managing your eating disorder during thanksgiving can be tricky

Managing your Eating Disorder During Thanksgiving

If you’re in recovery from an eating disorder, holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, can be challenging. Attending parties and dinners with family may cause you emotional distress and severe amounts of anxiety. Because there are excessive amounts of alcohol and food, and everyone around them is obsessed with consuming these substances, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed. You…

a woman finds success in an IOP for eating disorders

Reasons to Seek an IOP for Eating Disorder Recovery

Before any treatment for an eating disorder can begin, it is essential to understand what the individual challenges, symptoms, and effects of the individual’s eating disorder are. There are various levels of treatment. Fortunately, a trained eating disorder counselor can guide clients to the right eating disorder treatment program for them. Crossroads offers residential and…

a woman struggles with the effects of binge eating disorder

How Does Binge Eating Disorder Affect the Body?

Binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the United States. Without the proper treatment, the chances of relapse are very high. The key lies in individualized treatment, which offers a custom plan for each woman seeking treatment, addressing the needs unique to her. At Crossroads, we offer women’s binge eating disorder treatment in…

a woman talks about her ocd and substance use disorder

Getting Help for OCD and Substance Use Disorder

OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, is an anxiety disorder that includes obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Although their thoughts and behaviors may seem unreasonable, they cannot resist the urges or stop behaviors. These rituals provide short-term relief, leaving a woman feeling anxious and out of control. Often, women may turn to drugs or alcohol to redirect…

a busy woman benefits from outpatient addiction treatment

Addiction Treatment for a Busy Woman’s Schedule

In a perfect world, those battling addiction would be able to drop everything and seek the treatment they need. But that’s not the reality for most, especially women. Thankfully, many addiction treatment centers offer intensive outpatient programs (IOP) so that busy women can get the treatment they need and still maintain a sense of normalcy…

a woman wonders is rehab covered by fmla

Is Rehab Covered by the FMLA?

Don’t let paying for rehab be the hurdle stopping you from getting the treatment you need. A residential women’s treatment center, like Crossroads, can help you navigate your coverage options and how to work with your employer to get your treatment covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). To learn more about this…