Eating Disorder Treatment
Choosing an eating disorder clinic is a decision most families make while exhausted, frightened and short of good information. What follows is an honest account of what we treat, how we work and where our limits are, so that you can judge whether this is the right place before you make kontakt. InHarmoni treats eating disorders in a private residential setting near Marbella, with a small number of clients, medical oversight and an English speaking clinical team.
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Why an eating disorder rarely arrives alone
Eating disorders are seldom only about food, and they seldom appear on their own.
What sits alongside them, in the clients we see, is usually some combination of the following:
- Anxiety, and a need for control in one area when everything else feels uncontrollable
- Depresioni, whether it came first or followed
- Trauma, and a relationship with the body shaped by it
- Alcohol or medication used to manage the feelings around eating
- Burnout and exhaustion, particularly among high achieving clients
Treating the eating behaviour without addressing what surrounds it produces short lived change, which is why our programme treats both.
How treatment works here
The programme follows a clinical order, and physical health comes before psychological work rather than alongside it.
Aftercare. A plan for continued treatment at home, because eating disorder recovery is measured in months and years rather than weeks. Every 28 day programme includes four months of individual aftercare with a case manager.
Assessment
A clinical conversation before arrival covering eating patterns, physical health, weight history, medication, shëndetin mendor and previous treatment. This is also where we establish honestly whether our setting is the right level of care.
Medical stabilisation and monitoring
Physical health is monitored throughout, in cooperation with local medical services where more is needed.
Therapy
Individual and group work, with a focus on the relationship with food, the body and control, and on whatever sits underneath it. Family sessions where the relationships allow, because recovery rarely holds in isolation from home.
Nutritional work
Structured, supported eating with clinical guidance, in a setting where meals are neither a battleground nor a performance.
A setting that does not feel clinical
The clinic is in El Paraíso, minutes from the beach and a short drive from Marbella. It is small, private and deliberately unlike a hospital, and for many of our clients that matters as much as the programme itself.
Eating disorders thrive on shame, and a warm setting where nobody is a case number does more for that than any amount of clinical equipment.
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We accept all eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and the many presentations that do not fit neatly into any of those categories.
Clinically led
Every programme at InHarmoni is overseen by qualified medical and psychotherapeutic staff. That distinction matters in this region, where a good deal of what is marketed as treatment is not clinically staffed at all. You are welcome to ask us directly what qualifications sit behind your programme, and we will answer plainly.
Frequently asked questions
Do you treat anorexia?
Yes, provided body mass index is 17 or above at admission. Below that, hospital level care is needed first, and we can help arrange it locally and take over treatment afterwards.
How long is treatment?
The residential programme runs for 28 days as standard, and eating disorders often warrant longer. We will be honest about that at assessment rather than after you arrive.
Can family be involved?
Yes, and we encourage it. Family sessions are part of the programme, and relatives can speak to us separately if they need support of their own.
What if there is also alcohol or medication use?
Then both are treated together, in the same programme and by the same team. This combination is common and treating it in one place is a large part of why it works.
Can we come from the UK or the Nordics?
Yes, and most of our clients do. Malaga airport is under an hour from the clinic and we handle the assessment before travel.
Is treatment confidential?
Entirely. Nothing is shared with anyone, including employers and insurers, without written consent.
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Talk to someone who will give you a straight answer
If you are looking for an eating disorder clinic for yourself or for someone you love, the most useful next step is a conversation. It costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and you will get an honest assessment of whether we are the right place, including if the answer is no.
14 ditë
Enough to stabilise the situation, restore sleep and get a clear clinical picture. A start rather than a full course of treatment.
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The standard programme. Long enough to get through withdrawal and into therapeutic work, with four months of individual aftercare afterwards.
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The right clinical choice where there is more than one diagnosis, or where earlier attempts have not held.
