Eating Disorder Treatment Programs

Monday, October 24, 2011

By Geoff Caplan


A Garden City, New York Board Certified Psychiatrist and Specialist in Eating Disorder Treatment has developed a novel approach for the treatment of eating disorders using evidence-based medicine, traditional therapeutic interventions, and didactic courses in self-esteem building.

The new eating disorder treatment programs were launched from new offices in Garden City, N.Y. to provide patients with a more intensive, outpatient treatment programs for moderate to severe cases of eating disorders that require a higher level of care than simply once or twice a week therapy.

There are several elements that make the new outpatient program unique: the program is supervised by an onsite physician/psychiatrist, the program offers over 30 different types of therapeutic groups, course work and special activities. Meals are structured under the ED-180 Mosaic Meal a specialized Meal Rehabilitation Program which re-trains clients to feel comfortable when eating in a variety of situations including in the dining room, at a deli, a restaurant, a buffet, and at food courts, a feature not found in other outpatient programs and only a few select residential programs.

The didactic portion of the program include such classes as Thriving in Chaos, Creating Happiness in Life, Living by a Bucket List, and A Mindful Life amongst others. Groups and courses all come with their own workbook which supports the recovery process. The classes were all developed by a leading Long Island, New York psychiatrist, as he has long found success in eating disorder treatment when incorporating tools that develop the entire person: mind, body and soul.

One of the primary reason eating disorder treatment fails is because there is too much of a focus on treatment of the eating disorder." It is believed that in many cases a patient goes to therapy each week and is either "grilled" about ED behaviors or paralyzed in therapy as weeks turn into months and years. The newer courses are designed to build self-esteem and create a passion and motivation for recovery and shorten recovery time.

One leading New York psychiatrist offering the newer treatment plans has training in a variety of therapy styles including psychodynamic, CBT, and existential therapy. Thenew eating disorder therapy groups and Meal Rehabilitation program have a foundation in traditional CBT, while the courses are based in existentialism. An existential approach has clients finding self-discovery to some very important questions in life such as "what is the purpose of your life?'"




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