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At Esperanza Eating Disorders Center, our goal is to provide a supportive, empowering environment for eating disorder recovery.

Our team of experienced, multidisciplinary clinicians utilizes evidence-based treatment approaches to provide individuals with a wide range of skills and healthy coping behaviors to guide them to a life of fulfilling recovery. As a locally-owned facility, Esperanza is able to provide individualized care plans that are both effective and flexible.

Our cornerstone philosophy is Recovery by Doing. Patients do not just hear about what to do, they get hands-on experience doing recovery. Integrative therapies as well as grocery shopping, cooking and plating their own meals, and activities like restaurant outings are all part of our hands-on approach to healing.

Eating disorders are often accompanied by other mental illnesses including trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, and personality disorders. At Esperanza, our focus is not just the eating disorder. Our team is committed to guiding patients to better mental, spiritual, and physical health through addressing the underlying causes of the eating disorder and any associated mental illnesses.

Click here to see descriptions of the evidence-based and integrative therapy groups that are part of the healing process at Esperanza.

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Sunday: CLOSED
Susan C Mengden, PhD - Clinical Director & CEO
Sarah Nichols, RD, LD - Director of Dietary Services

Receiving treatment at the right level of care at the right time is so important for eating disorder patients to successfully heal mind, body, and spirit. At Esperanza, having the consistency of one therapist throughout all levels of care enhances the atmosphere of security and nurture at the heart of all our programs.

Our programs are gender-inclusive and provide treatment for all types of eating disorders including Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), and Otherwise Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED).

Evidence-based therapies including CBT, DBT, and ACT provide patients at all levels of care with a wide range of skills to guide them to a life of fulfilling recovery.

Recovery by Doing is part of every level of care at Esperanza.

Click here to learn more about Esperanza's three levels of treatment for adults and adolescents.

Esperanza EDC is in network with the following insurers:

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Community First Commercial
  • ComPsych
  • Humana
  • Magellan Health
  • Tricare
  • United Behavioral Health
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Susan C Mengden, PhD
Sarah Nichols, RD, LD
Updated within the last 1 month.

Esperanza Eating Disorders Center offers evidence-based treatment for adolescents and adults with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, OSFED, and co-occurring conditions.

Evidence-based and integrative therapy groups are integral to Recovery by Doing at Esperanza.

Some of the groups offered:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Anxiety Management
  • Behavior Chain
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Cooking Group
  • Creative Expression
  • Nutrition Education
  • Nia
  • Radically Open DBT
  • Guided Imagery Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Mindful Sobriety
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Sleep Hygiene
  • Dietary Card Training
  • Emotional Overeating Body Image Group
  • Emotional Overeating Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group
  • Trauma
  • Yoga

Ages 12+.

Click here to contact us.

Esperanza EDC is in network with the following insurers:

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Community First Commercial
  • ComPsych
  • Humana
  • Magellan Health
  • Tricare
  • United Behavioral Health
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Susan C. Mengden, PhD, CEDS-s, CGP
Updated within the last 1 month.