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Eating Recovery Center's New Body Image Group Inspires Participants to Combat Unhealthy Body Beliefs
Adults 17 and Older Are Welcome in Ongoing 12-Week Sessions
| Source: Eating Recovery Center
DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - June 17, 2009) - Four out of five U.S. women are dissatisfied
with their appearance, according to the Eating Disorder Foundation.
Denver's Eating Recovery Center (www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com) hopes to
reverse this statistic with the launch of a new Body Image Group. This
12-week program, which strives to help people build healthier body beliefs,
is ongoing; new participants can join at any time.
"A majority of women in the United States struggle with unrealistic body
expectations and strive for unattainable ideals," explains Carolyn Jones,
RN, MS, LPC, director of nursing at the Eating Recovery Center. "Over the
course of the 12-week Body Image Group, we explore ways to reconnect with
your body, accept your body in the present moment and appreciate your body
for allowing you to live your life."
Led by Jones, an eating disorders expert with more than 17 years of
experience helping people build healthy body beliefs, this breakthrough
group meets on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the outpatient
department of the Eating Recovery Center. The Body Image Group is open to
adults 17 and older working through eating disorder treatment, as well as
those who may not have experienced anorexia or bulimia, but who want to
build more positive body beliefs.
"An unhealthy body image is one of the most difficult things to change in
recovery, yet it is one of the most common causes of relapse," explains
Jones. "Our goal is to help individuals identify ways an unhealthy body
image is preventing them from living out their values and develop new
coping skills that will help them replace negative thoughts and behaviors
with healthy ones."
Founded by nationally-recognized eating disorder experts, the
Eating Recovery Center is one of the only treatment facilities offering a
full spectrum of recovery options for adults, including inpatient and
residential care, partial hospitalization and outpatient programming. The
Center combines medical management and psychiatric evaluation with
therapeutic interventions, including dialectical behavioral therapy groups,
education groups, process groups, expressive arts therapy, yoga,
personalized dietary counseling, culinary lessons and massage therapy.
Participation in the Body Image Group costs $50 per session. However,
Jones notes that participants' insurance may cover all or part of this
cost. For more information, please call 877.825.8584 or visit
http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com.
About the Eating Recovery Center
Located in the heart of Denver's medical district, the Eating Recovery
Center is the only facility in the Rocky Mountain region that offers adults
a full spectrum of eating recovery treatment options. Services offered
include inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization and outpatient
programs to meet each patient's unique needs. The Eating Recovery Center
combines highly-trained medical staff with a unique integrated treatment
philosophy to make each patient's successful recovery a life-restoring
event. For more information, visit http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com/.