Our Programs > Day Treatment Program
The BALANCE Day Program is a full-time program (Monday thru Friday) for women and LGBTQAI 18 years and older suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and disordered eating. We also offer a specialized adolescent track for females and LGBTQAI youth ages 12-17. BALANCE is the only treatment center in NYC that offers small group settings, allowing us to provide the best possible care available.
Our Day Program includes the following components:
- Customized day program to meet each client's unique needs
- Program schedule that meets Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am - 2:15 pm
- Partial programming also available where appropriate
- Highly experienced, multi-disciplinary eating disorder clinical treatment team
- Initial consultation and evaluation (psychological and nutritional)
- Small group setting of up to only 8 clients, providing a low client-to-clinician ratio
- A rich schedule that includes behavioral, psychodynamic and experiential groups, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Experiential group therapies (art therapy, movement, drama therapy)
- Body Image Group
- Family Systems Group
- Stress Reduction Group - Yoga and Mindfulness
- Nutrition Group
- Mealtime support and processing
- Exposure therapy (restaurant meals, grocery store, basic food preparation)
- Multi-family group breakfast, therapy and education (weekly)
- Weekly individual therapy session
- Weekly individual nutrition therapy session
- Psychiatric and medical support as needed
- Co-treatment model providing ongoing communication and collaboration during treatment with referring team members
- Alumni support and services upon discharge
