Therese W., Eating Disorder Professional
“The facilities are beautiful, the staff are engaged, happy and extremely knowledgeable and the experience you offer other professionals is valuable. Several aspects of the treatment stood out for me. Number one is that treatment is closely aligned with the best available current scientific evidence. I was also impressed that you are adding to the body of scientific evidence by engaging in research. I found your “Pillars of Recovery” very insightful and again, in line with current research and thinking about eating disorders. Finally, I was very impressed with your transitional care and coordination of care to a “home team.” The communication with the outpatient home team that you provide is crucial to the recovery process. Great job, Eating Recovery Center!”
-Therese W., Eating Disorder Professional
Elisabeth P., Registered Dietitian
“In the fall of 2009, a gentleman called my office requesting that I see his daughter for a consult. Prior to our first visit, he informed me that they, the parents, had decided to place their daughter in the Eating Recovery Center, and he asked my opinion. At that time I was only marginally familiar with Eating Recovery Center, and in addition, I did not know his daughter or her needs and had never worked with a client returning from Eating Recovery Center. She returned to me in February 2010 prepared to finish her recovery in the outpatient setting. She received excellent care at Eating Recovery Center and is currently in a state of full recovery. Experience teaches us that the risk of relapse increases when clients integrate back into their life after inpatient treatment. My client received the tools and had an opportunity to practice them in the Eating Recovery Center environment which enabled her to develop, nurture and integrate them in the outpatient setting. She is currently in a state of full recovery from her eating disorder and she is living a joyful life, one she never thought she could have.
Recently visited Eating Recovery Center and I now have a good understanding and appreciation of the program and why it is successful in helping people recover from eating disorders:
- Eating Recovery Center has phenomenal team of professionals who are leaders in the industry. They are passionate about their work and they collaborate well through a multidisciplinary approach for the benefit of those who suffer from eating disorders. They have created a comprehensive treatment program that spans the continuum of needs crossing all ages, cultures, sexes, and levels of care and the protocol is implemented in a caring, nurturing environment.
- Eating Recovery Center’s bio-psychosocial philosophy of treatment is based on science and research findings.
- From a business perspective, I appreciate the fact that doctors own Eating Recovery Center and make the decisions which include keeping an eye on the bottom line, making it an affordable option for my clients.
- Eating Recovery Center provided the on-site visit which made it possible for me to view the clinical facilities and its operation, speak with various personnel and get a feel for the business philosophy, thus giving me the confidence to refer clients to them.
- My Professional Relations Manager is not only available and willing to help, she is also proficient, personable, fun and genuinely friendly. She has answered numerous questions over the past year with professional efficiency.”
- Elisabeth P., Registered Dietitian
Susan G., Eating Disorder Professional
“I found that visiting Eating Recovery Center and having the opportunity to observe the program was invaluable to me as an outpatient clinician. I feel very comfortable referring a patient to Eating Recovery Center after the visit. It is obvious that their primary focus is first and foremost patient care, which aligns perfectly with my own values as a provider.”
- Susan G., Eating Disorder Professional
Theresa L., Eating Disorder Professional
“I am very impressed with the programs at Eating Recovery Center. The facilities are among the most well designed and thoughtful clinical environments. It was obvious, from the start of my visit, that the staff and clinicians are dedicated, motivated and well-trained. After spending two days visiting, the most impressive aspect of the Center is the details and structure of the programs for eating disorders treatment – it is some of the most progressive and forward-thinking treatment that can be found. This is clearly one of the most clinically advanced centers, utilizing approaches and strategies for care that are top notch. This program has everything you could ask for in a treatment center.”
- Theresa L., Eating Disorder Professional
Sharon P., Eating Disorders Professional
“ERC offers a complete program by utilizing a variety of services: inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and residential. I am impressed by the treatment given to eating disorder clients that includes tracking “temperament” and “character.” DBT seems to leave out many factors including self-directedness. After hearing Dr. Bishop speak [about ERC treatment philosophies], I am motivated to learn more about ACT.”
- Sharon P., Eating Disorders Professional
Allison C., Eating Disorders Professional
“I had the pleasure of working with Eating Recovery Center staff recently as they took care of one of my clients. Typically when I send someone to inpatient treatment, I don’t hear a word from the facility’s staff but Eating Recovery Center was on the ball with making sure my client’s outpatient team was in the loop during treatment and especially just prior to discharge. My description of Eating Recovery Center: thorough, professional, cutting-edge, holistic, dedicated to relapse prevention and 100% cooperative with the outpatient team. I will be sending patients here again and again and again!”
- Allison C., Eating Disorder Professional
Pam K., Nutritionist
“I am impressed and encouraged by Eating Recovery Center. Knowing that I can recommend this facility to my patients and their families with full confidence makes this difficult situation much more tolerable. Thank you for your forward-thinking program based in both knowledge and evidence.”
-Pam K., Nutritionist
Sam L., Licensed Professional Counselor
“It was fantastic to finally see a treatment facility designed by eating disorder experts for the expert treatment of eating disorders. Eating Recovery Center is cutting-edge treatment for individuals with eating disorders.”
-Sam L., Licensed Professional Counselor
Alan D., Health Educator
“Prior to my on-site visit to the Eating Recovery Center, I had heard many great things about the program from some close colleagues in the Academy for Eating Disorders. These incredibly comments, coupled with the marketing information I had received encouraged me to attend an on-site visit. I set out for Denver with the buzzword in my mind that the Eating Recovery Center is “rapidly becoming recognized as the best inpatient eating disorders treatment facility in the country.” Going in to a visit with such high expectations, one might assume to be disappointed. However, I can say that not only were my high expectations of the Eating Recovery Center met during my on-site visit, but they were actually exceeded! The work that Dr. Ken Weiner and the world class team of staff that he has assembled are doing at Eating Recovery Center is truly exceptional. Eating Recovery Center impresses me on three critical levels: treatment environment, treatment models, and treatment staff.
First, in all of the treatment facilities I’ve visited prior to this, I’ve only witnessed two kinds of environment: a typical psychiatric hospital ward that feels more fitting as a prison than a place of care; or a lavish residential house that does not really feel at all like a clinical environment. What I truly love about Eating Recovery Center is that it is a psychiatric hospital with all of the appropriate facilities and a clinical environment. However, with all of the fireplace lounges and the incredible spa bathroom, you feel like you are in a resort. Inpatients have access to 24-hour care and can even be taken by cart in a skybridge to a major Emergency Room in a couple of minutes, but they can feel like they are in the relaxing a nurturing environment they need to begin recovery from an eating disorder.
Second, the treatment models that are employed at Eating Recovery Center are research-based and dynamic, especially the use of ACT. I also really appreciate the unique partnership with Denver Health that allows even the most acute patients to come to Denver to receive care and then transfer in to Eating Recovery Center after they have been stabilized so that they can begin treatment in the inpatient program. The availability of seemingly well-structured PHP, IOP, and outpatient programs really adds to the strength of the Center. I have known Dr. Ovidio Bermudez for a few years and I was very excited to learn last year that he was moving to the Eating Recovery Center to help operate the Child and Adolescent unit. Not only is the unit equally well laid out to the main Center, but I believe that Dr. Bermudez is the best pediatrician in the country working with eating disorders, and parents and patients could not ask for a better physician to be overseeing their care!
Last, the staff at Eating Recovery Center is world class and committed to providing the best care in the best manner. From Dr. Weiner, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Bishop, and Dr. Bermudez at the top right down to administrative staff, everyone is professional and really wants to help people as best as they can in their recovery.
Moving forward, I will have no hesitation in saying that any severe or acute eating disordered patients should consider being flown by air ambulance to Denver Health (if possible) to begin a path of recovery with Eating Recovery Center. As for the young women and men I most commonly see, I will strongly recommend that they consider working with intake coordinators at Eating Recovery Center to be placed the inpatient or PHP programs. While Eating Recovery Center may not be the right fit for every individual I work with, I know that for those it is the right fit for, it will be my most recommended treatment facility into the future.”
- Alan D., Health Educator
