Personalized Outpatient

For Parents and loved ones

   

Description of Outpatient Groups

1. Sexuality & Intimate relationships
Kamala Sundarajan, Social Worker & Micheline Bessette, Psychotherapist


Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 8 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: Fall 2008
Schedule: To determine

Main Themes:
- Sexuality education, eating disorders in relation to sexuality, seduction, love relationship, etc.

2. Compulsive overeating: 
Isabelle Guimond, Psychologist 

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 14 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: Fall 2008

Schedule: To determine

Main Themes :
- Psychoeducation, relationship between food restriction, dieting and compulsive overeating, body image, nutritional education, stress management, obsession and the culture of thinness, sexuality, etc.

3. Anorexia & Bulimia
Julie Landreville, Psychologist

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 14 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: Fall 2008
Schedule: To determine

Main Themes :
- Psychoeducation, nutrition, cognitive behavioral tools, experiential exercises, interpersonal and family relationship, etc.

4. Family & Loved ones
Tania K. Lemoine, Director

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 5 weeks
Cost: 400 $ / family
Start date: Fall
2008
Schedule: To determine
1st part (1 hour):
Main Themes:
- Introduction to eating disorders, family communication, practice tools for day to day management, support plan, etc.
2nd part (1 hour)
Discussion, sharing and support
5. Eating disorder
Julie Landreville, Psychologist

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 8 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: June 12th 2008
Schedule: Thursday from
2:00 to 4:00 PM

Main Themes :

- Eating disorder's development, cognitive behavioral approach, cognitive distortions, positive self-talk, etc.

6. Body image
Isabelle Guimond, Psychologist

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 8 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: June 9th 2008
Schedule: Monday from
2:00 to 4:00 PM

Main Themes :
- Culture of thinness and beauty, social pressures towards women and other theme affecting our relationship with our body image.

7. Family 
Lori Alrod,
MA., LMHC  

Time frame: One 2 hour session weekly for 8 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: June 11th 2008
Schedule: Wednesday
from 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Main Themes :
- Use of genogram to better understand intrafamilial communication, intergenerational links and relations, etc.

8. Lunch’s group
Sébastien Fortier, Nutritionist; Lucie Brossard, Nutritionist

Time frame : One 1 :30 hour session every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday       

Cost : 30$ 
Start date : September 2003
Schedule : Lunch from 12:15 to 1:45 PM; 

               Supper :from 5:15 to 6:30 PM

1st part (1/2 hour) : Meal.

2nd part : Discussion, sharing and support

9. Restaurant’s group
Sébastien Fortier
, Nutritionist

Time frame : One 3 :00 hour session                                    Cost : 50$ (meal’s price is not included)                                 Start date: September 2003
Schedule : Tuesday from 5 :00 to 8 :00 PM

1st part (2 hours) : Meal at the restaurant.

2nd part (1 hour) : Discussion, sharing and support

10. Creative therapy
Sébastien Fortier
, Nutritionist

Time frame: One 2:00 hour session weekly for 8 weeks
Cost: 50 $ / session
Start date: June 13th 2008
Schedule: Friday from
2:00 to 4:00 PM

Main Themes:
- Use of creativity in therapy, initiation to various mediums, art and creative projects, etc.