Eating Disorder Treatment
EBT Collaborative provides specialized, evidence-based eating disorder treatment for children, teens, and adults, with in-person and telehealth options available across our locations.
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Eating disorders are highly serious, yet treatable mental and physical illnesses, that are associated with the highest mortality rates of any psychological disorder. Eating disorders do not discriminate, and can affect people of all genders, ages, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, body shapes, and weights. It is estimated that 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States will have an eating disorder at some point in their lives.
Most eating disorders can be treated effectively in an outpatient setting when evidence-based interventions are utilized and a multidisciplinary team is available.
Our multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, nutritionists, and psychiatrists provide an ideal treatment team for those struggling with an eating disorder. We often treat:
-Anorexia Nervosa
-Bulimia Nervosa
-Binge Eating Disorder
-Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
-Other Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders (OSFED)
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Our expert team is also well-versed in treating the following conditions that often co-occur with eating disorders:
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Image Disturbances
*Orthorexia/Over-exercising
*“Although not formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, awareness about orthorexia is on the rise. The term ‘orthorexia’ was coined in 1998 and means an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating. Although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in and of itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that they actually damage their own well-being (National Eating Disorders Association).”
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There are a variety of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining the best course of action, including age, symptom presentation, and treatment motivation. See below for the treatments we offer at PBS:
Eating Disorders We Treat
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders (OSFED)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and body image disturbances
Orthorexia and over-exercising
Evidence-Based Treatments We Offer
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Family-Based Treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach, is the most evidence-supported treatment for adolescent anorexia and bulimia. FBT places parents in charge of nutritional rehabilitation during the early stages of treatment, with the goal of returning control to the adolescent as recovery progresses. It is delivered across three structured phases and involves the whole family as an active part of treatment.
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Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) is the first-line outpatient treatment for adults and older teens with anorexia, bulimia, and OSFED. CBT-E is a structured, individualized treatment that targets the specific cognitive and behavioral patterns maintaining the eating disorder.
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CBT-AR is a 20 to 30 session treatment specifically developed for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It is appropriate for clients of all ages, including young children, and addresses sensory sensitivities, fear of aversive consequences, and low interest in eating through structured in-session and out-of-session food exposures.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy is integrated into eating disorder treatment for clients where emotion dysregulation drives restrictive, binge, or purge behaviors. Our comprehensive DBT program builds the distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills that make lasting recovery possible.
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For clients who need more support than standard weekly therapy, our intensive outpatient programs provide concentrated, individualized care across multiple sessions per week. Intensive programming is available for eating disorders across all presentations.
Who We Treat
We provide eating disorder treatment for:
Children, teens, and adults
Clients with co-occurring OCD, anxiety, depression, or BPD
Clients with a history of trauma alongside an eating disorder
Clients who have not responded to previous outpatient treatment
Eating Disorder Therapy at EBT Collaborative
We see clients in person across our locations in Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Telehealth is available throughout each state we are licensed in.
Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Treatments