Brandis Elaine McFarland, LMHC, CEDS
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
23 yrs experience
Updated August 19, 2026 How we verify
About
Brandis Elaine McFarland is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who owns Brandis McFarland Mental Health Counseling PLLC, specializing in collaborative treatment of eating disorders alongside anxiety and mood disorders.
Services
- Eating Disorders
- Anxiety
- Women's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- OCD
- Body Image
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Family Conflict
- Parenting
- Self-Esteem
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Family-Based Therapy (FBT)
- Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems
- Mindfulness-based approaches
- Group Therapy
State licenses
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Iowa · License #00894 · LMHC Active
Reputation
1 / 5 across 1 review Negative
- Birdeye Rated 1 / 5 1 review
Common critiques
- Appointment scheduling/technical difficulties
- Perceived lapses in session professionalism
Red flags
- Single review (n=1) alleges the provider answered two personal phone calls during a session and had appointment-link/scheduling issues; sample size is too small to establish a pattern
In the field
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 12 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Full name, credentials (MA, LMHC, CEDS), practice name, address, phone, years in practice (23), education, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, insurance, fees, session formats, license #00894 (psychologytoday.com)
NPPES registry (individual NPI)
- NPI 1649269341, active status, taxonomy 101YM0800X Counselor Mental Health, IA license 00894, Cedar Rapids address (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
NPPES registry (organization NPI)
- Organization NPI 1528573235 for Brandis McFarland MA, LMHC Mental Health Counseling PLLC, same IA license 00894 and address, authorized official Brandis Elaine McFarland (hipaaspace.com)
provider website
- Bio, credentials, memberships (iaedp, Academy of Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa, Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association), specialties, contact, headshot photo (brandismcfarland.com)
- Practice tagline, homepage specialties, contact info, headshot image URL (brandismcfarland.com)
news media (The Gazette)
- Career history: 14 years private practice prior including Cedar Centre Psychiatric Group, opened own practice January 2018 at 700 16th St NE Suite 304 in the Shores Building, education at Luther College and University of Iowa, personal recovery from anorexia (ages 12-23) (thegazette.com)
news media (KCRG)
- Quoted discussing surge in adolescent eating disorder referrals during the pandemic and family-based treatment approach (kcrg.com)
review aggregator (Birdeye)
- 1.0/5 rating from 1 review; review describes appointment link issues and provider answering personal calls during session (reviews.birdeye.com)
- Profile identifies Brandis McFarland Negrin as Independent Business Owner / Licensed Mental Health Counselor / Certified Eating Disorder Specialist at Brandis McFarland Mental Health Counseling PLLC (linkedin.com)
- Personal profile under name Brandis Elaine McFarland (facebook.com)
directory listing (e-counseling.com)
- Secondary listing repeating credentials, specialties, and years in field; also contains an apparent aggregator error labeling license type as LCSW (e-counseling.com)
directory listing (University of Iowa Community Provider Database)
- Contact info, sliding scale availability, specialties list (cpd.counseling.uiowa.edu)