Why She Feels Fat
Books by Tony Paulson, PhD
Why She Feels Fat defines and explores eating disorders "from the inside out" to convey the
emotional experiences and perspectives of those who have them... Read Tony's Blog.
Partial Hospitalization Program—For Adolescents & Adults
"I love our staff's united efforts toward the healing process, and our passion to offer something
different for the lives of our patients. It is so wonderful to see patients blossom into whole persons."
Lisa Petersen, Ph.D.
Training Director
Summit’s goal for the Partial Hospitalization program is to provide a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment where participants can continue to work toward emotional and physical well being.
The Partial Hospitalization program is designed to provide comprehensive and compassionate treatment by staff who have specialized training in the treatment of eating disorders and genuinely care about recovery.
Partial Hospitalization participants engage in a supportive, structured treatment program 7 days a week, 9 to 12 hours each day, Monday through Sunday. The program includes:
- Daily Medical Monitoring
- Physician Evaluation and Weekly Follow-up Appointments
- Psychiatry Evaluation and Weekly Follow-up Appointments
- Daily Individual and/or Family Psychotherapy
- Group Psychotherapy
- Psycho-educational and Experiential Groups (This includes art, music and other creative therapies)
- Nutritional Counseling and Education Twice Per Week
- Experiential Outings
- Meal and Menu Planning
- Therapeutic, Monitored Meals and Snacks
- Collaborative Treatment Planning
- Relapse Prevention
- For a sample of our 7 day schedule, please click here.
Additional Treatment Components That Make Summit’s Program Unique
- Yoga, Pilates, Mindfulness and Other Activity Groups
- Maudsley-based Family Meals. For more information visit www.maudlseyparents.org.
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Group. For more information, visit http://behavioraltech.org/resources/tools_consumers.cfm.
- Staff specially trained in trauma work
- Staff educated in working with exercise addiction and compulsivity (link to article written by Jen, Sheila and Katherine Parker in news section)
- Staff with extensive training in substance abuse treatment, as well as a specific substance abuse support group.
- Addressing and beginning the treatment of anxiety and depression (link to anxiety page)
If you would like to make a referral or speak with one of our clinicians about the program, please call (916) 574-1000. Summit has partnered with a local hotel to make lodging available for clients in our Partial Hospitalization program.
Partial Hospitalization Now Available for Adolescents
Summit is pleased to extend our Partial Hospitalization program to teens struggling with anorexia and bulimia. An alternative to residential treatment, the program provides medically-supervised, intense treatment to teens who need a higher level of care and supervision in order to make progress in their recovery. Clients receive daily medical monitoring, weekly appointments with our physician and psychiatrist, as well as individual, family, nutrition and group therapy. Supervised meals and snacks are also included. Special time and support are allotted for teens to continue their academic/independent studies. To learn more about this alternative to residential treatment, please contact our Director of Admissions, Jennifer Lombardi, MFT, at (916) 574-1000 or e-mail her, jennifer@sedop.org.
