Fortunately,
warning signs do exist for both anorexia and bulimia. If you suspect
your daughter is heading toward an eating disorder, please get help
immediately. First, consult with your primary care provider,
and if indicated, consider outpatient treatment with a therapist who
specializes in eating disorders. However, if your daughter has an
eating disorder, has been in therapy for many months and is simply
not improving, please consider allowing us to provide the care that
she requires.
We understand
that the idea of inpatient
or residential treatment may be daunting, but sometimes, that is what
it takes to save a life. The truth is, far too many women and girls
die from eating disorders.
If your
daughter requires inpatient treatment, please trust us with her care.
We can absolutely guarantee that she will receive the best possible
treatment in an environment of compassion, love and support at Remuda
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Despite the best care,
certain patients simply cannot overcome an eating disorder in an
outpatient environment. They require intensive or residential
treatment.
If you have a client or patient in need of a higher level of care,
please call our Admissions Department. Or have her, or a family
member, contact us. Our admissions representatives can provide all
the information required to make inpatient and residential treatment
as accessible and affordable as possible.
Remember, our goal is your
goal: to give each woman
or girl the best possible chance for complete recovery.
Through inpatient
and residential treatment,
we can get her on the road to recovery and return her to you for
outpatient care. In the weeks and months ahead, the two of you can
complete the journey together.
By Gejia Capasso, Family Therapist for Remuda Ranch at The Meadows
Historically, families have shouldered the blame for a loved one suffering from an eating disorder.
This has been met with controversy from both families and treatment
teams. We know that eating disorders are complex and that families do
everything in their power to fight the eating disorder. Watching someone
you love suffer from an eating disorder is painful, scary, and can
create anger and confusion. The stress and division within the family
can seem overwhelming as each person involved is impacted in different
ways. Loss of trust in family relationships, not knowing what to say or
how to say it, and not knowing how to support the person who is quite
possibly questioning if they even want to get better are all common
experiences. Families describe, “Walking on eggshells,” thinking
“Everything I say and do seem to make things worse,” and equally
“Everything I don’t say and don’t do seem to make things worse.” Here
come the shame and blame that families find themselves walking through
as they try to understand a disorder that thrives on secrecy,
dishonesty, and isolation.
As the family week therapist at Remuda Ranch at The Meadows,
I believe, and have witnessed, families benefiting from education
around both the mental and physical effects of eating disorders. In
addition, it is important to learn about the complexity of its origins,
the role other co-occurring mental health diagnoses play in eating
disorders, and the “addictive” process within the experience of the
eating disorder.
Though everyone has her own journey into and through recovery, know that recovery is possible.
First, I recommend
finding professionals who can guide and support you and your family
through this journey. Plug into a team of professionals that will be
straightforward and honest in providing education, make clear
recommendations, and offer an understanding of everyone’s difficult
circumstances while being professionally firm in holding people
accountable for the safety of the patient within this process.
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Second, realize
and remind yourself often that recovery takes time. This is not going to
be a short-term process and it will present with many ups and downs
along the path to recovery. Remain calm even in difficult discussions
and bring in compassion and empathy. It will be important to listen to
learn, not listen to agree with, and not listen to speak. Ask yourself
“What can I learn about your experience?” Avoid rationalizing, defer to
the professionals for treatment and recovery decisions and acknowledge
that this is difficult and affects everyone.
Finally, if
treatment is what is necessary to help reverse malnutrition and contain
the behaviors surrounding the eating disorder, acknowledge this reality
and move in that direction. Treatment is a special gift to all affected
by this disorder and a wise investment in recovery.
To learn how Remuda Ranch at The Meadows can help, please call 866-332-5209 today.
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During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Aaron Carter addressed his recent arrest on DUI and marijuana
related charges and shared about his personal battle with having an
eating disorder. Carter stated that his eating disorder is caused by a
hiatal hernia, which he was diagnosed with 10 years ago at age 19. In
the interview, Carter apologizes to his fans, saying, “I am sorry for
the way that I look… To everybody I say, ‘Give me a break so I can look
better, so I can eat.’”
You can view the interview here.
Help Is Available
Eating disorders can lead to death. In fact, an ED is the diagnosis
that leads to death more than any other DSMV diagnosis. Both secrets
and withdrawal from family and friends are parts of this disorder, which
can lead to grave misunderstandings.
Remuda Ranch at The Meadows was recently featured on an episode of The Doctors,
where we discussed treating a woman that had lost a significant amount
of weight and was very ill. We offered her 90 days of treatment and
helped turn her life around. Our experienced staff understands the
severity and the pain that eating disorders bring. For more than 25
years, Remuda Ranch at The Meadows has been helping people recover from eating disorders. There is hope. There is help.
Give Remuda Ranch a call today at 866-331-5926; let’s discuss how we can help you.
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One question often
asked is, “Why do people develop eating disorders?” The answer is
complex and varied but often an eating disorder develops initially as a
solution to another problem.
Often times a
person will experience trauma, which can be trauma with a capital “T”,
like physical abuse, a natural disaster, or a sexual assault, or it can
be trauma with a small “t” which could be an emotional or relational trauma.
In addition to experiencing a trauma, the person often does not have
the skills or personal resources to cope with the trauma. This may lead
to feeling emotionally or mentally out of control and lead the
individual to use food restriction, bingeing, or bingeing/purging to
gain a sense of control and avoid the discomforting results of the
trauma. As the disturbed patterns related to food increase, an eating
disorder may develop, which becomes their primary method of distracting
themselves and regulating their emotions.
As most people are
aware of what constitutes a capital “T” trauma, we will spend some time
discerning small “t” emotional traumas. In order to develop into a
capable adult, we require certain things from our primary caregiver,
such as trust, feeling understood, responding to our needs, and teaching
us how to regulate our emotions through both modeling and teaching us
skills. If these criteria are not met, an emotional trauma can develop.
Additionally, by nature, some people have a more sensitive temperament
such that they are more attuned with their environment. These
individuals need “super caregivers” who are very responsive to slight
changes in their demeanor and highly responsive to their needs. These
“super caregivers” also need to regulate their own emotions well when
interacting with the sensitive person. At times, an emotional trauma can
occur when a primary caregiver is overwhelmed with either their own
needs or a family or work situation may pull them in multiple directions
so that the young person does not feel heard or understood. Later in
life, emotional trauma can occur from significant others, peers, and
other important people in someone’s life.
At Remuda Ranch at The Meadows, the treatment team recognizes that eating disorder treatment
has to take into account the origin of the eating disorder and if
emotional trauma played a part in its development. Knowing this, the
clinical team recognizes that all features of trauma must be treated
along with the eating disorder. If not, the related consequences of
maladaptive behavior will pop back up through the person’s life and lead
to a relapse of their eating disorder behaviors or to another
maladaptive coping strategy such as using substances or self-harm.
The first step in
effective eating disorder treatment includes nutritional rehabilitation.
The Registered Dietitians at Remuda Ranch guide this process specific
to the needs of the individual patient. The clinical teams know that if
the brain is not well nourished then accomplishing the necessary
therapeutic work is not possible because the patients’ thinking is not
clear. Additionally, most patients are unable to develop insightful
connections between their maladaptive behaviors and past events on their
own.
At Remuda Ranch we
work to meet the needs of the individual patient. There are several
program feature which may be used such as EMDR, Acupuncture, equine
therapy, cognitive restructuring, family work, psychodrama, and use of
the on-site Brain Center. Our goal is for patients to process the
traumas and recognize the impact on their lives, which may manifest in
any number of ways including, but not limited to, eating disorder
behaviors. The final component of treatment is to help patients gain
further connections in their lives for the reason that people tend to
heal through relationships and by learning how to establish healthy
boundaries.
At Remuda Ranch at The Meadows,
we see patients as complex individuals with common needs of nurturance
and respect. Our staff strives to support each patient in learning to
live in peace with others, with food, and with themselves. We find that a
solid foundation in recovery is possible using the multitude of
resources made available to those who seek treatment at Remuda Ranch.
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