A Typical Day in Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

Did you ever wonder what a typical day in Center for Discovery intensive outpatient treatment is like? Donna, an alumni from our Path to Peace for Binge Eating Disorder program talks about her intensive outpatient experience.

About Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)

Intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment is a lower level of care; meaning that it does not require hospitalization, around the clock monitoring or even overnight stays. Intensive outpatient treatment requires individuals to obtain at least nine hours of group and/or individual therapy per week, which is divided up into three-hour sessions three-to-five evenings a week, or on weekends, for 12-16 weeks.

Typically, individuals in IOP have completed a more intensive program, such as residential treatment (RTC) or partial hospitalization (PHP) and are transitioning to a lower level of care, but are not yet ready to stop therapy completely.

About Path to Peace for Binge Eating Disorder
Unlike other treatment programs, Center for Discovery provides specialized care for binge eating disorder (BED), called Path to Peace. Our team’s goal is to help individuals discover a peaceful relationship with food and body. Our overall commitment is to shift the way society views bodies and weight.
How? We are never weight-focused. To us, that simply isn’t the issue that needs to be addressed.

Rather, we work to empower our clients to have a healthy relationship with food by digging into the underlying causes of the disorder with a trauma-informed lens. Then we help them develop tools for tuning into their body and improving their overall well-being.