Our Doctors
Susan Rushing, MD, JD
Dr. Rushing is the founder and medical director of Holistic Cognitive Consultants and Retreat & Restore Healing Arts Center. She is also a psychiatrist on the clinical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rushing treats patients in her private practice in Haverford, PA, mentors psychiatry residents and fellows at Penn and performs forensic evaluations as a consultant to judges and attorneys.
Dr. Rushing studied neuroscience at MIT, medicine at Yale and law at Stanford. Her combined expertise guides her thinking in complex cases and care for patients. Dr. Rushing believes many patients need more than medication management and psychotherapy to achieve balance and wellness. She created the multi-disciplinary Retreat & Restore Healing Arts Center to address holistic health.
Aneela Khan, MD
Dr. Khan provides comprehensive evaluations and evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents ages 3-18. She is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Khan earned her medical degree from Khyber Medical College in Pakistan and completed residency in Psychiatry at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. She completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine and a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been an Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Director of the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Service, supervising Psychiatry Residents and Child Psychiatry Fellows.
Dustin R. Todaro, MD, PhD
Dr. Todaro is a general adult psychiatrist with a rich interdisciplinary background in both clinical care and research. Dr. Todaro earned his MD and PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA, and completed his Psychiatry Residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine.
Dr. Todaro provides thoughtful, individualized medication management and psychotherapy for adults and specializes in the treatment of a broad range of psychiatric conditions, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD/trauma-associated disorders, ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, and psychotic spectrum disorders. He is experienced in supporting individuals facing challenges in adjusting to life transitions and those managing complex health conditions that require careful, integrative psychiatric care. He strives to create a collaborative and supportive environment, helping patients work toward their mental health goals with a focus on fostering growth, resilience, and achieving emotional wellness.
Our Therapist
Christina Babusci
Christina is a licensed social worker with a person-centered, collaborative approach. She holds a Master of Social Service from Bryn Mawr College and is currently working towards a PhD in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. She specializes in Asian American mental health and psychosis, and she is passionate about working with people from diverse communities and experiences. She works with adolescents and adults to navigate a wide range of challenges and goals.
Kaitlyn Joyce
Kaitlin Joyce is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Florida. She holds a Master of Social Work from Catholic University. She specializes in complex trauma, with a dedicated focus on antagonistic and narcissistic abuse and neglect. Her work is centered on high-achieving adults who appear outwardly successful yet struggle internally with self-criticism, emotional instability, people-pleasing, and the lingering effects of early attachment wounds. Many of her clients suffer from anxiety, mood disorders, PTSD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and eating disorders.
Kaitlin’s approach is compassionate and collaborative, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic, and Relational Therapy. She is trained through EMDRIA as an EMDR therapist and is a Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F). She also incorporates IFS and DBT skills into practice. Whether you are navigating the aftermath of relational trauma or seeking to break free from long-standing patterns, Kaitlin works to help you reclaim your voice, regulate your nervous system, and create healthy relationships.
Office Operations
Hannah Friesen
Hannah manages Retreat & Restore’s social media and marketing remotely from New York City and Europe.
She received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor of Music Education from Simpson College in Iowa.
Canadian-American operatic soprano Hannah Friesen is an active performer based between NYC and Berlin. An emerging young artist, she has performed and trained with opera companies throughout the United States and Europe. She has also been featured on PBS for her engaging elementary music lessons focused on world music and opera.
Our Mission
is to provide holistic emotional, behavioral and preventative health care to adults, teens and children. Our team works as one to provide a myriad of Western and Eastern treatment modalities for whole body and emotional wellness.