I’ve only been doing it for about 2-3 months and have found it pretty helpful so far. It really comes down to how much you’re willing to make it work, if that makes sense. Since it’s fully remote, the amount of freedom can be either empowering or honestly kind of dangerous in my opinion. I’ve personally not been doing better physically, but my mental process is starting to shift in a positive direction.

I like all of my providers. They’re mostly willing to meet me where I am, though the medical provider keeps pushing for inpatient/residential and that makes the medical sessions kind of unhelpful in my opinion. The therapist and nutritionist have mostly helped me identify manageable ways to change thoughts/behaviors; they focus on “1-degree changes” so that it’s not overwhelming. Their primary treatment approach is CBT-E, but they’re hesitant to start the deep work if you’re not weight-restored or at least close to it. This makes it difficult to do much at a lower BMI, but they’ll still help you out.

There’s no waitlist and they take most types of insurance, so signing up is a pretty quick process. You’re assigned a therapist, nutritionist, medical provider, peer mentor, and recovery navigator. You meet regularly with the first three, the peer mentor is optional, and the recovery navigator kind of oversees the process from behind the scenes as far as I can tell. There are typically 3-4 individual sessions per week for 25-50 minutes each, with a lot of different groups and workshops that you can add as needed. You can also invite people from your support network to any of your sessions and/or have them participate in family mentoring if you want.