Clementine Palmetto Bay provides residential care for adolescent girls ages 13-17 struggling from various forms of eating disorders. The center is housed near Miami, Florida, offering bright and modern spaces, a yoga studio, education center, and therapy spaces for adolescents to utilize. Through their variety of expressive arts, evidence based therapies, and off-site activities, the center promotes replacing eating disorders with healthy skills.
Clementine Palmetto Bay hosts fun activities for its clients on site including jewelry making, pottery, dance classes, games, movement sessions, and movie nights. They also facilitate off-site trips such as restaurants and grocery store visits, museum trips, or bowling outings.
Eating disorders treated by Clementine include anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, exercise dependency, ARFID, ORED, and diabulimia. They also provide support for co-occurring disorders such as substance use, trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and mood and personality disorders. The program focuses on promoting skills to incorporate into everyday life. The center offers nutrition and cooking groups, academic and family support, life skills training, and evidence-based therapies including 1-on-1 therapy,
cognitive behavioral therapy, group, and
family therapy. In addition to medical and psychiatric care, they also offer academic and nutritional guidance. Additionally, family members can attend weekly family therapy (on-site or remotely) or a weekly multi-family group (on-site). The center is Joint Commission accredited and accepts both private and public insurance providers.
Evidence-Based Context: According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2023), approximately 48.7 million Americans aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder in the past year. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) emphasizes that treatment programs combining behavioral therapy with medication-assisted approaches show the highest rates of sustained recovery. Facilities like Clementine Palmetto Bay provide structured pathways to evidence-based care.
Sources: SAMHSA NSDUH 2023, NIDA Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment (4th Ed.)