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Treatment Focus
You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Provider's Policy
We are in-network with most insurances. We do not take Medicaid or Medicare. To ensure you can pursue recovery, our dedicated team will work on your behalf by acting as a liaison with your insurance provider, answering your questions, and providing guidance and support every step of the way.
Eating Recovery Center Baylor Campus
Eating Recovery Center Baylor Campus
About Eating Recovery Center Baylor Campus
Located on Baylor's Medical Campus, The Eating Recovery Center offers specialized treatment for adults, adolescents, and children with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health issues. Their services include inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization programs. The Eating Recovery Center uses an evidence-based approach to provide each patient with the necessary support to achieve long-term recovery. Their treatment team includes psychiatrists, registered dietitians, family clinicians, nursing support, and educational specialists who are dedicated to helping clients heal in a safe and supportive environment.
Comprehensive Care Plan
The Eating Recovery Center uses a holistic and personalized approach to treat eating disorders, combining medical, psychological, and nutritional support. The center provides treatment for adults, adolescents, and children struggling with anorexia, ARFID, bulimia, compulsive overeating, orthorexia, and other specified eating disorders. Their team is trained on evidence-based therapies, providing options for even the most complex cases.
Tailored Therapy Paths
At The Eating Recovery Center, state-of-the-art medical care at the Baylor Medical Campus is attached to the facility in the case of urgent and complex medical complications. Medical and psychiatric stabilization and treatment is offered 24/7. The clinicians use body image therapy, exposure therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients build resilience, navigate stress, and create lasting connections with others. Additionally, they offer group therapy, family therapy, and nutritional counseling to strengthen each client's recovery.
Continuum of Care in a Modern Setting
The Eating Recovery Center on Baylor's Campus offers a modern, nurturing environment with a variety of amenities and services, including quiet therapy spaces, art groups, and yoga therapy. They also have access to nearby apartments for those traveling out of state and in need of accommodations. The aftercare program provides comprehensive care for alumni to sustain their recovery, including support groups for alumni and family members, reunion events, and resources for further care.

Center Overview
Treatment Focus
You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
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Licensed by Texas HHS
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Meet Your Care Team

Ken Wiener
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
MD, CEDS, FAED

Anne Marie O'Melia
Chief Clinical and Quality Officer
MD, MS, FAAP, CEDS-C

Melissa Spann
Senior Vice President of Clinical Services
PhD, MBA, CEDS-C

Ramona Weatherford
Regional Vice President
LCSW, CEDS-C

Jennifer Vittitow
Senior Director of Nutrition Services
RD, LD, CEDS-C
Your Care Options
Specializations
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Who We Treat
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Treatment Services
Day Treatment
Also commonly called PHP, patients may live at home or in a recovery residence while following an intensive treatment program. Most have a weekly schedule of M–F and 4 to 6 hours per day.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Virtual
Virtual services deliver therapy, counseling, or recovery support remotely through secure online platforms and telehealth technology.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Medical
Medical addiction treatment uses approved medications to manage withdrawals and cravings, and to treat contributing mental health conditions.
Therapies
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Body Image Therapy
Therapists use cognitive behavior techniques to challenge how patients perceive their body and their worth, rewriting negative thoughts and attitudes.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills for managing emotions, improving relationships, tolerating distress, and increasing mindfulness.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
Substances We Treat
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Care Designed for Your Needs
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
