Headquarters

The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia

475 Spring Lane

Philadelphia, PA 19128   1-800-736-3739

www.renfrewcenter.com

Other Renfrew Centers/Branches

The Renfrew Center of South Florida

7700 Renfrew Lane

Coconut Creek, FL 33073

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of Radnor

320 King of Prussia Rd.

Radnor, PA 19087

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of Northern New Jersey

174 Union St.

Ridgewood, NJ 07450

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of New York

11 East 36th Street

2nd Floor

New York, NY 10016

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of Connecticut

436 Danbury Rd.

Wilton, CT 06897

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of North Carolina

6633 Fairview Rd.

Charlotte, NC 28210

1-800-736-3739

The Renfrew Center of Tennessee

1624 Westgate Circle

Suite 100

Brentwood, TN 37027

1-800-736-3739 

Summary

The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia opened in June 1985 as the country's first women's residential eating disorder treatment facility. It specializes solely in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. It is a women's mental health center with locations in Philadelphia and Radnor, PA, Coconut Creek, FL, New York City, NY, Wilton, CT, Ridgewood, NJ, Charlotte, NC and Nashville, TN, as well as a nationwide professional resource network.  

The Renfrew Center has over 20 years of experience and has treated more than 50,000 people.

In addition to specializing in eating disorders and women's issues, their staff possesses expertise in a wide range of associated problems, including trauma, anxiety, and depression.

The Program

Residential Program

The most comprehensive, structured, and intensive element of The Renfrew Center's treatment options. It is offered at the centers in Philadelphia and Coconut Creek, FL (near Boca Raton). The average stay is about three weeks.

Residential treatment at Renfrew takes place seven days a week and provides an intensive and comprehensive program of individual, group, and family therapy. Each woman is helped to understand her physical and psychological needs in order to facilitate her active participation in the recovery process. Psychotherapy groups focus on topics such as assertiveness, family patterns, sexuality, symptom management and relaxation to help participants develop insights and enhance their adaptive coping skills.

Renfrew has also developed a program to address the special needs of adolescents.

Day Transitional Living Program

The Renfrew Center's Day Transitional Living Program offers room and meals for those adolescents and women participating in Day Treatment who cannot commute from home to a Renfrew location on a daily basis.

Extended Care Program

Extended Care is a step-down for individuals 18 and over who have previously completed an intensive treatment program and who have access to their own transportation.

Experiential Therapy

The Experiential Therapies used at Renfrew are called Creative Arts Therapies. They offer Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy and Psychodrama.

The process of making art; moving in harmony with one's self and in meaningful interactions with others; and dramatization, role play and dramatic self-presentation in the safety of a therapeutic community, make it possible to experience and express feelings that need to be explored in order for recovery to progress. 

Day Treatment Program

This program offers an intensive therapy option and is held either five or seven days a week, depending upon the location. Day Treatment is designed for adolescents and women leaving inpatient or residential care who require additional structure in order to continue their recovery, and for clients whose clinical condition does not require acute residential or inpatient care but who can benefit from an intensive partial program.

Therapy groups are psychoeducational, psychodynamic or experiential and focus on such topics as self-esteem, substance abuse, grief and loss, sexuality, surviving trauma, family patterns, body image, interpersonal  relationships, assertiveness, nutrition and eating patterns.       

Outpatient Services

These are for adolescents and women who are in emotional distress or experiencing a life transition.

The following full range of services includes:

A thorough assessment of needs, strengths, and treatment options. Individual and family therapy, psychiatric consultation, nutritional assessment and counseling . Art and Movement therapies are also offered in some locations. Group therapy, both short and long term, covers a wide variety of issues including anorexia, bulimia, emotional eating, binge eating, substance abuse, depression, sexuality, sexual abuse, relationships, family, careers and life changes. Groups that focus on the special needs of adolescents are also held at many Centers.

Cost

The Renfrew Center is JCAHO accredited. Treatment programs and services are covered by most insurance policies. Personnel would not disclose fees, saying that cost is based on the person's ability to pay.