Food Addicts Anonymous
Food Addicts Anonymousis a 12 step fellowship of men and women who are willing to recover from the disease of food addiction. There are no dues or fees to join FAA nor are we connected with any diet plan. FAA was founded in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1987 and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. We believe that food addiction is a bio-chemical disease. There are over 150 meetings worldwide as well as phone meetings and online meetings.
For more information contact (561)967-3871 or access our website at www.foodaddictsanonymous.org
BRENTWOOD
Carolyn Costin, MFT
310-457-9958
Carolyn Costin, MFT invites all treating professionals to her study group. This group takes place the first Thursday of every month from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm at her day treatment center, Eating Disorder Center of CA, www.edcca.com. You are welcome to bring a lunch. The group covers case reviews, treatment strategies, new literature and research, and other areas related to treatment of eating disorders. CEU's are given to MFT's and LCSW's.
BEVERLY HILLS
Feeding The Soul
Email
(310) 551-0233
Feeding The Soul - a process group for individuals struggling with disordered eating and negative body image. Begins Monday January 16, 2006 from 7pm-8:30pm. This will be an ongoing process group limited to 6 participants. In addition to general discussion and support, topics will include:
- Body Image & The Media
- Empowerment Without (Food) Restriction
- Intuitive Eating / Mindful Eating
- Food & Feelings
- Gentle Nutrition & Excercise
- Hungers & Desires
- Hormones & Appetite Control
- The Fallacy of Food Addiction
Del Mar
Free Eating Disorders Anonymous Meeting
Fridays - 7:30 to 8:30
Casa Palmera
14750 El Camino Real
Del Mar, CA 92014
Open Discussion
Contact: Kamran
(858) 775-7752
FOSTER CITY
Free Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders Support Group
The Foster City Community Center
In the "Sail Room"
1000 E. Hillsdale Blvd
Foster City, CA
Contact: Matt Keck at 650-455-9242
The group will take place at 7:30 PM on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month.
LOS ANGELES
WEEKLY EATING DISORDER RECOVERY GROUP
12401 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 303
Los Angeles, Ca 90025
(310) 442-3010
....led by Dr. Daniela Walder; focusing on developing healthy coping skills.
Where: Daniela Walder, PSY.D.,
Cost: $35 per group session
SAN DIEGO
Free ANAD Eating Disorder Support Group
5665 Oberlin Dr. Suite 206
San Diego, CA 92121
For individuals with eating disorders, recovered individuals and friends and families of
those suffering from eating disorders. Led by Patty Schroeder M.A. and Jeanine Pontes, B.S. The meeting is every Friday night
from 5-6 p.m. You do not need to call ahead to attend these meetings, they are offered free of charge and we welcome you to the
support and encouragement offered here at Healthy Within. As the support group is professionally facilitated, please be assured
that the group is conducted in a safe, supportive, professional structure and environment. Our goal is to minimize competitiveness
and have the meeting be a place of encouragement, hope and support - not a "triggering" environment for you.
The meeting is held at 5665 Oberlin Dr. Suite 206 San Diego, CA 92121.
SANTA MONICA
SIX WEEK GROUP
(310)968-1572
Led by Ms. Brooke Megdal. She has a masters in marriage & family therapy and a masters in spiritual psychology. She is also a yoga instructor.
When: ONGOING MEETINGS
Cost: $150 for each 6 week session
Contact: Brooke Megdal at (310)968-1572
Tarzana
Free Eating Disorder Support Group
Every Wednesday 7-8:30pm
Tarzana, California
Contact: Cheryl Johnson MFT
(818) 343-8383
This is a confidential group for adult men and women suffering from Anorexia, Bulimia & Compulsive Overeating. Cheryl Johnson who is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist facilitates this free group. She is one of the most experienced therapists that specialize in anorexia and bulimic disorders. You will not be alone; you will have the opportunity to share, if you feel comfortable enough, your thoughts and feelings, your experiences or simply a discussion.
BREVARD COUNTY
ANAD FREE SUPPORT GROUP
321-259-6842
Email
(National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)
WHAT: open to anyone with an eating disorder; family and friends are welcome to join us the last Thursday of each month for a Multi-Family group
WHEN: Thursdays 7:30-8:30 pm
CONTACT: Lori at 321-259-6842 or BrevardANAD@aol.com
PLEASE NOTE: This support group is not a substitute for individual therapy and/or medical treatment.
Highland Park
Group for Adults with Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, or Body Image Disturbances
271 Hazel Ave.
Highland Park, Illinois
(847) 432-1795
natenshon@empoweredparents.com
Unique 12 session Psychotherapy/Feldenkrais "Awareness Through Movement" Group. Series Facilitator: Abigail Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP, eating disorder specialist and Feldenkrais Practitioner. These groups offer a unique opportunity to heal through combining traditional psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral group therapy techniques with a novel, experiential approach to self-awareness, learning, and change; talk-therapy group experience will be accompanied by approximately one hour of Feldenkrais body movement.
Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Starting date: Fall 2006.
Ann Arbor
Group for Women Working with Food, Weight and Body Image Issues
Call Cindy at 734-765-3057
cgault@umich.edu
Currently open to new members. Meets on an ongoing basis, every other Tuesday evening from 7:30-9:00 PM at the office of Cindy Gault, LMSW, ACSW in Ann Arbor, MI.
Minneapolis
The Joy Project ANAD support groups
Mondays: 6:30-8:00pm University Lutheran Church of Hope
601 13th Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
For more info: email:
lindsay@joyproject.org
or visit www.joyproject.org
St. Paul
The Joy Project ANAD support groups
Thursdays 6:30-8:00pm Central Park United
Methodist Church 639 Jackson St. St. Paul, MN 55101
For more info: email:
lindsay@joyproject.org
or visit www.joyproject.org
Ongoing Women's Therapeutic Support Group
908-310-8476
27 Route 202 South
Far Hills Center
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Email
Weekly group sessions are run by Jennifer L. Stull, LCSW of Marillac Behavioral Health. Group therapy is not a replacement for individual treatment, and it is understood that group members are recovery oriented AND currently linked with outpatient treatment (i.e., psychotherapy, nutrition therapy, psychiatric/medical monitoring, etc.). Women must be at least 18 years of age and willing to make a 4 week minimum commitment to the group in order to register. Ongoing weekly attendance is necessary and expected for successful group process. 2 or more weeks notice is requested prior to terminating from the group. Groups are closed, and members must be registered prior to participation. Group size is limited to a maximum of 10 women, and a waiting list is maintained on a first come/first serve basis. All group members are subject to a brief screening prior to participation. A session fee of $50 per group is due at the time of service and payable in the form of cash or check. Receipts will be provided to all members at the end of every group session. Members are responsible for submitting their own insurance claims for direct reimbursement.
Contact: 908-310-8476 or j.stull.1@alumni.nyu.edu
When: Thursday evenings
Time: 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Where: 27 Route 202 South, Far Hills Center, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Far Hills, NJ 07931 (above Country Curtains)
Fees: $50 per session
Liverpool
407 Tulip Street
Liverpool, NY 13088
(315) 451-5544
for information email lori@opheliasplace.org
Women's Recovery Group
Moving Forward support group
Thursdays 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Family and Friends Support Group
Facilitated by Jodie Schafran, MSW
Meet regularly on the LAST Monday of the month from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Additional Monday presentations will be announced
for information, email jodie@opheliasplace.org
For Men:
for information, email lori@opheliasplace.org
Centre Syracuse offers several support groups for men and women and for family and friends.
please call 315-671-2202 for more information.
New York City
These groups are free of charge. Pre-registration is required.
Please call (212) 935-2015.
Anorexia and Bulimia (Offered for a variety of age groups)
This group is a forum for a variety of age groups in which individuals with anorexia and bulimia can work towards their paths to recovery together. This group is informative, therapeutic, and healing, and will include topic-based discussions.
Family and Friends
This group allows family and friends of those suffering from eating disorders to come together and gain information about what their loved one is going through, while providing a safe environment in which they have the opportunity to express their feelings and give each other support and encouragement.
Mothers of Children with Eating Disorders
This group is targeted specifically towards offering mothers of children who are suffering from an eating disorder the opportunity to voice their own feelings and fears about their child's disorder, and learn how other mothers handle this challenge. This group provides the information and support mothers need to encourage their child's recovery, while working to take care of themselves and other members of their family.
Men's Group
More often men are becoming sufferers of both anorexia and bulimia. This group seeks to break the isolation that men with eating disorders experience, and help them feel supported and encouraged in their recovery.
Binge Eating
This group is a forum where individuals suffering from compulsive overeating can help one another through the process of recovery by offering encouragement, support, and hope. This group is a safe environment in which members can share their experiences and learn new coping strategies for handling their emotions without turning to food as a comfort.
Openings in a Psychotherapy Group
212-362-6019
Web Site
Email
For people for whom body image and weight and self regulation are core issues.
Group Meeting, office of Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD,DCSW,CGP, upper West Side, NYC, Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00pm.
Call for Consultation and details: 212-362-6019.
Franklin
FINDINGbalance Gatherings, every Monday night beginning November 5th at our new offices in downtown Franklin, TN.
If you are in the area and are looking for inspiration, encouragement, and community, we'd love to have you join us.
Mondays, 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
Contact: events@findingbalance.com or 615-599-6948
Fort Worth
Eating Disorders Anonymous Meeting
Thursdays, 6 pm
Ridglea Family Guidance
3509 Hulen Street, Suite 207
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
817-731-3700
ridgleafamily@sbcglobal.net
CHARLOTTESVILLE
3479 Preddy Creek Road
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Body Image Workshop:
The program is six sessions long and very progressive in nature. Work includes everything from self-esteem, body image and wellness, to stress, media, culture, physiology, etc. Activities include expressive art and writing, outdoor experience, guest speakers, etc. This program provides many applicable lifelong tools. $350 program fee.
ED Recovery Support Group:
The group is meant to delve into many of the emotional aspects of being a woman in today's society, finding a "full recovery" from eating and body image issues, and rendering/receiving ongoing support on all levels (relationships, family, career, wellness, self-love, moderation, spirituality, sexuality, etc). The group meets for an hour each week and time commitment ranges from 6 weeks to six months. $50 per session. Half price ($150) reduced rate re-enrollment fee after initial six session commitment.
Group Exercise: (men and women cleared for exercise)
Six week program on strength, agility, cardiovascular, and flexibility training. All fitness levels welcomed. Involves an integration of both theory and application, so that individual work on progressive routines after the group is done continues. This program offers life-long education and awareness so that participants will always know how, what, when, etc to apply a particular fitness plan to their lifestyle. $250 program fee.
Adolescent Health and Wellness:
Six week program with option to continue. Work on nutrition, fitness, and body image in theory and application. Art, exercise, simple meal/snack prep, and intensive work on building self-esteem and body-image. Girls and boys ages 5-12 welcome. $350 program fee.
Take Control of Bulimia is a comprehensive, interactive, self-help program that provides information, tools, and exercises designed to help you recover from bulimia, provide relief from your symptoms, and prevent relapses.
Stop Binge Eating is a comprehensive, interactive, self-help program that provides information, tools, and exercises designed to
help you gain control of your overeating.
Milesones provides an excellent message board site (with more than 2300 members subscribed to the site). It serves as the largest on-line support group for eating disorders on the Yahoo portal.
