“Equip provided the complete support our family needed to help move our daughter into recovery. Working with a family therapist, along with family and peer mentors made a major difference in our daughter’s progress. We’re grateful we were able to work with a team providing excellent care to patients and families battling an eating disorder.”

"The ongoing support and care from the Equip team helped so much in my recovery process. I always felt like I had someone to talk to. Their guidance really pushed me forward in becoming more comfortable around food."

“Equip offered the complete package of care needed for my daughter who struggled with anorexia for five years.  The entire staff is extremely experienced in dealing with eating disorder patients and their families and the program was easy to navigate. Having every appointment in the comfort of your home and online was a refreshing and much appreciated approach to therapy.”

"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.'"