Walden Announces Special Family-Based Eating Disorder Treatment Program

Walden Behavioral Care, one of the country’s leading hospitals for treating eating disorders, announced that Intensive Family Week, a week-long program where families will learn skills for dealing with eating disorders, will take place June 27 through July 1, 2016 at Walden’s Waltham clinic, 69 Hickory Drive.

Intensive Family Week is the only weeklong program in New England where adolescents and their families come together to learn advanced skills, behavioral therapies and communication techniques with the goal of a lasting recovery.

“There is no shortage of studies acknowledging the critical – and, frankly, essential – role families play in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders,” said President and CEO Stuart Koman. “We’re providing the expertise that will enable families to work best together where they most need to work together – outside of clinical settings and in the home, school and other places that are part of everyday life.”

The program, which encompasses a broad range of evidence-based individual and family therapy treatment, will be conducted by Walden’s dedicated team of psychiatrists, dietitians, psychologists and family therapists. It includes parent education, skills-based training, nutrition consultations, meal coaching, mindfulness practice, and support groups for adolescents, parents and siblings.

“Treatment can lack the convenience and full attention families benefit from most,” added Renee Nelson, Walden’s director of adolescent services. “Intensive Family Week is designed to create focus, minimize interruptions and discover what it takes to build a truly lasting support system.”

The five-day program will run from 8:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. For more information, contact Nelson at rnelson@waldenbehavioralcare.com or call admissions at 781-647-6727.