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.
Day Treatment 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.
Program Director
Summit’s goal for the Day Treatment Program is to provide a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment where participants can continue to work toward emotional and physical well being.
The Day Treatment 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.
Day treatment participants engage in a supportive, structured treatment program 9 to 12 hours each day, Monday through Friday. 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
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 916-920-5276. Summit has partnered with a local hotel to make lodging available for clients in our day treatment program who are coming from outside the greater Sacramento area