I'm interested in working with disordered eating/ED populations after graduation and I'm curious to know what are the most well respected programs and/or inpatient centers for ED treatment on the east coast?
Seconding UCSD, especially for family-based treatment (which is really the gold standard for evidence-based adolescent/young adult ED treatment).I'm not an ED person but my program had a lot of them. The biggest ED expert I know did their internship at Western Psychiatric. I also know ED people who did internships or fellowships at West Virginia University Medical Center. I want to say Mount Sinai, Yale, and Harvard/McLean are also known for ED training. If you are okay with the south, University of North Carolina has a center of excellence for eating disorders, and University of Mississippi Medical Center has a good reputation as well.
This isn't east coast, but UCSD is really great for eating disorders.
Seconding UCSD, especially for family-based treatment (which is really the gold standard for evidence-based adolescent/young adult ED treatment).
Thanks so much for this!I'm not an ED person but my program had a lot of them. The biggest ED expert I know did their internship at Western Psychiatric. I also know ED people who did internships or fellowships at West Virginia University Medical Center. I want to say Mount Sinai, Yale, and Harvard/McLean are also known for ED training. If you are okay with the south, University of North Carolina has a center of excellence for eating disorders, and University of Mississippi Medical Center has a good reputation as well.
This isn't east coast, but UCSD is really great for eating disorders.
Good to know! I actually recently was asking someone if there was a standardized modality that's most commonly used for inpatient ED treatment. Sounds like FBT is a big one for younger populations! What are your thoughts in regards to anyone older than a young adult? Say mid-20s and up? Do you think there's a place for psychodynamic work with ED populations?Seconding UCSD, especially for family-based treatment (which is really the gold standard for evidence-based adolescent/young adult ED treatment).
Thank you!I can't speak to reputation, but Monte Nido, The Renfrew Center, Sheppard Pratt, Walden Behavioral Care, John Hopkins, Columbia, and Princeton all have inpatient programs along the east coast. In addition to the programs mentioned above Drexel, UPenn, and Mass General also have strong training programs in outpatient ED treatment if you are interested in that setting.
Good to know! I actually recently was asking someone if there was a standardized modality that's most commonly used for inpatient ED treatment. Sounds like FBT is a big one for younger populations! What are your thoughts in regards to anyone older than a young adult? Say mid-20s and up? Do you think there's a place for psychodynamic work with ED populations?
Oh wow yes I have so many questions! I'm a masters level graduate student. I'm on the east coast right now but also might move back to California after graduation. Depends on what kind of jobs are available to me. I'm not entirely sure what level of care I'm interested in working in to be honest...Longterm I know I want to be in private practice so perhaps having the experience of working inpatient after I graduate would be important for me? Personally I am psychodynamically oriented but know it's pretty rare to see EDs approached psychodynamically in institutional/facility settings. Do you find a psychodynamic orientation to be more effective or just different? Do you incorporate any behavioral models into your approach?Ooh, pick me! I’m an ED specialist and have worked in the field for the past 6 years 🙂 Any particular questions? Are you a masters level therapist or a psychologist in training? Where are you geographically located? (New England vs. South Atlantic is very different, for example). Is there a level of care you prefer to work in? All will affect your options.
For the record, I am psychodynamic and use psychodynamic intervention in my work. Most facility-based treatment will center on CBT, DBT, ACT, ERP, but therapists can incorporate their own theoretical leanings in individual sessions for sure.
I would highly recommend you try out all the levels of care. ED tx in particular requires a lot of collaboration of care between the LOCs and as an outpatient provider, oftentimes you will be making the recommendation for your patients to go to HLOC and need to know the difference in model between, say, an RTC and an IOP.Oh wow yes I have so many questions! I'm a masters level graduate student. I'm on the east coast right now but also might move back to California after graduation. Depends on what kind of jobs are available to me. I'm not entirely sure what level of care I'm interested in working in to be honest...Longterm I know I want to be in private practice so perhaps having the experience of working inpatient after I graduate would be important for me? Personally I am psychodynamically oriented but know it's pretty rare to see EDs approached psychodynamically in institutional/facility settings. Do you find a psychodynamic orientation to be more effective or just different? Do you incorporate any behavioral models into your approach?
I can't speak to reputation, but Monte Nido, The Renfrew Center, Sheppard Pratt, Walden Behavioral Care, John Hopkins, Columbia, and Princeton all have inpatient programs along the east coast.
Just a note, but it's a little misleading to say that Princeton has an inpatient eating disorder unit. It's not affiliated with Princeton University. It used to be called University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (it used to be in the town of Princeton then the hospital moved to Plainsboro). It's now called something like Princeton Health Penn Medicine and I believe is part of the UPenn system.East Coast treatment centers of note: McLean Klarman, Princeton, Robert Wood Johnson, UNC, Drexel, Veritas, Emily Program, Mirasol, Carolina House, BALANCE, Body Image Center
My apologies, I didn't mean to imply that Princeton University had an affiliated unit! I was referring to Princeton Medical Center's inpatient ED unit (which is, as you said, part of Penn Medicine now). It's just called "Princeton" amongst the ED circle so I didn't even think about how that might come across to the layperson. Thanks for clarifying!Just a note, but it's a little misleading to say that Princeton has an inpatient eating disorder unit. It's not affiliated with Princeton University. It used to be called University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (it used to be in the town of Princeton then the hospital moved to Plainsboro). It's now called something like Princeton Health Penn Medicine and I believe is part of the UPenn system.
Thank you!! I’m actually doing a grad school internship here there this year starting in the fall!! Very excited.Oh- to add. If you want psychoanalytic training in EDs, the William Alanson White Institute runs a training series every year on eating disorders that might be of interest!
Eating Disorders, Compulsions & Addictions
The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology has distinguished itself as one of the world's most prominent and respected psychoanalytic training and treatment centers for more than sixty-five years. Our faculty and nearly three hundred active graduates continue...www.wawhite.org