What We Treat

Clementine’s treatment approach focuses on interpersonal relationships as the core to healing. Through highly individualized and informed care, adolescents work towards restoration of physiological and nutritional balance, implementation of healthy eating and exercise routines, elimination of destructive behaviors, and development of motivation and treatment engagement. Our objective is to help each client achieve a clear understanding of their eating disorder and its effect on their life, as well as gain understanding of what is necessary for their recovery. At Clementine, we treat the following types of eating disorders:

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Compulsive Overeating
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Orthorexia Nervosa
• ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
• OSFED (Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders)
• Diabulimia

Co-occuring presentations share common causal and maintaining factors that influence treatment and recovery. We integrate specialized programming to address these factors. Co-occurring presentations that present include:

• Trauma / PTSD
• Substance Use Disorder
• Psychiatric presentations (depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder)

Research Outcomes

• The association of traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder with greater eating disorder and comorbid symptom severity in residential eating disorder treatment centers
• Eating disorder onset during childhood is associated with higher trauma dose, provisional PTSD, and severity of illness in residential treatment
• Headache, eating disorders, PTSD, and comorbidity: implications for assessment and treatment
• Provisional posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with greater severity of eating disorder and comorbid symptoms in adolescents treated in residential care
• Sexual and gender minority individuals report higher rates of lifetime traumas and current PTSD than cisgender heterosexual individuals admitted to residential eating disorder treatment