Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder NOS Group

This group meets 3-4 days/week for 3 hours

The Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program/Day Treatment for Eating Disorders is specifically designed for adolescents age 13-18. This program includes a daily education/skills teaching group, emotional support group, and a monitored, supportive meal. Additionally, there is a weekly nutrition education group and a non-denominational spiritual concepts group. Skills and educational teachings are pulled from a variety of treatment modalities including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Expanded (CBT-E), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Life Skills (similar to those of DBT).

Parents and caretakers are an integral part of the recovery process for adolescents. We recognize the important role they play in treatment as well as the unique difficulties associated with having a loved one with an eating disorder. For these reasons, we offer a weekly, one-hour parent/caretaker group during the IOP/Day Treatment program hours, to assist with the healing process.

Adolescent Eating Disorder Group

This group meets 1 day/week for 1 hour

This group is designed to meet the needs of teenagers in need of a step-down from Intensive Outpatient Program or as a complement to individual therapy sessions. Peer support is an important part of recovery from an eating disorder. This group provides a chance to review and increase skills as well as time to share problems, struggles, and successes during the recovery process.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO DBT) for Adolescents/Young Adults

This group meets 1 day/week for 1.5 hour

The RO DBT class is a weekly group specifically for individuals suffering from emotional and behavioral overcontrol. Individuals fit for this treatment have a very high level of self-control, which is defined as the ability to inhibit urges, impulses, and desires. This is often a highly valued trait in our society, as it helps us work towards more long term goals. Most of the time self-control is great; however, too much self-control can be problematic and lead to mental health concerns including eating disorders, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, depression, and hyper-perfectionism; to name a few. In RO DBT we call this excessive self-control or overcontrol (OC). Overcontrol has been linked to social isolation, poor interpersonal functioning, hyper-perfectionism, rigidity, risk aversion, lack of emotional expression, and difficult to treat mental health problems. This class offers a setting for clients to learn and practice RO DBT skills in order to increase engagement in social situations, which leads to a more value-centered life.