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Eating Disorder Treatment for Centerville, MA

Every clinician at Harborside brings an extensive background in treating eating disorders and the conditions that tend to travel with them, which means the person you meet with already understands how anxiety, mood, trauma, and body image can be tangled together, not treated as separate problems in separate rooms. Harborside is based in Yarmouth Port, right on the Cape, and we work with patients across Centerville and the surrounding villages. Centerville’s year has two very different rhythms, a summer of visitors and seasonal work and a quieter year-round stretch when the same families, retirees, and small-business households settle back into ordinary routines, and eating disorder care needs to hold up through both.

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Eating Disorder Treatment for people in Centerville, MA

Care happens over video, from wherever you have privacy and a stable internet connection. You do not need special equipment, a laptop, tablet, or smartphone with a camera is enough. Appointments are scheduled at set times, the same way an in-person visit would be, so you know what to expect and can plan around it.

Initial appointments with a prescriber typically run longer than follow-ups, since there is more history to cover. Follow-up visits are usually shorter and happen on a schedule that reflects how you are doing, sometimes weekly at first, often spacing out over time. Therapy sessions with a licensed clinician run separately and on their own cadence, depending on what you and your therapist decide.

If medication is part of your care, prescriptions are sent electronically to a pharmacy near you, so you are not driving to Yarmouth Port to pick anything up. The clinical work happens by video, the practical pieces happen close to home.

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How telehealth care actually works

This service is for people dealing with disordered patterns around food and body image, including restriction, binge eating, purging, and the rigid rules and preoccupations that often come with them. Eating disorders rarely show up alone. Anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive patterns, trauma history, and difficulty regulating emotion frequently sit alongside them, and treatment that ignores that tends to miss the point. Care here is built to address the eating disorder and what surrounds it, not just the symptom that is easiest to name.

What we treat

The first appointment is a conversation, not a checklist. Expect questions about your history with food and eating, your physical health, your mood, sleep, and any past treatment. If you are meeting with a prescriber, the visit covers whether medication makes sense as part of your care and what the options and tradeoffs are. If you are starting with a therapist, the focus is on understanding what is happening now and building a plan for the work ahead. Either way, you leave with a clearer sense of next steps, not a diagnosis handed to you in the first ten minutes.

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 Harborside’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 comes with eating disorders. Full bios and credentials for each of them are on the team page.

Therapy and eating disorder work are delivered by the licensed therapy team: Hannah Legesse, LICSW, Tori Mahoney, LMHC, Jacquelyn Duford, LCMHC ATR, and Lexie Carchedi, LCSW. Jacquelyn is also a registered art therapist, which gives some clients another way into work that can be hard to put into words. Between the prescribers and the therapy team, care can address both the physical and emotional sides of an eating disorder.

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 schedule, or you just want to talk through whether this is the right fit before committing to anything, reaching out is the first move. You can ask about scheduling, fees, or how the prescriber and therapy pieces work together, and get a straight answer before you decide anything.

Getting started

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

This page is educational and does not constitute medical advice. It does not create a provider-patient relationship. For guidance specific to your situation, please schedule an appointment.

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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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