PHP with overnight accommodations
The Eating Disorder Center of Denver offers comprehensive levels of outpatient care for male and female patients, 16 years and older, suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and/or binge eating disorder.
Our Partial Hospitalization Program helps patients learn to practice and internalize recovery skills until they can incorporate these behaviors into their way of life. As patients begin to experience daily successes, they make a gradual transition from our supportive, structured environment back into their homes and lives.
A Team Approach to Changing Lives
Our multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, physicians, clinicians, and registered dietitians are dedicated to bringing about change through empowerment. Working together, they create specialized treatment plans that fit the patient’s physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and nutritional needs.
The partial hospitalization program consists of 11 hours a day, 7 days a week, with shortened schedules on weekends. Our highly structured program includes:
Medical Evaluation: Board-certified psychiatrists oversee each treatment team to ensure the proper focus of each special regimen and to see that co-morbid psychiatric conditions are appropriately diagnosed and treated. In addition, a board-certified internist carefully monitors the physical and medical conditions of all patients. This extensive medical presence enables the Eating Disorder Center of Denver to effectively treat individuals who are seriously ill with only partial hospitalization, resulting in maximum improvement without institutionalization.
Individual Therapy: Patients meet weekly for a psychiatric consultation, and they have two weekly sessions with a primary therapist. Patients also attend weekly staff meetings to update their treatment goals and plans for aftercare.
Family/Couples Therapy: The designated family therapist meets with patients and their families each week. Additionally, patients and their families are encouraged to attend weekly multi-family group sessions that offer education for everyone affected by the eating disorder. We also have a free family and friends support group.
Group Therapy: A wide range of daily psycho-educational, experiential, and process groups cover such topics as:
- Nutrition
- Healthy relationships
- Sexuality
- Medical lectures
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Sensing the self
- Body image
- Addictions
- Grief and loss
- Feminine identity
Experiential groups include yoga, movement therapy, art therapy, and psychodrama.
Nutrition Therapy: Our registered dietitians plan three daily meals and two snacks for patients. Meals are eaten in groups with a therapist. The dietitians are also available to meet with patients weekly to review their individual meal plans and goals. Our comprehensive nutrition therapy includes a weekly cooking group and meals out.
Click here to view our PHP Program Schedule
Lodging
For patients needing accommodations, the Eating Disorder Center of Denver has two luxury two-bedroom apartments available at 4550 Cherry Creek (www.4550cherrycreek.com). The apartments are within walking distance of the center and are located at the corner of Cherry Creek Drive South and Cherry Streets in Denver. This luxury high rise apartment complex includes the following amenities for an affordable daily rate:
- 24-hour concierge
- Assigned parking spaces
- Security
- Stunning Rocky Mountain and downtown skyline views
- Convenient to Cherry Creek shopping and entertainment district, art museums, Coors Field, LoDo, downtown and Denver Tech Center
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Evening Intensive Outpatient Program (EIOP)
Eating Disorder Center of Denver’s Evening Intensive Outpatient Program (EIOP) offers 13 hours of therapy combined individual and group 4 hours per day, 3 days per week, which includes a one-hour session with a primary therapist and various types of didactic, process and experiential groups. This opportunity to implement exposure therapy is used to increase the likelihood of successful outcome. Also included in the program is nutritional monitoring and meal therapy.
The EIOP level of care is for individuals needing more than once weekly outpatient therapy, but not requiring the Partial Hospitalization Program.
Click here to view the Evening Intensive Outpatient Program Schedule
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Outpatient Services/Aftercare
Outpatient Services at the Eating Disorder Center of Denver provide an effective alternative for individuals whose symptoms do not require a more intensive treatment program, those unable to participate in a more intensive level of care, and those transitioning from more intensive treatment programs. Patients can also participate in one or more of our Outpatient Services to enhance work with outside treatment providers. Our services include:
- Individual, family, and couples therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Group therapy (aftercare, DBT, body image and family groups available)
- A free support group sponsored by ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)
- Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
- Gastric Bypass assessments and aftercare groups
- Nutritional counseling
Support Groups
Unless noted otherwise, all meetings are held at the Eating Disorder Center of Denver, 950 S. Cherry Street, Suite 1010, Denver, CO 80246. Call 303.771.0861 for more information or to register.
Aftercare Outpatient Process Group—Tuesday 5:30-7:00 pm—An open group consisting of individuals in recovery who have completed an intensive eating disorders program such as the partial hospitalization program at the Eating Disorder Center of Denver. Cost is $50 per group.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Training—Wednesday 5:30-6:15pm—Dialectic and experiential education in four different skill areas: core mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance. Cost is $50 per group.
Minding the Body—Monday 6:30-8:30pm—A 12-week ongoing group for individuals establishing positive lifestyles and a healthy pattern of eating. The group is split into an educational hour followed by a group process hour. Educational topics include body image, food and feelings, mindful eating and how to manage hunger and interpersonal relationships. This group is open and ongoing, allowing individuals to join at any time. Cost is $75 per group.
Body Image 101—Tuesday 5:30-7:00pm—A 12-week ongoing group designed to facilitate the connection between a woman and her body. A variety of cognitive, behavioral and experiential techniques are used to foster acceptance of the body in all its uniqueness. Cost is $50 per group.
Art Therapy Group—Monday 6:30-8:00pm—This ongoing weekly group uses art and creativity by incorporating various types of art media to facilitate a connection with others and self. The group emphasizes mindfulness, self-discovery and the actions needed to maintain a recovery focus. Cost is $50 per group.
Family & Friends Support Group—First and Third Thursday of each month 6-8:30pm—A group for families and friends of individuals suffering with eating disorders to discuss their problems, concerns and successes. RSVP and questions to Eating Disorder Foundation of the Rockies at 303-322-3373. Meetings are held at the Eating Disorder Foundation, 3003 East Third Ave, Suite 110, basement level, Denver, CO 80206.
ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)—Saturday 1:30-2:30pm—ANAD support group is a free support group open to the community for individuals suffering and recovery from eating disorders. ANAD is not intended to replace therapy, but should ideally serve as an adjunct to therapy.
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