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Eating Disorder Treatment for Medfield, MA

Every clinician at Harborside Psychiatrics has an extensive background treating eating disorders and the conditions that tend to travel with them, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and trauma. That depth matters, because disordered eating rarely shows up alone, and care that only looks at food misses the rest of the picture. Clients get informed, uniquely suited care for a complex set of challenges, not a single narrow protocol.

Medfield is a small, tight-knit town where families often know each other through the schools, youth sports, and church groups, and where a lot of parents are quietly worried about a teenager or a young adult in college who has started eating differently, exercising compulsively, or withdrawing from family meals. That kind of concern is hard to talk about in a town this size, where privacy matters and everyone seems to know everyone. Harborside works with Medfield families by video, so the conversation with a therapist or a prescriber happens at home, on a private connection, without anyone in town needing to know.

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Eating Disorder Treatment for people in Medfield, MA

Harborside Psychiatrics is based in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, and delivers care to patients across the state by video, including families in Medfield. You do not travel to an office. Sessions happen on a secure video platform from a laptop, tablet, or phone with a stable internet connection, and the practice will send a simple link ahead of each appointment.

An initial evaluation typically runs longer than a follow-up, giving the clinician time to understand your history, current symptoms, and any prior treatment. Follow-up appointments with a psychiatric nurse practitioner are shorter and are scheduled on a cadence that fits your situation, sometimes weekly at first, often spacing out over time. Therapy sessions with a licensed clinician generally run a standard clinical hour and are scheduled on a recurring basis, weekly or biweekly depending on what you and your therapist decide together.

If medication is part of your care, prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice near Medfield, the same way a prescription from any Massachusetts provider would be. Massachusetts allows telehealth prescribing for a full range of psychiatric medications, including controlled substances when clinically appropriate, so nothing about the video format limits what a Harborside prescriber can offer.

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How telehealth care actually works

Harborside works with adolescents and adults dealing with restrictive eating, binge eating, purging behaviors, compulsive exercise, and the preoccupation with food, weight, or body image that can consume a person’s daily life. Eating disorders often exist alongside anxiety, depressive episodes, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, trauma responses, and difficulty regulating emotion, and Harborside’s clinicians are trained to address that overlap rather than treat eating symptoms in isolation. Care is structured around your history and current presentation, not a fixed program that treats everyone the same way.

What we treat

The first appointment is a conversation, not a test. A clinician will ask about your eating patterns, your relationship with food and your body, your medical and mental health history, and what has or has not helped before. If you are seeking care for a teenager, a parent is typically part of this first conversation. From there, the clinician will talk through what ongoing care could look like, whether that means regular therapy, medication management, or both, and how often you would be seen. There is no obligation to commit beyond that first appointment while you decide what fits.

What the first appointment involves

Medication management and functional psychiatry at Harborside are performed by psychiatric nurse practitioners: Rachel Egan, RN PMHNP-BC, who is also the practice’s clinical director, Emily Pardue, RN PMHNP-BC, and Kirstin Ritchie, RN PMHNP-BC. Each is qualified to evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe for mental health conditions, including the medical and psychiatric complexity that often accompanies an eating disorder. Full bios and credentials for each clinician are available on the team page.

Therapy and the ongoing clinical work of eating disorder treatment are delivered by Harborside’s licensed therapy team: Hannah Legesse, LICSW, Tori Mahoney, LMHC, Jacquelyn Duford, LCMHC ATR, and Lexie Carchedi, LCSW. Jacquelyn Duford is also a registered art therapist, which can be a useful entry point for clients who find it difficult to talk directly about body image or food. Together, the prescribing and therapy teams coordinate so that medical, nutritional, and emotional aspects of care are addressed as a connected whole rather than in separate silos.

Who our clinicians are

Harborside is a private-pay practice and does not bill insurance directly for appointments. Current fees for an initial appointment and for follow-up visits are listed on the pricing page, and any questions about cost can be answered before you book anything.

What it costs

If you are ready to move forward, or you just want to ask questions first, you can reach out to schedule an initial appointment. Someone from Harborside will help match you with the right clinician, whether that is a prescriber, a therapist, or both, based on what you describe. There is no pressure to decide everything on the first call.

Getting started

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For mental health crisis support, call or text 988. Harborside Psychiatrics does not provide emergency or after-hours care.

This page is for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and does not create a provider-patient relationship. For guidance specific to your situation, speak with a licensed clinician.

[CITATION: National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) or NIMH page on eating disorders, for general population information on prevalence and symptoms]

Reviewed by Lexie Carchedi, LCSW. Last reviewed: {LAST_REVIEWED}.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Harborside treat eating disorders that haven't been formally diagnosed?

Yes. Many clients start therapy for a difficult relationship with food or body image before, or without, a formal diagnosis.

Yes, when a client is already working with one. Coordination is discussed during intake and ongoing treatment.

No. Eating disorder therapy at Harborside is talk therapy. Medical monitoring, lab work, and meal planning are handled by outside providers and coordinated with as needed.

Clients who want medication management can be connected with one of Harborside’s psychiatric nurse practitioners.

No. Outpatient therapy isn’t appropriate for every situation. If a higher level of care is needed, your therapist will discuss that directly rather than continuing with weekly sessions alone.

Currently, eating disorder treatment at Harborside is available to clients located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

If you need help right now

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For mental health crisis support, call or text 988. Harborside Psychiatrics does not provide emergency or after-hours care.

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