This program is a must have for any family dealing with an eating disorder. The staff goes above and beyond to train families on how to win the battle, using love, compassion and research based strategies. Your 5 person team is readily available and there are numerous group classes offered. I tell every doctor, school counselor, and struggling family about this program.

This program has made the difference for both my daughter and my family. After several years of doing FBT at home this is the support we needed to finally start to feel like we can beat this disease and that recovery is a possiblity. Our team is excellent, responsive and really listens to provide needed advice every week.

It supported my son and me thru his journey of his ARFID recovery. We know its the beginning but it has helped us gain tools and learn strategies to help us figure out which way to help him get better.

My daughter has had multiple food issues since birth, and they began to really take over her life once she hit puberty. After over 15 years of having our concerns dismissed by doctors, psychologists, and other medical professionals ("she'll grow out of it"), we finally found a team willing to listen to our concerns and observations and take a closer look at her situation. After looking at growth charts, reviewing her eating habits from her shaky beginning throughout her life, and carefully asking the right questions, she was diagnosed with ARFID, and a holistic plan of treatment was proposed for not only our daughter but for the whole family. We feel so heard and hopeful that our daughter can overcome these challenges - and our family can better support her - with the help of our EQUIP team.

As a parent I found the interactions with the dietician, physician, and groups beneficial. They were informative and gave me additional tools needed to support my daughter. The sessions with the therapist were also good, although my daughter only participated in a few because we also have in-person local support (physician, psychologist whom she was already seeing for OCD & anxiety, and a nutritionist). We felt as thoughh my daughter was an outlier with the speed at which she recovered and that the program moved too slowly for her. We also felt that it wasn't tailored to her specific needs. She was receiving communications that were not related to her behaviors.

My experience at Equip Health was life-changing. Before admission, I had struggled with an eating disorder for nearly three years. Recovery seemed impossible, until my first session at Equip. I contacted many treatment centers, but the accessibility of virtual care made Equip an easy decision. I was amazed by the idea of being "equipped" with a multidisciplinary team. My therapist, dietician, peer mentor, and nurse practitioner welcomed and valued me not as a patient, but as a member of a team. My journey at Equip was a learning experience for many reasons. I described recovery as a "self-reflective process" to both my therapist and dietician. I learnt about my values, worldviews, personal, and cultural beliefs, and how these factors related to the etiology of my disordered eating. Above all, I was impressed with the knowledge and awareness that each member held. I would recommend anyone to Equip. The center houses passionate, intelligent, humorous, and down-to-Earth people. As someone who is studying to be a counselor, I hope to one day be employed as a therapist at Equip. Thank you, Equip. You positively changed my life.

Do this for yourself! You have no idea how happy you'll be on the other side. My care team helped me take a step back and understand the anxiety I had built up around food and how I had cultivated my poor eating patterns. They reminded me time and again to trust the process and they were right. I use the tools I learned from this program whenever I get stuck. Once you see Equip working, you can't unsee it.

I love equip!!!! It has an amazing therapist who is funny, kind and outgoing. Tiffany helps me with everything and I can always count on her. A dietician who is super kind hearted and guides us. A peer mentor who can connect with me and a good place to talk. An OCD specialist who is so amazing.

Equip was an incredibly helpful program. I was in a place where I was scared and confused. I didn't know what was happening to me. Equip helped me work through my eating disorder issues in a way that was flexible and unique to the individual. I felt validated and respected. Everyone was so friendly, and I genuinely felt like everyone cared about my success. I was able to build skills to navigate through an incredibly scary time in my life. If you need a virtual and flexible treatment option, I highly recommend Equip. If I find myself needing more intensive care in the future, Equip will be the first program I seek out.

I have really enjoyed our journey with EQUIP, the staff is great!

Equip was a lifeline for our family in working through our child's eating disorder. Having a support team that was helping us from every angle was critical to our success as it removed my partner and me from playing the role of provider and treatment coordination. Instead, we were able to focus on supporting our child.

Equip provides absolutely amazing care to their clients. It is amazing how smoothly everything runs and how flexible they are with scheduling treatments around the clients life. It was a pleasure meeting with Brooke Eriss in the South Florida division.

Equip made me feel so validated during my five months of treatment. The virtual aspect was incredibly accommodating to my non-conventional work hours, and the fact that my company insurance covered treatment was a huge plus. I really appreciated the TEAM aspect of how equip operates, and having the peer mentor there for me who has been through an ED themselves really made me feel like I belong here. I am 28, and having been through Equip's program has been the best thing I've done in being able to finally live my life, for the first time in 20 years.

Equip helped us in our recovery journey for arfid. Would definitely recommend to anyone thinking about it!

When we went to Equip, we were overwhelmed and lost trying to help our daughter overcome her eating disorder. We were seeing specialists through our regular healthcare provider but they were not helping us and our daughter was not getting better. That all changed when we went to Equip. Family-centered therapy and their team approach made all the difference. They were on our side against the disorder. They had all kinds of help for our daughter, a therapist, a nutritionist, groups, and a doctor, who were all on the same page, incredibly helpful, and well informed. We also found their family mentors invaluable for us, so we could give our daughter the care she needed at home. She is better now and I would hate to think where we would be if we didn't go to Equip. We are very grateful to everyone there for the care that we received.

After developing Binge Eating Disorder in middle age, I struggled to find a treatment program that fit my needs and lifestyle. Equip’s fully virtual format was a game-changer, allowing me to receive comprehensive, evidence-based care without having to step away from my job or daily responsibilities. The accessibility and flexibility of their program made getting help possible in a way that traditional in-patient treatment never could. I was initially apprehensive about joining Equip, as I wasn’t sure if a program often associated with younger patients would be the right fit for me, especially given my other health considerations. However, from day one, the entire Equip team met me exactly where I was, tailoring their approach to my specific needs and challenges. Their expertise, compassion, and commitment to individualized care made me feel truly seen and supported throughout my recovery journey. Looking back, my time with Equip was nothing short of transformative. Their team and approach gave me the tools, confidence, and understanding I needed to heal my relationship with food and myself. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding, and I cannot recommend Equip’s people and processes highly enough for anyone seeking real, lasting recovery.

Everyone I had contact with was great. They verified insurance and gave me a quote before I signed up and they explained the intake process. I was in the program for several months and loved the amount of support. Equip's philosophy and content was new to me but incredibly life-changing. Though I had to drop early when I lost insurance, I would definitely rejoin if given the chance and would recommend it to anyone. They were very understanding when I had to exit the program and made sure I was set up as much as possible for success afterwards.

My daughter was struggling with an eating disorder, and despite seeing doctors and therapists, her condition worsened. It wasn't until she returned home from college that I realized the severity of her illness. I researched eating disorder treatments and discovered Equip, and then researched which insurance companies would fully cover FBT with Equip. Magellan covered her fully and also gave her multiple extensions. Equip held our hand through the process of helping my daughter recover. Recovering from anorexia is nearly impossible without support; your child needs their whole family by their side, and Equip provides the necessary strength, guidance, and expertise to help you get there. I fully recommend Equip!

Strengths The Dietician and the Family Mentor were steadfast allies in our battle with the ED. They exercised consistent messaging and a light touch handling parental misalignment. The therapists were all helpful. The program was effective, insofar as we are much better off than before we started. My daughter is still struggling, but the situation is 10x better than it was 18 months ago. I am grateful that my daughter's medical provider prescribed EQUIP for us and that my insurance provider authorized payment for the service. Weaknesses We experienced high turnover in the team, regarding the peer mentor and therapist. My daughter had 3 peer mentors and 3 therapists, and 2 medical staff during her first 12 months at Equip. She connected well with the first peer mentor, but she barely met with the second and she never even met with the third. Scheduling was difficult because of the time difference between us and all the providers. My daughter was not able to find any group meetings that occurred outside school hours, so she never joined a support group. The dietician and therapy appointments usually took place in the car right after school ended or at 6 am because of the schedule. This added a layer of challenge onto an already-challenging process. The first medical team member was not knowledgable about lab results (blood nutrient levels) and misinterpreted test results over a protracted period of time. The improper interpretation caused an incredible amount of stress for parents and patient. Specifically, she told us that our daugther was too ill to travel when in fact her nutrient levels were all in the normal range. She had relied upon the Kaiser lab's textual designation (which were based on adult physiology); she did not have independent knowledge of the appropriate concentration values for pediatric physiology. I learned this when I reached out to my daughter's pediatrician for help interpreting the lab results. When the medical provider was reassigned off our team, she informed us it was because of a regional reorganization of job duties. She never apologized for the errors. The net result was a decrease in our confidence about the medical side of EQUIP. The weight values displayed in the web portal are improperly and inadequately plotted. The x-axis values are shown evenly spaced even when the measurements are not collected at equal time increments. The number of measurements shown is limited, making it difficult to track trends over time. I have other small quibbles, but these are the major impressions.

Equip helped us get into a routine where I learned techniques on how to get my daughter to eat.