Fw: treatment
Dear ,
As we spoke of today and the past few sessions, I'm quite concerned regarding your current condition. As you are aware, your anorexia, with binge purging, is running and controlling your life. Your ritualistic eating behaviors, large consumption of coffee and excessive gum chewing are needed to keep your eating disorder symptoms alive. Also, your impaired cognitive functioning, poor concentration, dry skin, becoming cold easily, depression and anxiety are reflection of malnourishment. In addition, your intense fear of being fat; need to exercise in your compromised state; poor body image; obsessive preoccupation with food, weight and appearance; perfectionism; interpersonal difficulties; and limited coping skills trap you in your eating disorder. Your recent meltdown, which is a life pattern, reflects your inability to cope effectively and hold you back from moving forward in your life and career. Using the eating disorder to attempt to deal with you life issues appears to be rapidly causing you to unravel.
My recommendation is to enter our Partial Hospitalization Program and Transitional Living facility. The cost of the Transitional Living facility is $3,500 per month plus an additional $500 per month for food and incidentals. I would like to see you begin the program as of tomorrow. I am asking an initial commitment of 30 days. I know it's a big step and could be scary. Yet as you have said, when you have tried to do it on your own things worsen. I would like to address your needs now to avoid possible Residential Treatment or Hospitalization.
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If you have any questions, I would be happy to speak more with you via phone.
Regards,
Patricia
The Bella Vita
Dr. Patricia Pitts PhD - Clinical Director
The Bella Vita, A Beautiful Life Psychology Group Inc.
766 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041
Phone: (323) 255-0400 Fax: (323) 255-0177
Email: drpitts@thebellavita.com
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A therapist I've been working with sent this to me today in response to telling her that I wasn't going to be continueing. I can't do the treatment w out financial help. If there is anyway you can help me with this sooner than september I promise to not ask anything of you again and will do what ever you ask of me when you get back.
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