Reconnect with Food

Reconnect with Food® Day Treatment Program (PHP) is a progressive, mental health partial hospitalization program that treats eating disorders and co-occurring disorders through holistic modalities interweaved with a traditional healthcare model.

In addition to group process/talk therapy, we offer a variety of modalities geared to individual needs, including yoga, art and music experiential, dance and movement experiential, progressive nutrition therapy, mindfulness training, performing arts experiential along with psychological support--with a high staff to patient ratio-- in an individual and/or small group setting. This treatment program offers a warm and caring environment for individuals to grow and heal. Our clients speak highly of their individual therapist and treatment team.

Our program is nested in a cozy warm environment at the Inner Door Center--a non-hospital/clinical setting in downtown Royal Oak, Michigan. Royal Oak is an eclectic and trendy town, with much to see and do. Our staff is composed of seasoned professionals whose approach is to connect with and empower participants, in a collaborative/client-centered atmosphere, to find their own key to healthy ways of coping with stress, anxiety and depression.

Prior to acceptance into any of our intensive programs, potential participants are to complete a health questionnaire regarding current health status, eating disorder/addiction involvement, family history, emotional health and commitment to the intensive program. This questionnaire will help us work with you more effectively in our program. If you are currently in a inpatient/residential treatment program, this questionnaire will be sent to you-via your treatment team. A phone appointment will also be required with you and/or family member prior to discharge from your current facility. 

If you are an appropriate fit, the following assessments will be scheduled:

• Psychological assessment by one of our licensed psychotherapists/intake specialist.
• Psychiatric assessment and consultation by our psychiatrist (medical director).
• Medical assessment by our internist in conjunction with our nurse practitioner.
• Nutrition assessment by our registered dietitian.
• Nursing assessment by our registered nurse.
• Life skills assessment by our occupational therapist.

In some cases, you may be recommended for a higher level of care outside of the program. We follow American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders, 3rd Edition, 2006, which are evidence-based and standard in the industry, for determining your recommended level of care. These are continually updated during your treatment program along with your plan of care.

Once admitted into the program, your commitment in this program is for as long as it takes you to achieve your treatment goals--which in most cases is an extended period of time-- to reach a point where you are at low risk for relapse in the immediate future. If you are not making scheduled progress in our program based on your treatment plan, a higher level of care may be recommended outside of our facility.

Although you may have an outpatient treatment team, your involvement with our treatment team only, while in our program, is required for continuity and comprehensive care along with requirements by state licensing, along with your health insurance plan and national regulatory agencies. You will be referred back to your referring treatment team following discharge from our program.

The Eating Disorder Intensive Program provides a safe, supportive, structured and nurturing environment that empowers participants suffering from eating disorders to address the main symptoms of the eating disorder, other related addictions personally and/or in the family, as well as to identify and begin to resolve the emotional issues that have contributed to the development and maintenance of symptoms. This is achieved by experiencing, in addition to just talking, using a variety of evidenced-based models.

This program provides the opportunity for participants to take back valuable information and experience to their referring treatment team for further healing work following the PHP and IOP.

• 5 Days a Week, approximately 40 - 45 hours +
• Monday through Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided - we accommodate vegetarian (we cannot accommodate vegan) along with gluten free, allergies and other food intolerances ONLY with specific testing and diagnosis by our medical doctor and team specialists.

Our program is "just right" in terms of length each day to provide individuals with an intensive therapeutic component, yet ample time to practice skills in the evening - thus a "true" partial program.

• 8:00 - 9:00 am - Vitals, Morning Report along with Physical Assessment and/or Medication Review, Breakfast
• 9:00 am – 12:00 N – Group Therapy incorporating talk therapy with yoga therapy, followed by Snack
• 12:00 N – 1:00 pm – Mindful eating experiential, lunch and support
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Creative Arts Experiential (art, music and dance, performing arts) and Skill Building (life and self-care skills, food and nutrition, individual challenge time, etc.)
• Snack
• 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Individual Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Occupational Therapy (reintegration into community/school/career), Physical Assessment/Medication Review, Exercise Monitoring (for weight restored individuals)

• Bi-weekly individual psychotherapy (one session is weekly family therapy - family members may also be scheduled for individual therapy)
• Nutrition therapy (includes family program)
• Occupational therapy (includes life skills-school, career, living)
• Morning report and daily vitals by our medical assistant
• Case management
• Medication reviews by our medical director (psychiatrist) in conjunction with our psychiatric nurse practitioner
• Follow up medical exams by our internist in conjunction with our nurse practitioner
• Case conferencing supervised by our medical director and clinical director, along with frequent team meetings.
• Family Day, monthly - all day

Accommodations are available for in and out of area participants. We encourage "in area" participants to stay at our extended stay living facility if their current living situation is not supportive.

We work closely, as a team, with each participant - along with their originating treatment team if referred from outside our facility - to communicate progress and suggestions for maximizing continued recovery. If needed, we will research and place participants with a fitting treatment team in their home community. We have many follow up programs at Inner Door Center for local participants along with phone availability for out of area participants.

Placement in our intensive outpatient programs (IOP) follows successful completion of our PHP/day treatment program. An IOP may fall under your outpatient mental healthcare insurance benefits. Group sizes are small and intimate.

The IOP is ideal for someone transitioning from our partial hospitalization program. Individuals in our IOP may transition to outpatient therapy at our facility or back to their referring treatment team. Individual and/or group support is available at our facility upon discharge.

Prior to acceptance into the IOP, if you are not transitioning from our own PHP, potential participants are to complete a health questionnaire regarding current health status, eating disorder/addiction involvement, family history, emotional health and commitment to the intensive program. This questionnaire will help us work with you more effectively in our program. If you are currently enrolled in an another partial hospitalization program, this questionnaire will be sent to you-via your treatment team. A phone appointment will also be required with you and/or family member prior to discharge from your current/facility.

PLEASE NOTE: It is rare that we start individuals in our IOP for eating disorders prior to successful completion of the partial hospitalization program at our facility.

If you are an appropriate fit, the following assessments will be scheduled:

• Psychological assessment by one of our licensed therapists/intake specialist.
• Psychiatric assessment and consultation by our psychiatrist (medical director).
• Medical exam by our internist and/or adult nurse practitioner.
• Nutrition assessment by our registered dietitian.
• Nursing assessment by our registered nurse.
• Life skills assessment by our occupational therapist.

We use the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guidelines 2006, which are evidence-based and standard in the industry, for determining your recommended level of care. These are continually updated during your treatment program along with your plan of care.

Once admitted into the program, your commitment in this program is for as it takes you to achieve your treatment goals--which in most cases is an extended period of time-- to reach a point where you are at low risk for relapse prevention in the immediate future. If you are not making scheduled progress in this program, based on your treatment plan, a higher level of care may be recommended inside or outside of our facility.

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is 5 days per week, four hours per day plus individual appointments.

Although you may have a treatment team, your involvement with our treatment team only, while in our program, is required for continuity and comprehensive care along with requirements by state licensing, along with your health insurance plan and national regulatory agencies. You will be referred back to your referring treatment team following discharge from our program.

• Group Therapy
• Individual and Family Psychotherapy
• Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Mealtime Support and Therapy
• Family and Friends Support

Detailed schedule will be provided upon enrollment in the program; however, the typical schedule is 20 - 22 hours:
9:00 am – 12:00 N – Group Therapy incorporating talk therapy with yoga therapy, followed by Snack
12:00 N – 1:00 pm – Mindful eating experiential, lunch and support- we accommodate vegetarian (not vegan) and gluten free - only with specific testing by our medical team.

Individual appointments scheduled around core program hours

5 day IOP is Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

• Breakfast support and vitals/morning report as needed
• 1 hour individual psychotherapy that includes family therapy in a 5 day per week program
• Nutrition therapy weekly (combination of group and individual along with family program) in our 5 day per week program
• Case management
• Medication reviews by our medical director (psychiatrist) and/or psychiatric nurse practitioner as needed
• Follow up medical exams by our internist and/or adult nurse practitioner as needed
• Case conferencing supervised by our medical director and clinical director, along with frequent team meetings
• Family Day, monthly - every month

Beverly Price, RD, MA, E-RYT, CEDS, CEO and Founder is a nationally renowned Registered Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who is recognized for her innovative approach to mindfulness-based eating disorder recovery using yoga therapeutics as a tool. She is featured regularly on local and national television, newspaper, on-line and in print regarding how her eating disorder treatment program integrates yoga systematically into the recovery process.

Beverly has walked in your shoes. She has struggled with her own food and body image issues and has done the work needed to heal. She has no secrets--she is real and can relate to your pain. Yoga was a key healing tool in her recovery process and the inspiration for starting Reconnect with Food® mindfulness yoga-based eating disorder treatment programs. Beverly opened Inner Door Center® , which is the first and only comprehensive eating disorder treatment program in Michigan and only mindfulness yoga-based eating disorder treatment program in the world.

In her former career, Beverly practiced as a registered dietitian for over two decades at Sinai Hospital of Detroit (now Detroit Medical Center), including Wayne State University Health Center. She also practiced at Henry Ford Hospital and owned/operated her own private nutrition practice from 1987 - 2001. She still maintains her registration with the American Dietetic Association and has completed numerous traditional and holistic continuing education and training programs in eating disorder recovery with experts across the country. A Michigan State University undergraduate and Wayne State University graduate with a master’s degree, Beverly also completed her yoga teacher training with Jonny Kest, Center for Yoga Birmingham, Michigan.

Beverly is the co-author of the book, Nutrition Secrets for Optimal Health, (Tall Tree Publishing, 1996) and the author of Reconnect with Food®...Unplugged! DVD. She has published and presented numerous abstracts and articles of research in her career, and has presented them at medical and nutrition conferences, including American College of Physicians and Soviet-American Nutrition Conference along with International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Beverly has also presented regularly at the annual Midwest Yoga Conference in Chicago, IL.

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