If you suffer from binge eating, treatment is available. Don't let this dangerous eating disorder take over your health and your life. Get the help you need and call the Recovery Connection 24-hour helpline now at 1-800-993-3869. All calls are toll-free and confidential.
What to Look for When Considering Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
If you have binge eating disorder, treatment is essential. But it has to be the right kind of treatment to be effective. Goals of treatment are multifaceted and should include reducing or eliminating binging episodes, while building up self-esteem and body image.
Binge Eating Treatment Don'ts
The most detrimental type of binge eating treatment is dieting again, attending weight loss clinics or restricting foods. This type of treatment is contraindicated for binge eating disorder patients and can only lead to greater despair.
Binge Eating Treatment Do's
Binge eating treatment can and does work. An effective treatment program should provide you with a team of licensed and experienced nutritionists, psychiatrists, therapists and eating disorder specialists who can:
- Custom design your treatment program. Everyone is unique with different backgrounds, core issues, triggers and degrees of impairment. Your binge eating disorder treatment protocol needs to reflect your individual situation.
- Provide you with an individualized nutritional assessment and healthy eating plan. The dietician or nutritionist should assist you during meals and answer any concerns you may have regarding food, body image or weight gain.
- Help you recognize your eating disorder triggers. Everyone has different triggers that contribute to their disordered eating patterns. Your treatment team needs to help you identify these triggers and provide you with coping skills to offset the feelings and cravings created by them.
- Help you manage your emotions. Stress, poor relationships, past abuse and trauma…all are factors that can contribute to binge eating disorder. An effective binge eating treatment program can provide a comfortable, nurturing environment where you can deal with your hurts from the past and build your sense of self worth.
For help locating binge eating treatment, call our toll-free 24-hour helpline at 1-800-993-3869 and allow our staff to provide you with a confidential eating disorder assessment. Based upon their findings, they will recommend a facility that will match the services you require.
Eating Disorder Centers:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
If your state doesn't appear on this list, please call Recovery Connection® at 1-800-993-3869 and we will be happy to assist you.
