Eating Disorder Treatment Programs & Services, New York City

Group Therapy

CPC offers a variety of therapeutic groups in the evening hours. Group topics include skills training, body image, open process, nutrition education, nutrition therapy, art therapy and more.

Group therapy is a powerful treatment modality in which a therapist or nutritionist conducts a treatment session with several patients together at the same time. The recognition of shared feelings and experiences within the group functions to decrease individual isolation and serves as powerful validation of one’s personal suffering. Once an environment of deep trust and caring is established, each individual can safely take risks, fully sharing one’s internal experience and communicating in a more open and assertive way than might typically feel comfortable outside of the therapeutic context. Group members represent a support system in which the individual is accepted unconditionally yet challenged to change destructive or disruptive behaviors and thinking patterns. The intimate and personal treatment environment at CPC fosters intense interpersonal connection within our community and serves as an ideal platform for growth and change. Our patients often refer to the relational component of their treatment as among the most meaningful and potent contributors to their recovery.