Based on the admission assessment findings and follow up sessions with an assigned treatment team, a comprehensive treatment plan is developed collaboratively with our staff, the patient, and when appropriate, family members. From there, we implement an individualized approach that works towards the patient’s goals, honoring each patient’s unique needs that supports and protects their character integrity.
What Does Treatment at EDCMT Look Like?
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Treatment Systems
Collaborative and Highly Individualized
EDCMT’s programs apply an “upstream” approach to treating eating disorders. Our practices are based on the understanding that behavioral health symptoms–particularly those of eating disorders–often result from attempts to establish self agency and authority over one’s place in the world around them. When agency over feelings and self expression cannot be accessed, anxiety and traumatic affects unwittingly evolves into self-destructive behaviors that we see in the symptoms of eating disorders as an innate attempt to maintain a semblance of control.
EDCMT’s treatment approach is warm, directive and engaged and actively helps patients in lessen the dependency on maladaptive coping mechanisms by identifying with them patterns and mechanisms that they deploy to avoid underlying conflicts that sustain their unhealthy behaviors. We then help the patient develop the capacity and skills to master their anxieties and discover their unique path into full and long lasting recovery from their eating disorder.
Components of your patient's programming may incorporate any of the following:
PSYCHOTHERAPY
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INDIVIDUAL
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GROUP
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FAMILY
NUTRITION COUNSELING
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DINING OUT CHALLENGES
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MEAL SUPPORT
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GROCERY SHOPPING
OTHER PRACTICES
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ART THERAPY
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RESTORATIVE YOGA
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MOVEMENT THERAPIES
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
EDCMT Treatment for Patients
Depending on the severity of disordered eating behaviors, treatment is delivered at varying levels of intensity:
OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (OP)
Patients come to our location during the day, for a total of one to four hours per week for services including individual therapy, nutrition counseling, family therapy, and family-based treatment.
All treatment begins with an in-depth assessment with each a licensed therapist and registered dietitian.
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (IOP)
Patients comes to our location 3 hours per day, 3-5 days per week. Patients may be referred to EDCMT for a detailed intake with a registered dietitian and licensed therapist to assess for suitability for this level of care.
PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM (PHP)
Day treatment is five to seven days per week including structured group therapies, expressive arts, individual visits and medical management. Patients may be referred to EDCMT for an initial detailed intake with each a registered dietitian and licensed therapist to assess this level of care.
Lodging is available for out of town patients.
Our Goal at EDCMT
Our ultimate goal, whenever possible, is to help patients avoid exacerbations requiring emergency treatment, residential treatment, or admission to an inpatient facility.
In some cases, a patient’s treatment intensity level or location is dictated by health insurance coverage policies.
Together we create successful treatment plans
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