What we do
Eating disorder treatment at The Bay
Disordered eating encompasses an array of negative behaviours, obsessive thoughts, and overwhelming feelings focused in and around one’s relationship to weight, food, and body shape and appearance. At the heart of these psychological issues is often complex and deep-seated trauma, self-loathing, shame, and exhausting emotions resulting in an overall lack of quality of life.
How do I know if I have an Eating Disorder?
- You are extremely critical of yourself and your body image.
- You obsessively focus your thoughts and actions around dieting.
- You frequently check the mirror for possible flaws in your appearance.
- You avoid meals with family or friends.
- You abuse laxatives to achieve weight loss.
- You exercise compulsively.
- You force yourself to vomit after food.
A comprehensive program
The Bay offers a comprehensive program for the treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating. The Bay’s clinical team understands the challenges and sensitivities when treating eating disorders.
It is critical that those who attend The Bay with an eating disorder receive support around their meals with someone who has lived experience and can offer high levels of compassion.
We use a range of innovative treatments here at The Bay. From Virtual Reality for PTSD Treatment and Clinical Neuropsychology, to Nutritional Bloody Analysis and Osteopathy.
The Bay’s focus on innovation in the treatment of drug and alcohol, trauma and mental health issues has led to the development of The Bay Method™ to deliver successful, sustainable results.
Evidence-Based Best Practice means the integration of the best available research, with clinical expertise in the context of patient needs, preferences and values, and we do not compromise on it. This principle guides the process...
Equine Therapy has been used extensively in the treatment of mental health and trauma and continues to be an effective addition to The Bay Method ™. The Bay’s team of horses play an important role...
The Bay Online Portal enables our clients to access our program on their return home. This includes our online workbook program, educational topics, telehealth sessions with our psychologists, psychiatrist and therapists and a range of...
At The Bay, we provide expert support to assess, uncover and work through co-occurring disorders that are impacting mental health in a compassionate, peaceful and nurturing environment.
Trauma-informed care is essentially the backbone of our program because trauma and drug addiction are so often intimately connected. If the emotions caused by painful events in your life are not uncovered and given their...
What our guests say
“The team at The Bay gave me a second chance at life, I was so very sick and although I went to a number of treatment centres I couldn’t find a way through, what the wonderful team at The Bay did for me is nothing short of a miracle, thank you.”
“The compassion shown to me by the incredible team at the bay has taught me to set boundaries with others, allowed me to re-align my expectations of myself and others and finally live the life I have been craving for many years.”
“Having a psychology background I was very particular about what I was looking for, I didn’t want group therapy because I was at a point where I knew I needed individual therapy, for me it was a very private process, I needed somewhere that was private and peaceful, it has been five months since I […]”
“I have attended other programs and felt overlooked due to the needs of the more complex clients that were in the program. At The Bay I was the focus of the team and gained a far greater understanding of my situation and was able to make the changes required to live the life I desperately […]”
“I have been in treatment before but couldn’t seem to achieve the changes I wanted. The compassion shown to me by the incredible team at The Bay has taught me to set boundaries with others, allowed me to re-align my expectations of myself and others and finally live the life I have been craving for […]”
“My wife found The Bay after doing a lot of research looking at programs all over the world. Treatment centres here in the US are very different! My life has changed in so many ways and I continue to stay clean and sober, thank you for all you have done.”
Questions about The Bay?
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