Versatile Nutrition Program
Nutrition is essential to eating disorder recovery. Our team partners with each client to restore a healthy, balanced relationship with food through personalized guidance and support.
Versatile Nutrition at Aster Springs
Nutrition is a cornerstone of eating disorder recovery at Aster Springs. Our team collaborates with clients throughout the renourishment process, honoring their lived experiences while providing expert nutritional guidance. We balance readiness for change with gentle challenges to the eating disorder voice, fostering flexibility in food choices.
Through personalized meal plans, hands-on kitchen experiences, restaurant outings, nutrition therapy groups, and mealtime support, we help clients build confidence, restore trust in their bodies, and develop a lasting, positive relationship with food.
Rebuilding Trust in Food + Body
We’re born intuitive eaters — naturally attuned to our bodies’ needs. At Aster Springs, we help individuals reconnect with these internal cues and recognize how diet culture and external pressures can disrupt this balance. We partner with clients to explore a food relationship that encourages flexibility and nourishment — without shame or judgment. We believe every food has a role in a well-balanced life. We work to support our clients’ physical and emotional well-being as they rebuild their relationship with food and eating.
The Aster Springs Difference
Our distinctive approach combines compassionate, inclusive care with innovative treatment methods, promoting an environment where daily healing leads to lasting real-world recovery.
Why treatment is important
Melanie Vann, M.A., LPC, NCC, Executive Director of Aster Springs Virginia, shares what she calls “Aster magic” — the compassion, individualized care, and unwavering belief in full recovery that defines the Aster Springs experience.
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Real Progress, Backed by Data
Aster Springs tracks clinical outcomes across every level of care to measure the effectiveness of evidence-based eating disorder treatment. As a fully CARF® International-accredited program, Aster Springs is held to rigorous standards of care — and the data reflects it.
Levels of Care
Aster Springs offers comprehensive, evidence-based eating disorder treatment programs designed to meet clients where they are in their recovery journey. Available levels of care include:
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