

Dr. Scears obtained her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine. She then completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Family Medicine Center. During her work as a Family Physician, Dr. Scears developed an understanding of the prevalence and seriousness of eating disorders and related conditions. From that moment, she believes she found her niche in the medical field and has devoted her career to working with patients with eating disorders. She has completed extensive study, research, and training in eating disorders.

Dr. Scears lectures both nationally and internationally on the treatment of patients with eating disorders. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine, National Eating Disorders Association, Academy for Eating Disorders, International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and Oklahoma Eating Disorders Association.

Psychiatrist Oklahoma, Arkansas

Thuy Nguyen, MD

Physician Oklahoma, Arkansas

Kassi Stockert, MD

Dr. Kassi Stockert is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician through the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Stockert obtained her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine. She then completed her residency in Family Medicine at Great Plains Family Medicine Residency Program in Oklahoma City. Dr. Stockert worked with Integris Family Medicine in Yukon, Oklahoma for 6 years, before working in medical missions in Cusco, Peru for three years. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine and Oklahoma Academy of Family Medicine.

Licensed Counselor in Oklahoma, Arkansas

DeAndria Rideau, Ph.D., LPC

DeAndria Rideau was born and raised in Oklahoma. She studied psychology and human relations at the University of Oklahoma. She then pursued her degree in Art Therapy at Florida State University, combining her passion for art and the desire to help others. There she pursued her Ph.D and focused on understanding how people respond to visible differences through the use of art and storytelling, which concentrated on understanding body image, self-concept, and self-worth. In her free time DeAndria likes to draw, paint, and attend festivals of all sorts. She also picnics in the park with her family.

Clinical Director

Lindsay Poe, MA

Lindsay attended the University of Oklahoma and has two undergraduate degrees in Geriatrics and Family Studies. Lindsay holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Southern Nazarene University. She completed her clinical internship at Transforming Life Counseling and has extensive experience as an inpatient psychiatric hospital director and clinician. Lindsay integrates the use of positive based psychology with a person-centered psychodynamic theoretical perspective. She specializes in treating individual’s childhood trauma that manifests through maladaptive coping mechanisms, such as eating disorders. Lindsay has been an active community volunteer and served numerous non-profits over the past 15 years. Lindsay and her husband, Stephen, have been married for 13 years and reside in Edmond with their three children.

Therapist, Oklahoma

Jordan Foust, MS, LPC

Jordan received her undergraduate degree from Truman State University and her graduate degree from Troy University in Counseling and Psychology. She has worked in the fields of addiction, trauma and PTSD, and provided individual therapy for those suffering from anxiety, depression, and significant life changes. She also spent three years providing therapy to children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Emotional Dysregulation. Jordan is passionate about helping her clients improve their lives, health, happiness, and sense of self. She believes in client centered therapy and assisting her clients as they move forward in their recovery and develop tools to enhance their lives. Jordan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Client Centered Therapy to provide the best support positive change. Jordan spends her free time with friends and family and her loving dog Sasha. She enjoys reading, cooking, and traveling to new places.

Therapist, Oklahoma

Xuemei Fu, M.Ed, LPC-C

Xuemei Fu (AKA May) holds an M.Ed. with a professional counseling concentration at Oklahoma
City University. She received her undergraduate degree in BA from Northeastern State
University. Before pursuing her passion for empowering individuals and families to accomplish
their mental health, personal wellness, and life goals, May had a decade-long successful career
as a top performer in a Fortune 50 company.
May completed her practicum and internship at A Chance to Change, where she was exposed
to extensive experience helping people dealing with anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, and
addictive behaviors, as well as the family relationship.
May highly values her relationships with clients and recognizes that everyone is unique. She is
committed to an integrated, personalized, evidence-based counseling approach to best suit
clients’ needs. She is also an EMDR-informed therapist.
May married her husband of 30 years and has three grown children. She has brought a rich life
experience and love for global travel, gourmet food, and home cooking, as evidenced by her
Instagram food & travel blogging.

Dietitian, Oklahoma

Jordan Chappell RD/LD

Jordan is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian who works to provide nutritional therapy to patients with eating disorders.

She was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma and still currently resides there. She attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Nutritional Sciences. Additionally, she was accepted into the dietetic internship program at OSU, where she completed over 1200 hours of supervised training upon graduation.

She has always been passionate about working with patients struggling with eating disorders. She believes in helping all patients reclaim healthy relationships with food and their bodies and in aiding them to find a sense of liberation from their various eating disorders. She also believes it is crucial to provide education on debunking diet culture, the diet industry, and weight stigma, and to promote the concepts of HAES, body acceptance and appreciation, and that “all foods fit.”

She is credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is licensed by the Medical Board of the State of Oklahoma.

Behavioral Tech Oklahoma

Jenna Canady

Jenna received her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences- Dietetics from Oklahoma State University and did her internship at Integris Baptist Medical Center through OUHSC with over 1500 hours of supervised practice. She is originally from Norman, Oklahoma and has always been passionate about nutrition and helping people develop a good relationship with food. Jenna loves her two cats and will go on for hours about them. She also loves watching old Disney movies and is very excited to be working at Living Hope!

Dietitian, Arkansas

Brittany Ferguson, RD/LD

Brittany Ferguson, RD, LD, is a registered and licensed dietitian in Northwest Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics and a minor in German, and completed her dietetic internship in Durham, NC. She worked in the hospital setting for eight years where she provided medical nutrition therapy to patients with a wide range of health conditions. She found she has a passion for learning about and understanding eating disorders, and has now made the transition to helping patients work on improving their relationships with food. Brittany is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Behavioral Health Nutrition dietetic practice group, and the Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.