Services of Care
If you or a loved one is suffering from the profound consequences of anorexia, bulimia, binge or compulsive eating or disordered eating A New Journey is the best place to find the help you need. Our programs are designed to meet you where you are individually and to help you heal physically and emotionally to reclaim your spirit for living the live you are meant to have. In addition, A New Journey offers various levels of care; including, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient, Partial Day Treatment and Transitional Living to support and enhance your growth and recovery. 
What is an Eating Disorder?
An eating disorder is a psychological malady in which someone obsesses over food intake as a way of coping and gaining some control in life. Approximately 8-10 million people today suffer from some form of an eating disorder. Eating disorders are most common among women although many men struggle as well. In addition, the rise in adolescent eating disorders is profound.
Types of Eating Disorders
There are three diagnosable types of eating disorders:
- Anorexia Nervosa - This eating disorder is one in which a person either eats very little or nothing at all. Typically, those with this disorder are very thin and approximately 15% or more below the normal body weight for their specific height.
- Bulimia Nervosa - People with bulimia typically binge eat and then purge what they have just eaten. Binge eating is when you consume an uncomfortable amount of food, often leaving a very sick feeling, and purging is a form of self-induced vomiting. Sometimes this vomiting is done through the use of diuretics, laxatives, or excessive exercise. Those with bulimia typically maintain a normal weight.
- Binge Eating/Compulsive Overeating - Binge eating is a disorder in which someone consumes an excessive amount of food in a typically short period of time. Most people with this disorder are obese and have a history of depression. Also, unlike those with bulimia, compulsive eaters do not purge their food.
- Disordered Eating - Disordered eating is a term that is used to describe a wide variety of irregularities in eating behavior that do not warrant a diagnosis of a specific eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Some people think that disordered eating patterns that are not the result of a specific eating disorder are less serious than symptoms of disorders like anorexia nervosa. Others note that individual cases of disordered eating may involve serious problems with food and body image. Additionally, certain types of disordered eating can include symptoms from both classic cases of anorexia and bulimia, making the disordered eating as dangerous as regular eating disorders. Many, if not most women and some men, have unhealthy relationship with food or their bodies and practice certain unhealthy behaviors to maintain a healthy weight; such as, constant dieting, have concerns about what they eat or weigh interfere with their happiness, regularly skip meals to try to lose weight , be "extremely upset" if they gained just five pounds, cut out entire food groups (banishing carbohydrates), dieted on 1,000 calories a day or fewer, smoke to lose weight or eat when they're not hungry usually around feelings, i.e. feeling stressed, happy, sad etc…
Often times an individual suffering with an eating disorder has other conditions that can contribute to complexity of their recovery. Some related issues might include trauma (physically, emotionally or sexually), depression, anxiety, perfectionism, poor self-esteem and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). An eating disorder is often used as a way to cope with these difficult experiences and find a sense of control in your life.
While, for many, recovery is literally a matter of life and death most experience a figurative sense of living-death – a dead life spiritually and emotionally. A New Journey understands the unique conditions and complexities of an eating disorder and can help restore vitality to your life and spirit.