Intensive Day Treatment
Day treatment is an intensive approach for the people who struggle with a Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED), for whom regular outpatient treatment is not sufficient to make the changes they need towards recovery. We offer a comprehensive approach that seeks to promote health by intervening in all those areas of a person’s life that are affected by an eating disorder:
- Physical: Disembodiment (disrupted body connection and constant physical discomfort). Self-care is severely limited, as a result physical health is harmed and at constant risk.
- Psychological: Self perception, worth and identity are consumed by the Eating disorder. Emotional regulation is significantly impaired.
- Social: Serious interpersonal difficulties often lead to isolation and the person’s sense of belonging is diminished and their ability to build and sustain a supporting social net very limited.
- Occupational: Sense of agency and purpose in life is constricted by the ED, as a result vitality, experience and expression of desire and enjoyment in life is very limited.
We offer psychological support for the recovery of Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, and other Eating Disorders (EDs) with a person-centered approach, focusing on the individual rather than just the disorder.
Our approach at the Day Treatment for Eating Disorders:
Our approach is compassionate and evidence-based. Is person-centered instead of a disorder-centered and our main aim is quality of life.
The intensity of the treatment varies according to each person’s specific needs. The treatment of each person tailored to their needs may include a combination of:
- Group therapies and workshops
- Individual therapy
- Nutritional sessions and education
- Support during meals and snacks
- Occupational therapy
- Medical support
- Somatic and body-based therapies
- Family and carer support
Main objectives of the Day Treatment for Eating Disorders:
We are a private center specialized in caring for individuals with Eating Disorders (EDs). We understand that private treatment can feel isolating, which is why our goals at the Day Center are:
- Fostering a community and ED support groups – Creating a safe space where individuals can share their experiences and find mutual support in overcoming the challenges of a persistent eating disorder.
- Promoting a sense of agency, autonomy, and responsibility in self-care – Encouraging each person’s ability to make conscious and responsible decisions about their well-being through community support.
- Encouraging personal development – Supporting individuals in their journey of growth and transformation, both in terms of physical and psychological health.
Aim of treatment is enhancing autonomy and self-care abilities as much as possible
Compassionate and Evidence-Based Holistic Treatment for Eating Disorders
- Less focused on a cure, more focused on quality of life.
- Individualized: Treatment goals are determined by the person’s specific challenges.
- A spectrum of care that varies in intensity and approach based on individual needs.
- Strength-based approach: A health-focused program.
- Success in treatment means an improved quality of life.
- The goal is to enhance autonomy and self-care abilities as much as possible.
- Providing information and support to family, partners, and friends on how to accompany someone with a long-term eating disorder.
- Psycho-nutritional support to address physical health and improve nutrition.
- Assistance with social and occupational challenges to develop skills and encourage community participation.
- Ongoing medical monitoring.
For us, success of treatment means improved quality of life in all domains: physical, emotional, relational and occupational.
Foster autonomy within the limits of a therapeutic setting
Our Day Treatment Program aims to cultivate engagement, empowerment, care, and accountability towards your recovery. Your autonomy is encouraged at every level of intervention.
Everyone who joins the program has a choice in both treatment direction and decision making, within the limits that the professional team sets. That requires clear communication of boundaries, expectations, and consequences of actions between the professional team and participants.
Our treatment is based on the most recent research in the field as well as real experiences: “It feels safe to know that if I’m really not doing well, they’re going to make a call and lift the level of care. But it feels safe also, that when I’m going well, they give me a bit more space to make my own choices.”
Establishing a collaborative environment towards your recovery requieres a reciprocal interplay of trust, transparency, mutual respect, safety, unconditional positive regard, and shared values between the professional team and the participants.