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Outpatient Counseling Services
Outpatient Counseling Services are available for
adolescents, adults, couples and families. Clinicians at
Water’s Edge CHC are skilled and experienced in the
treatment of:
- eating disorders (anorexia bulimia, binge eating)
- depression
- trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- insomnia
- generalized anxiety disorders
- social anxiety
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- panic disorder
- adjustment issues
- grief
- marital discord and parent-adolescent issues.
All individuals seeking treatment will receive a
comprehensive psychological assessment to assist in creating
an individualized treatment plan to meet your needs.
Outpatient Eating Disorder Services
Water’s Edge CHC Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment
Program is a multidisciplinary treatment program for
adolescents and adults created to meet the individual needs
of each client. Therapists and dietitians work together to
provide the most effective treatment for the client.
Therapists at Water’s Edge CHC also have experience in
working clients with eating disorders and trauma.
Collaborative consultation with medical providers and other
relative treat providers is a high priority of all providers
at Water’s Edge CHC.
Treatment is available for:
• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge-eating disorder
• Sub-clinical eating disorders (ED NOS)
Client’s are individually assessed and may participate
in the following services:
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dietitian consultation
• DBT based group therapy
• Family therapy
• Intensive Outpatient (Day) Treatment (IOP)
• Body Image Individual or Group therapy
Group Therapy
Group therapy is an additional treatment option and provides
opportunities for individual’s experiencing eating disorders
to work on recovery with the support and understanding of
other’s who are experiencing similar struggles. Group
therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment option,
often in conjunction with individual therapy, for eating
disorders. Water’s Edge CHC group therapy program offers
unique and effective treatment components that can assist in
the recovery process.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
(Adolescent Eating Disorder Group)
This DBT group is oriented specifically for adolescents
(ages 13-18) with eating disorders. Participants in this
group will learn to apply DBT principles to help them cope
with urges and emotions arising from and/or triggering
eating disorder behaviors. Because this group involves the
active learning and practice of behavioral skills geared to
assist in coping with emotions, parental involvement is
required. One parent per adolescent is expected to attend
every group, so that they can learn the skills and coach
their adolescent in skill use. This parental involvement has
been found to be an essential piece for adolescents’
successful learning and use. Participants will be asked to
commit to attending the group regularly for 6 months to
ensure effective learning and use of skills.
Body Image Therapy Group
(Rotating Adolescent and Adult Group) The Body Image Therapy Group is oriented for individuals
with a history of eating disorder symptoms. Come discover
the tools to having a positive, loving relationship with
your body. Work to create a long term plan for maintaining a
healthy body image. This integrative approach will explore
healthy body image using traditional Cognitive/Behavioral
Therapy (CBT) and Narrative Therapy modalities. Other
therapeutic approaches such as art, movement, poetry,
journaling, video, and discussion will also be used.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills 1
(Adult Eating Disorder Group) This Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills group is
oriented specifically for individuals with Anorexia or
Bulimia. Each week, group participants will engage in a
mindful eating experience and will learn to apply DBT
principles to help them cope with the urges and emotions
arising from and/or triggering eating disorder behaviors.
Participants will be asked to commit to attending the group
regularly for 6 months to ensure effective learning and use
of skills.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Skills 1 (Adult Eating Disorder Group) Water’s Edge Counseling and Healing Center is pleased to
announce openings in our ongoing Dialectical Behavior
Therapy (DBT) skills group oriented specifically for women
with a Binge Eating Disorder or Bulimia. The structure and
content of the group follows the format advocated by
researchers from Stanford University and the University of
Texas in Austin, which have shown this treatment to be
empirically supported and highly effective in reducing
binging and other eating disorder symptoms. Each week, group
participants will participate in a mindful eating
experience, and will learn to apply DBT principles to help
them to cope with the urges and emotions arising from and/or
triggering eating disorder behaviors. Participants will be
asked to commit to attending the group regularly for 6
months to ensure effective learning and use of skills.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills 2 Group
(Adult
Eating Disorder Group) This group is for individuals who have graduated from the
Skills 1 group and are looking to deepen their awareness of
underlying issues that support the ongoing presence or risk
of relapse of eating disorder thoughts and behaviors. Each
week, group members will participate in a mindful eating
experience, discuss underlying and current situations in
their lives that trigger eating disorder behaviors and feed
a sense of being ineffective in life. Group time will also
entail regular review and teaching of DBT skills from the
Skills 1group.
Intensive Outpatient (Day) Program (IOP)
Water’s Edge CHC IOP is designed for individuals (ages 18
and older) who have been unable to normalize eating and/or
unable to
interrupt eating disorder symptoms with less intensive
treatment. The program will also benefit individuals needing
ongoing support during the transition from more intensive
levels of treatment, such as inpatient or residential stays,
to the outpatient setting.
The program is multiple days per week. A step-down design
allows individuals to participate in an individualized
treatment program specific to the intensity of their
symptoms and support needed.
Water’s Edge CHC IOP is multi-modal and holistic in its
treatment approach. Treatment components include meal
support, nutritional counseling, dialectical behavioral
therapy (DBT), group therapy and a spiritual health group.
Yoga, self-accupressure and Qi Gong are taught as additional
ways to cope with stress.
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