24 Hour Residential Eating Disorder Treatment

Our RESIDENTIAL House is licensed by the Missouri Department of Mental Health. This level of care is available to female patients ages 12 through 65 years of age in need of 24-hour structure, monitoring and support. All patients are supervised with medical monitoring 24 hours a day, seven days a week both at the Programming Suite and the Residential house. Patients stay in a large, beautiful historic home with modern amenities in the highly desirable neighborhood of St. Louis known as Kirkwood. What's unique about our level and quality of residential care is this: we are often able to serve as an alternative to hospitalization for some patients who are medically compromised as a result of dangerously low body weight, need tube feeding or struggle with frequent purging. Extra support is available for those who are beginning the refeeding process or exercise compulsively. Here is 24 our hour patient schedule:

Key: 24-Hour - Partial Hospital Programs - Young Adult/Adolescent - Adult - Everyone

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6:45am	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals	Wake, Weights/ vitals
7:30- 8:00	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite	Travel to Treatment Suite
8:00- 8:30	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post	Breakfast + Post
9:00- 10:00	Individual Therapy	Individual Therapy	Individual Therapy	Individual Therapy OR Tutors	Individual Therapy	Free Time OR Store Outing	Free Time OR Store Outing
9:30-10:00	Weights/ vitals	Weights/ vitals	Weights/ vitals	Weights/ vitals	Weights/ vitals	Walk	Walk
10:00-10:30	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
10:30-11:15	Therapist group	Mindfulness, Tutors, OR Trauma	Psychodrama OR Tutors	Contract group OR Tutors	Therapist group	Group Therapy	Goals Group
11:15-12:30	Expressive with Caroline OR Experiential ED	Boundaries/ Sexuality OR Tutors	Psychodrama OR Tutors	Schema Therapy OR Art Therapy	Meal planning	Group Therapy	Group Therapy
12:30-1:45	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post	Lunch + Post
1:45-3:00	Dr McCallum OR Body Image	Community	Art Therapy OR Positive Identity Development	CBT OR Expressive	Mind-Body Connection	Massages OR Group therapy	Non-active NIA OR Body Image
3:00-3:30	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
3:30-4:30	DBT	Spirituality OR Fitness	Agenda OR Authentic Movement	Authentic Movement OR Agenda	Yoga	Fun Outing OR free time & visitors	Fitness OR free time, board games
4:30-5:30	NIA OR Nutrition	Yoga OR CBT	Expressive OR Homework	Discharge Planning OR Trauma	DBT	Fun Outing OR free time & visitors	Fitness OR free time & visitors
5:30-6:00	Walk	Walk	Walk	Walk	Walk	Free time	Free time
6:15-7:00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
7:00-7:15	Post	Post	Post	Post	Post	Post	Post
7:15-7:30	Wrap up	Wrap up	Wrap up	Wrap up	Wrap up	Wrap up	Wrap up
7:30- 8:00	Travel	Travel	Travel	Travel	Travel	Travel	Travel
8:00- 9:00	Free time and visiting	Free time and visiting	Free time and visiting	Free time and visiting	Free time and visiting	Saturday out of towners outing	Free time and visiting
9:00- 9:30	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
9:30- 11:00	Quiet time	Quiet time	Quiet time	Quiet time	Quiet time	Quiet time	Quiet time

Key: 24-Hour - Partial Hospital Programs - Young Adult/Adolescent - Adult - Everyone

As patients become more confident and comfortable with eating, they are able to progress through our phase system and practice increasing levels of independence with our two partial hospital programs, two intensive outpatient programs, transition house, and/or outpatient services.

Adolescent Treatment for Eating Disorders: Our Adolescent Track

A specialized track with separate groups for adolescents and young adults address developmental needs, and certified teachers help keep students caught up with school work, proctor tests, and tutor during set treatment hours.

Treatment Goals

McCallum Place strives to help individuals build the confidence and skills necessary to let go of their patterns of restrictive eating, purging, and compulsive exercise. Our protocols are designed to help patients restore weight minimize relapse with restricting, binge eating, vomiting, and/or compulsive exercise. Our goal is to empower each patient to develop the capacity to act from a state of mindfulness. When in wise mind a person is able to change how food and body image is used to express underlying emotional needs and concerns. Our individual psychotherapy sessions allow for in-depth exploration and group work helps integrate newly acquired skills. We also encourage our patients to practice weight maintenance and flexible eating prior to discharge. When possible, a gradual, flexible step-down program is recommended to ease the transition back to independent living. We give individuals suffering from eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, the power to manage the fears associated with new meal expectations and changes in body size.

More About Our Various Group Therapies

Group therapy is a form of eating disorder treatment that provides an opportunity for a deeper understanding of self and others. Restrictive eating and binging and purging can be a way to communicate internal distress. Patients suffering from anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders, can all work together to overcome their fears and anxiety and to learn the healing, therapeutic value of group work.

Group Fitness Therapy

Our fitness groups allow patients to experience the physical and psychological benefits of exercise. We offer many options to patients once medically stable and at a healthy weight including: Fitness training, daily walks, yoga, NIA, and strength training with a personal trainer. Additionally, fun and unique fitness outings off campus take place weekly where patients participate in various forms of physical activity.

Group Dance & Movement Therapy

Dance therapy helps patients reconnect with their feelings and communicate on another level. Movement encourages individuals to step outside of their mind and reclaim their bodies, giving them courage to find beauty and freedom in their own rhythms.

Group Art Therapy

Art therapy allows patients to express themselves creatively, providing another window into each individual and a different way to promote understanding and communication.

Meal Therapy

Meal therapy, nutrition, and post-meal groups are led by staff, therapists and dietitians. Staff and patients plan, eat, and review meals as a group. Patients begin to face and overcome their fear of eating with supportive feedback and encouragement before, during, and after each meal. Self-portioning, restaurant outings, and cooking classes are offered to help patients build confidence in eating away from treatment.

Pet Assisted Therapy

Our team of Golden Retrievers lead our pet assisted therapy, helping patients to connect, play, and relax after a week of intensive individual and group work.

Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy in the City… Our patients have the best of many types of treatment settings at McCallum Place

Our clients enjoy privacy, security, and the healing attributes rural settings can offer...PLUS the medical care and expertise of an inpatient or hospital unit...

AND without compromising daily opportunities to experience the benefits of a real-life, centrally located, and practical environment...

Equine-assisted psychotherapy group in addition to our weekly Canine Pet Therapy to specifically focus on helping our patients that are medically stable work on elements of recovery such as confrontation, assertiveness, and boundaries.