Application Guidelines and Package
If you would like to learn more about our program, please scroll down to the bottom of this web page. If you would like to apply to our Eating Disorders Recovery Day Program please download, read and complete the following forms.
Staff are here to help you through this process and to help make sure that this program is suitable for you. As you are completing this package, please contact our Admission Coordinator every Monday to update her on your progress. She can be reached by phone at 780.429.3380 or by e-mail at inquire@sacredeatingdisorders.com. Remember, we are here to help.
We understand that preparing to enter a program often triggers an array of thoughts and emotions. Whatever you are feeling is okay.You will need to take the actions of recovery yourself, but not by yourself. Recovery is not an easy process but it is well worth the effort. Freedom from the obsession of your mind, the ability and desire to care for yourself physically, mentally, spiritually and socially and the opportunity to connect with other human beings are but a few of the the promises that recovery brings - Staff comment
If you have any questions about the application package and how to apply, please contact our Admissions Coordinator at 780.429.3380 by phone or at inquire@sacredeatingdisorders.com by e-mail.
Once the package is completed, please send it by mail to our mailing address (not the location of the centre):
#182, 10654 82 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6E 2A7
About Our Eating Disorder Recovery Day Program
The Society for Assisted Cooperative Recovery from Eating Disorders' Recovery Day Program offers a viable support program not available elsewhere in Edmonton or Alberta. In acknowledging the effects on all those touched by the life of the individual suffering, we provide help prepare our participants and their families for return into a healthier lifestyle. Participants are supported to take personal responsibility for their recovery. They find physical, emotional and spiritual healing from their eating disorders and from the issues underlying them.
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Eating Disorders Recovery Day Program
Our Eating Disorders Recovery Day Program operates eleven hours a day, up to six days a week, depending on an individual's needs. The program is suitable for people who require support to recover from an eating disorder, but who do not require hospitalization. We offer a holistic, individualized program that works with external health care professionals (including doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and dieticians), families, peers and other stakeholders to collectively guide participants towards achieving and maintaining recovery from anorexia, bulimia and eating disordered not otherwise specified. Length of program is expected to last six months. The Program is located in a central location in the Edmonton-area.
Our community-based Recovery Day Program for people with eating disorders offers:
- Comprehensive assessment
- Individualized recovery plan
- Guided 12 step self-help program
- Meal/exercise planning (with a Registered Dietician)
- Meal support
- Meditation
- Life-skills development
- Education
- Expressive arts therapy (by an Arts Therapist)
- Animal assisted therapy (by an Animal Assisted Therapist)
- Individual Counselling (by Addictions Counsellors)
- Peer Support
- "Real-life" experiences
- Yoga/body awareness
- Spiritual support
- Action planning
- Peer support
- Additional programming as needed
How to Access Our Recovery Day Program
If you are interested in applying to the Eating Disorders Recovery Day Program, please fill out and send in the Application Package above. For questions about the Application Package or on the application process, please contact our Admissions Coordinator at:
