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Eating Disorder Treatment Programs
The staff at the Victorian has created safe, intimate, warm and loving Victorian home where a woman will receive top notch clinical care from experts in the field of eating disorder treatment. The women receiving care feel like they are at a safe haven in fun Newport Beach, but they are also actively receiving treatment and learning new ways to cope with very serious eating disorders that have had such a negative impact on their lives. That is why we feel it is so important to make the living arrangements so enjoyable and still maintain a very highly supervised treatment program and access to a wide variety of consulting medical experts including: psychiatrists, psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Addictionologists.
Treating co-occuring addictions in our clients in addition to the eating disorder is a specialty of the Victorian. Very few facilities combine the expertise in eating disorder treatment with the twenty three years of experience that the Victorian has gained from its affiliation with Sober Living by the Sea.
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Eating Disorder Treatment Phases One and Two
The Victorian Phase One and Two is located in our unique Victorian house. This six bed facility is therapeutically designed to give each patient individualized attention to help them overcome their struggle against anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive over eating. The center of the house opens onto a three-story atrium which sends cascades of light and vegetation into the meeting rooms. While all the rooms have been designed to promote therapeutic growth, the group areas replicate a cozy and intimate environment rather than an institutional one.
Our patients immediately feel cared for, welcomed and supported in this comforting tranquil setting. This is the setting where they will learn about their anorexia, bulimia, or over eating, and practice the skills to recover from their eating disorder. The house is abundant with cozy sitting rooms and nooks including a meditation room and sun deck. Five fireplaces further enhance the warmth and comfort of the house setting, and patients are encouraged to bring personal mementos from their private lives to make The Victorian their home. Patients will inevitably find themselves developing emotional intimacy skills in this nuturing and healing environment. Personal growth assignments make use of the beach environment and include nature walks and meditation on the sand.
Eating Disorder Treatment Phases Three and Four
The Victorian Phase Three and Four is specifically designed to meet the transitional needs of our patients. Each phase is carefully monitored by staff to assist the patient’s growth and transition into ‘real world’ situations. Patients are encouraged to utilize the education and skills learned in the earlier phases and are offered choices to attend school while in treatment for their eating disorder, obtain volunteer work, or seek employment. Weekly restaurant outings with a staff therapist assist patients to develop confidence in their food choices. Patients start achieving their goals while living in a supportive, healthy environment. The Victorian transitional program is located on picturesque Lido Island, a short walk from The Victorian house.
We are here to answer your questions about Eating Disorders
The Victorian is the most caring and effective treatment facility for eating disorders in California. We hope that you will contact us immediately if you or someone you care about is suffering from an eating disorder. Life can be so much better when it is free of anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive overeating. We are committed to ensuring that each woman who enters the Victorian of Newport Beach will be treated with the utmost in dignity and respect.
