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Thank you for your interest in The Eating Disorders
Program at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute.
Our goal is to provide accessible and affordable
treatment for individuals of all ages based on best
practice evidence based methodology. We work with
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating and eating
disordered behavior associated with other diagnoses.
We also greatly benefit from having the Anxiety
Disorder Program at the Institute so that we are
able to coordinate treatment when severe anxiety and
eating disorders co-occur.
Our Intensive
Outpatient Eating Disorders Program (ED-IOP) is
for adults and adolescents, age 13 and over. We
conduct evaluations of individuals with complex and
more severe presentations to help determine the most
effective level of treatment. We provide
individualized treatment within a structured,
supportive model that promotes supervised practice
and generalization of adaptive coping skills into
daily life. We welcome referrals from hospitals and
residential facilities, and seek to work
collaboratively with physicians, mental health
providers and school personnel associated with
ongoing treatment of clients in their communities.
We provide weekly treatment updates to involved
community professionals for all IOP clients.
Our program offers a 6 and 4 day IOP, which consists
of a minimum of three hours of psychotherapy groups,
including a therapeutic meal. Although our program
has an emphasis in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, we
also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Family
Systems Model of treatment. Upon admission to the
program, each client receives instruction in the
cognitive behavioral model for anxiety applied to
eating disorders and develops an exposure hierarchy,
which encourages a systematic, planned approach to
behavior change. Each client is also scheduled to
see a dietitian within the first few days in order
to develop a meal plan and will meet for follow-up
sessions according to their needs. They will also
receive individual therapy sessions and weekly
individual feedback on their progress. Family
therapy is an important component of the IOP and is
provided through a Multi-Family Group, as well as
individual family sessions. Throughout treatment, we
focus on discharge planning. We offer two free
Relapse Prevention groups, both for individuals and
families.
For clients who attend our program from outside the
St. Louis area, we have arranged affordable room and
board at Haven House, located approximately 7 miles
down the road from our offices.
Our Outpatient Eating
Disorders Program is appropriate for clients
whose symptoms do not meet criteria for the
ED-IOP. We offer
comprehensive psychological assessments,
psychological testing, psychiatric evaluations,
nutritional counseling, and expressive therapy as
well as individual and family therapy. We currently
conduct a weekly therapy group for Compulsive
Eating. We offer two free outpatient Relapse
Prevention groups, both for individuals and
families.
If you suspect that you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder,
please contact us for help at 314-289-9406,
or toll free at
877-245-2688.
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The Eating Disorders Program at our West County location announces a new quarterly newsletter, EATING DISORDERS NEWS.
Eating Disorders Newsletter - Winter
2010
Eating Disorders Newsletter - Winter
2009
Eating
Disorders Newsletter - Spring 2009
Eating Disorders Newsletter- Vol. 1, Issue 1
Eating Disorders Newsletter- Vol. 1, Issue 2
Eating Disorders Newsletter- Vol. 1, Issue 3
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