Wind Over Water
Hosted by Kendra Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, CEDS-S, C-DBT, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ivy, VA 22945
Adult Women Self Empowerment and Self Care Group
Small intimate women's group therapy (5-8) - Focus on self esteem, empowerment, self care and relationship building skills. Learn to express needs and feelings, foster self advocacy, identify unhealthy relationships and let go of self harming behaviors. Learn to connect ...
Hosted by Virginia Inglese
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA, RDN, EMDR, CEDS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vienna, VA 22180
Small intimate women's group therapy (5-8) - Focus on self esteem, empowerment, self care and relationship building skills. Learn to express needs and feelings, foster self advocacy, identify unhealthy relationships and let go of self harming behaviors. Learn to connect ...
Interpersonal Therapy Group for Eating Disorders
Embarking on the recovery journey can be a scary experience, and it is important to know you're not alone. This group is designed to give you a space to connect to others who are new to recovery, develop realistic expectations ...
Hosted by Meredith Luttrell
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22201
Embarking on the recovery journey can be a scary experience, and it is important to know you're not alone. This group is designed to give you a space to connect to others who are new to recovery, develop realistic expectations ...
Meal Support Therapy Group (In-person or Virtual)
A weekly, eating disorder therapy group to help you increase flexibility and overcome food fears in a safe environment. Led by a therapist, this group offers a supported meal, and a group therapeutic activity and processing. This group is uniquely ...
Hosted by Rock Recovery
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
A weekly, eating disorder therapy group to help you increase flexibility and overcome food fears in a safe environment. Led by a therapist, this group offers a supported meal, and a group therapeutic activity and processing. This group is uniquely ...
Every-Body Matters
DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH DISORDERED EATING OR POOR BODY IMAGE? Do you need a safe space to talk about these experiences in a recovery-focused group? Are you stepping-down from a IOP, PHP or residential program and needing additional support? HELP ...
Hosted by Iris Traylor
Pre-Licensed Professional, AAS, BS, MS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23229
DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH DISORDERED EATING OR POOR BODY IMAGE? Do you need a safe space to talk about these experiences in a recovery-focused group? Are you stepping-down from a IOP, PHP or residential program and needing additional support? HELP ...
Partial Hospitalization
Program runs 8am-3pm, Monday-Friday for Teens. Herndon location only. Includes 2 meals and 2 snacks a day. Meal outings, grocery store outings, yoga, art therapy and evidenced based therapies.
Hosted by Jamie Slagle
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PHMNP, MNP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Herndon, VA 20170
Program runs 8am-3pm, Monday-Friday for Teens. Herndon location only. Includes 2 meals and 2 snacks a day. Meal outings, grocery store outings, yoga, art therapy and evidenced based therapies.
Equibliss
Equibliss is an equine assisted psychotherapy practice offering counseling services, workshops and clinical supervision.
Hosted by Ioana Marcus
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, GEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Great Falls, VA 22066
Equibliss is an equine assisted psychotherapy practice offering counseling services, workshops and clinical supervision.
Eating Disorder Process Group
Eating Disorders can feel isolating and lonely, therefore having a community of people who understand the challenges is important. This group focuses on providing a safe space for individuals to discuss struggles, celebrate successes, and explore feelings and common experiences ...
Hosted by Hallie Fleisch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Alexandria, VA 22314
Eating Disorders can feel isolating and lonely, therefore having a community of people who understand the challenges is important. This group focuses on providing a safe space for individuals to discuss struggles, celebrate successes, and explore feelings and common experiences ...
Finding Motivation in Eating Disorder Recovery
Having an eating disorder can be an isolating experience. But you’re not alone. The purpose of this group is to give you a space to connect with others experiencing similar emotions and ambivalence about recovery. It will help you develop ...
Hosted by Alexis Guerrero
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
Having an eating disorder can be an isolating experience. But you’re not alone. The purpose of this group is to give you a space to connect with others experiencing similar emotions and ambivalence about recovery. It will help you develop ...
Bridge to Life Body Image Group (Adults/Teens)
NOW OFFERING AN IN-PERSON, 8-WEEK GROUP FOR TEENS (75-MINUTES)! A weekly 90-minute group for adults 18+ who desire healing in their relationship with their bodies. The group is led from a body-acceptance, weight-inclusive perspective with the goal of moving toward ...
Hosted by Natasia James
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
NOW OFFERING AN IN-PERSON, 8-WEEK GROUP FOR TEENS (75-MINUTES)! A weekly 90-minute group for adults 18+ who desire healing in their relationship with their bodies. The group is led from a body-acceptance, weight-inclusive perspective with the goal of moving toward ...
Partial Hospitalization Program
Our PHP programs were created using evidence-based and holistic therapies. Treatment consists of group therapies, meal challenges, cooking experiences, grocery shopping, meal outings, art therapy and yoga therapy, individual therapy, nutrition counseling, and psychiatric care. Eating disorders affects people of ...
Our PHP programs were created using evidence-based and holistic therapies. Treatment consists of group therapies, meal challenges, cooking experiences, grocery shopping, meal outings, art therapy and yoga therapy, individual therapy, nutrition counseling, and psychiatric care. Eating disorders affects people of ...
Day Treatment (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Prosperity specializes in eating disorder day treatment programming (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP). PHP runs 5 days a week from 8-3pm. IOP is offered three days a week from 5 pm-8 pm. We offer Binge Eating IOP, Teens and Adult ...
Hosted by Prosperity Eating Disorders and Wellness Center
Treatment Center, LCSW, CEDS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Herndon, VA 20170
Prosperity specializes in eating disorder day treatment programming (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP). PHP runs 5 days a week from 8-3pm. IOP is offered three days a week from 5 pm-8 pm. We offer Binge Eating IOP, Teens and Adult ...
Teen and Adult 15-Week DBT Skills Group(s)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group at Clarity Counseling provides clients with practical, concrete coping skills in the areas of mindfulness, relationships & communication, regulating emotions and dealing with stress. These groups run for 15-weeks and spends 3-5 weeks per module ...
Hosted by Clarity Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CEDS-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Gainesville, VA 20155
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group at Clarity Counseling provides clients with practical, concrete coping skills in the areas of mindfulness, relationships & communication, regulating emotions and dealing with stress. These groups run for 15-weeks and spends 3-5 weeks per module ...
Breaking Bread Meal Support Group
A weekly group designed to help you increase flexibility and freedom with food in a safe environment, alongside other people who get what you are going through. Breaking Bread offers a supported meal led by a therapist, as well as ...
A weekly group designed to help you increase flexibility and freedom with food in a safe environment, alongside other people who get what you are going through. Breaking Bread offers a supported meal led by a therapist, as well as ...
Early Recovery Group for Eating Disorders - Online
Embarking on the recovery journey can be a scary experience, and it is important to know you're not alone. This group is designed to give you a space to connect to others who are new to recovery, develop realistic expectations ...
Hosted by Amy Taddeo
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
Embarking on the recovery journey can be a scary experience, and it is important to know you're not alone. This group is designed to give you a space to connect to others who are new to recovery, develop realistic expectations ...
Eating Disorder Support Group in Rosslyn, VA
This is a warm, supportive, kind, and thoughtful eating disorder recovery group for people ages 18-35. The group is for people with a history of restriction, binging, purging, and over-exercise. We welcome participants who have a desire for freedom around ...
Hosted by Heather Leahy Hecht
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
This is a warm, supportive, kind, and thoughtful eating disorder recovery group for people ages 18-35. The group is for people with a history of restriction, binging, purging, and over-exercise. We welcome participants who have a desire for freedom around ...
Intensive Outpatient Program
Prosperity’s premier Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is comprehensive, evidence-based, and offered to all genders, ages and eating disorders. We believe that the best treatment plans are unique to each person’s needs, strengths, and interests. Our program runs three nights a ...
Prosperity’s premier Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is comprehensive, evidence-based, and offered to all genders, ages and eating disorders. We believe that the best treatment plans are unique to each person’s needs, strengths, and interests. Our program runs three nights a ...
Bridge to Life Body Image Therapy Group
NOW OFFERING AN 8-WK TEEN GROUP! A weekly 90-minute group for adults 18+ who desire healing in their relationship with their bodies. The group is led from a body-acceptance, weight-inclusive perspective with the goal of moving toward living a more ...
NOW OFFERING AN 8-WK TEEN GROUP! A weekly 90-minute group for adults 18+ who desire healing in their relationship with their bodies. The group is led from a body-acceptance, weight-inclusive perspective with the goal of moving toward living a more ...
Intensive Outpatient Program
Seperate groups for teens and adults. Meets three nights a week for three hours a night, each night includes dinner. Individual therapy is included weekly.
Hosted by Jamie Slagle
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PHMNP, MNP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Herndon, VA 20170
Seperate groups for teens and adults. Meets three nights a week for three hours a night, each night includes dinner. Individual therapy is included weekly.
Breaking Bread Meal Support & Therapy Group
A weekly group designed to help you increase flexibility and freedom with food in a safe environment, alongside other people who get what you are going through. Breaking Bread offers a therapist-led supported meal, as well as a group therapeutic ...
Hosted by Natasia James
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
A weekly group designed to help you increase flexibility and freedom with food in a safe environment, alongside other people who get what you are going through. Breaking Bread offers a therapist-led supported meal, as well as a group therapeutic ...
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Eating Disorders Support Groups
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.