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.
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
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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.
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
They partner with a variety of national and California-based insurance companies.
Central Coast Treatment Center specializes in treating eating disorders for individuals of all ages. They offer partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs that provide structured, day-based care while allowing clients to stay connected to daily life. Their philosophy centers on helping clients reconnect with the wisdom of the self, where authenticity and self-worth come from within and not external achievements.
The center blends evidence-based and holistic therapies, including individual and group counseling, nutrition support, yoga, and experiential practices like grocery shopping and meal outings. Their attachment-based model emphasizes healing the client’s relationship with their body and identity, offering compassionate guidance through every stage of recovery.
The center also provides resources and education for families, recognizing the vital role they play in a loved one’s recovery and the importance of support without blame. Family and partner support groups, conscious movement, and hands-on meal planning are offered to help rebuild positive relationships with food and body through meaningful family involvement.
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Eating Disorders Program
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.
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
Center pricing can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Cathy Meyer-Uyehara, FACHE, NHA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Dr. Anita Johnston, Ph.D., CED-S
Director of eating disorder programming
Melissa Wheelock, LMFT
Clinical Director
Frannie Guida, BA
program coordinator
Hannah Wright, MA, APCC
Associate Program Therapist Lic. # AMFT 144771
Emma Sullivan, MS
Program Therapist
Emily Stingl, RD
Lead Dietitian
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Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
Expressive tools and therapies help patients process past situations, learn more about themselves, and find healing through action.
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.
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
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