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About Equip - Virtual
Equip is a fully virtual eating disorder program that integrates into daily life and evolves with the patient. Each patient is matched with a multidisciplinary, 5-person care team that remains with them throughout their entire recovery journey, instead of “stepping down” to new care teams and environments. Covered by insurance and with no waitlist, Equip offers personalized support for all eating disorder diagnoses — because recovery is never one-size-fits-all.
Equip combines clinical expertise with lived experience to give patients the comprehensive support they need. They use only leading, evidence-based treatment modalities to craft a personalized care plan. They match each patient with a dedicated care team that provides therapy, nutritional counseling, medical care, and mentorship. Beyond provider sessions, patients and their loved ones have access to support groups, workshops, meal support, body image work, and more.
Equip offers dozens of virtual support groups each week, welcoming patients and loved ones to connect anonymously. Groups span a wide range of identities and needs. Patients can join spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ adults and teens, men, BIPOC patients, athletes, and more. Caregiver groups focus on skill-building and shared experience, including groups specifically for those supporting Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) or gender-diverse patients, for example.
One reason Equip seeks insurance authorization for up to a year of treatment is to help patients prevent relapse during early recovery. Each patient works with their team on a relapse prevention plan to prepare for triggers and stressors. Even after stabilization, the care team remains involved, offering a safety net as patients navigate challenges during the vulnerable first few months in recovery.
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Provider's Policy:Equip's one-step insurance screener lets you know whether our program is currently in-network with your health plan.
No need to commute, coordinate schedules, or press pause on daily life. Equip’s virtual treatment lets patients use recovery skills where and when they’re needed, preparing them for life after treatment. Patients and loved ones can join sessions from anywhere, dietitians can support patients in real-time in their kitchens, and weight can be submitted without being seen.
Patients are matched with a dedicated care team: a medical provider, registered dietitian, licensed therapist, peer mentor, and family mentor. They offer weekly support, from nutritional counseling to medical care and emotional guidance. Each brings lived experience or clinical expertise to help patients and their support people through recovery.
Equip believes lasting recovery is possible for everyone with an eating disorder — no matter the diagnosis, age, or how serious their symptoms are. Their team is trained to evaluate and treat a wide range of eating disorders, no prior diagnosis required. They also address co-occurring conditions like anxiety or depression, providing whole-person care.
Equip gets to know each patient and develops a personalized treatment plan that pulls from the leading evidence-based approaches to best meet their needs. Treatment first focuses on normalizing eating habits and weight restoration (if needed), then shifts to a customized blend of interventions to challenge unhelpful mindsets, address unique symptoms, regulate emotions, and prevent relapse.
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Therapists use cognitive behavior techniques to challenge how patients perceive their body and their worth, rewriting negative thoughts and attitudes.
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Group therapy unites LGBTQ+ patients in a safe and culturally competent setting, encouraging peer support under the expert leadership of a therapist.
Erin Parks
Chief Clinical Officer & Co-Founder
PhD
Kristina Saffran
CEO & Co-Founder
Project HEAL Cofounder & CEO
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