Eating disorders are brain disorders
People with eating disorders share powerful temperament traits and neurobiology that can be redirected toward positive behaviors.
Eating disorder treatment that works — delivered at home
Now taking patients ages 6-24 in 40+ states!
Our treatment philosophy
Food is healing
Food is medicine. Food is social. Food is comfort. Food is fuel. Heal your relationship with food by normalizing eating behaviors and gaining freedom around all foods.
Health at every size
Freedom from an eating disorder means not constantly thinking about food and your body. We help you achieve body neutrality and skills to fight the eating disorder and diet culture. Eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes—and healthy bodies do too.
Full recovery is possible
We’ve designed Equip to be your last eating disorder treatment. Your family will learn skills to prevent relapse and manage the inevitable ups and downs of life.
Data-driven treatment
To ensure we’re delivering results for patients and families, your progress is continually and transparently measured to individualize your care and achieve the best outcomes.
Care should be accessible
We’ve brought together recovered patients and families, leading researchers, and forward-thinking payors to provide more families lasting recovery at home.
Why it works
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Care at home on your schedule
Live video sessions and secure messaging between sessions with your care team—whenever you need it
Dedicated 5-person care team
Your provider team includes a therapist, dietitian, physician, peer mentor, and family mentor who work collaboratively to help you meet your goals
Gold standard care made accessible
A care program built by experts in the field alongside people in recovery from eating disorders
We take insurance
Because recovery should be accessible. Currently in-network with Optum, Cigna, Horizon, Aetna, Magellan & PacificSource, with more coming soon!
We believe recovery is not only possible, it's worth it.
Press
"It’s not enough for people to have access to any treatment, they need access to quality treatment that will keep them well in treatment and long after treatment ends."
"Equip is Saffran’s brainchild, created in collaboration with cofounder Erin Parks, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and researcher. The fully virtual program, which launched earlier this month, is designed to make FBT accessible for anyone who has an eating disorder."
"But after years of watching the status quo fail patients, Saffran reached out to her friend with the idea of trying something new."
"Dr. Parks says that eating disorders often function as a method for coping with stress and are similar to other kinds of maladaptive behaviors—behaviors that impact daily life and function—such as substance use and self-harm."
"Equip’s approach is to assign each family a dedicated virtual care team that includes a therapist, dietitian, MD psychiatrist, peer mentor, and a mentor who works with the entire family."
"Eating disorders can be notoriously difficult to treat, taking up to seven years to overcome...Equip believes its Family-Based Treatment program can overcome eating disorders in one year."
"Parks tells Scary Mommy you should 'learn about the fat-phobia and diet-culture in our society, and teach your kids to be informed consumers of our culture.'"
"When Saffran cofounded Project HEAL in 2008 at the age of 15, she viewed insurance companies as villains for denying treatment. Now they’re her customers."
"Equip offers virtual family-based treatment, which utilizes what Parks described as the 'radical idea that families are best equipped to help their loved one recover from an eating disorder.'"
