Eating Disorder Group - Irvine California

EATING DISORDERS GROUP

Tuesdays
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

This weekly process group is ideal for adolescents and women struggling with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, and Body Image issues at all levels of recovery.

Often people with eating disorders do not talk about their disorders because the subject carries too much shame.

This group helps to lift the shame and reduce negative symptoms by providing mutual support and increasing understanding of the emotional issues associated with eating disorders.

The focus of the group includes:

• Self-Knowledge and Acceptance
• Improved Body Image
• Coping with Negative Media Influences
• Interpersonal Relationships Skills
• Emotion Regulation
• Distress Tolerance and Coping Skills
• Mindfulness
• and Relapse Prevention

To register, or for more information, call (949) 395-7161

Katie Goode, LMFT
Http://www.HolisticTherapyOC.com

What Level of Care to Choose

According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) www.NationalEatingDisorders.org
choosing a level of treatment should be based on the following:

Intensive Outpatient/Outpatient
Medically stable

• No longer needs daily medical monitoring

Psychiatrically stable

• Symptoms in sufficient control to be able to function in normal social, educational, or vocational situations and continue to make progress in recovery

Partial Hospitalization
Medically stable

• Eating disorder may impair functioning but not causing immediate acute risk
• Needs daily assessment of physiological and mental status

Psychiatrically stable

• Unable to function in normal social, educational, or vocational situations but not suicidal
• Daily bingeing, purging, severely restricted intake, or other pathogenic weight control techniques

Residential

• Medically stable so does not require intensive medical interventions
• Psychiatrically impaired and unable to respond to partial hospital or outpatient treatment

Inpatient
Medically unstable

• Unstable or depressed vital signs
• Laboratory finding presenting acute risk
• Complications due to coexisting medical problems such as diabetes mellitus

Psychiatrically Unstable

• Symptoms worsening at a rapid rate
• Suicidal and unable to contract for safety

NEDA has also published an "Eating Disorders Survival Guide" which includes additional useful information.

Katie Goode, LMFT
www.HolisticTherapyOC.com