Galen Hope

11/14/2025

Adolescent eating disorders: When is residential treatment needed?

Signs:
🩺 Medical
• Rapid weight change / stalled growth
• Abnormal vitals/labs, dehydration
• Severe restriction, binge/purge
• Compulsive exercise despite advice

🛟 Safety
• Self-harm or suicidal thoughts
• Severe anxiety/depression impacting daily life
• Misuse of laxatives/diuretics
• School refusal tied to the ED

👥 Supervision
• Meals require constant support
• Secretive night eating/exercise
• Unable to follow a meal plan at home

🏠 Environment
• Limited support or high-conflict meals
• Triggers at home/school (incl. bullying)
• Little progress at lower care (PHP/IOP)
• Need for 24/7 structure

Why trust us? Co-founded by psychiatrist Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt and clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Boyers, Galen Hope delivers physician-led adolescent eating-disorder care (PHP, IOP), with our Residential program opening soon, supported by a multidisciplinary team and strong family involvement.

Complimentary consultation and insurance verification (if applicable):
866-304-2955 | info@galenHOPE.com | galenHOPE.com

Locations in South Florida; serving families nationwide.

11/12/2025

“Is ‘clean eating’ controlling you?” 🚩🚩🚩

Healthy choices are great, until they start running your life and your family’s, too. If these red flags feel familiar, support helps. Galen Hope offers compassionate, individualized treatment for teens and adults.

To schedule a complimentary consultation:
📱 866.304.1123 | 📩 info@galenhope.com

11/11/2025

Join us for the OCD and... Eating Disorders & Substance Use Disorders Conference.

Our Co-Founder & CEO, Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, will deliver the keynote Saturday, December 6: Beyond Control: The Soul of OCD+ — From Fear to Connection

🗓️ December 5–7, 2025 • 📍Vero Beach, FL

International OCD Foundation

11/10/2025

Adolescent Residential Program for Mental Health & Eating Disorders: Opening Soon

Accepting referrals and inquiries. Complimentary consultations available for families and providers.

We treat: Primary Mental Health (OCD, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, psychosis, autism/ADHD/learning disorders) or Primary Eating Disorders (anorexia, ARFID, binge eating, OSFED, rumination, UFED).

At Galen Hope, we offer:
🔹 Warm, supportive environment designed for teens (13+) who need more than a one-size-fits-all model.
🔹 Multidisciplinary team (psychiatry, medicine, nursing, therapy, Care Partners, nutrition).
🔹 Comprehensive, individualized care for both primary eating disorders and primary mental health conditions.
🔹 Robust family program (weekly therapy, coaching, Family Days, education).

🌱 Healing is possible. Hope is here.

Contact us to set up a free consultation:
📱 866.304.1123. | 📩 info@galenHOPE.com
🌐 galenhope.com/residential-treatment

11/07/2025

That’s a wrap on NATSAP’s Northeast Regional Conference in Burlington, VT.

📸 Dr. Amy Boyers presented “Understanding Eating and Feeding Difficulties in Autistic People” with Cam Sherman.
📸 Moments from our provider dinner; Grateful for the conversations and collaboration.

At Galen Hope, we embrace and affirm neurodiversity and welcome clients who are autistic or have , , , or other diagnoses. We do not label neurodiversity as disordered; we view it as part of the larger clinical picture. We strive to make the necessary accommodations so neurodivergent clients with eating disorders and mental health diagnoses can access treatment in ways that best suit their needs and unique ways of seeing the world.

➡️ Reach out to learn more: galenHOPE.com

11/06/2025

Please join us in welcoming Kara Pate as our new Strategic Partnership and Outreach Advisor. 🎉

Kara partners with providers and families to make treatment placement smoother, sharing approachable and resources along the way. She’s a warm, responsive point of contact for referrals, collaboration, and community outreach.

Her coverage area includes New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, Michigan, and Ohio. We’re excited to have Kara on our team!!

Feel free to reach out and connect with Kara: 🤝
KPate@galenhope.com | 786.429.5303

10/31/2025

Our team showed up for Halloween in full spirit 🎃🧡

And behind all the costumes is a group of humans who show up just as fully for our clients and families every single day. Connection and belonging can be fun, light, and a little goofy, too.

Happy Halloween from all of us at Galen Hope! 👻✨

10/30/2025

10/28/2025

One week away! If you'll be at NATSAP's 2025 Northeast Regional Conference in Burlington, VT on Tue, Nov 4, join us for:

“Understand Eating and Feeding Difficulties in Autistic People”
with Dr. Amy Boyers, Co-Founder/President, Galen Hope, and Cam Sherman, CMHC-A, Director of Student Development, NeuroDev.

➡️ Want to connect while we're there?
Contact Candace Dale Mckenzie, LMFT, National Director of Clinical Outreach: cdalemckenzie@galenhope.com | 786.771.7002

10/23/2025

Did you know ADHD and Binge Eating Disorder (BED) often show up together? It’s not about “willpower.” The brain and nervous system play a big role.

➡️ What can link ADHD and BED:
• Impulsivity & dopamine-seeking: quick relief through binges
• Emotional dysregulation: eating to self-soothe big feelings
• Interoception challenges: hard to notice hunger/fullness cues
• Executive function & time-blindness: long gaps between meals, rebound hunger
• Hyperfocus + irregular routines: skipped meals, evening binges
• Medication timing effects: daytime appetite suppression with later rebound (talk to your prescriber)

➡️ What helps:
• Predictable meals/snacks (reduce long gaps)
• Pair med schedule with a simple meal plan
• Keep easy, sensory-friendly foods on hand
• Body regulation breaks (breath, brief movement)
• Skills for feelings (labeling, distress tolerance, self-compassion)
• Screen for ADHD when BED is present, and vice versa

At Galen Hope, we embrace and affirm neurodiversity and welcome clients who are autistic or have ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or other diagnoses that fall under the neurodivergent umbrella.

If this resonates, treatment is available.
galenHOPE.com | 866.304.1123

10/21/2025

Men’s Mental Health: Warning Signs of Depression
About 6 million men in the U.S. experience depression each year.

🚨 Signs can include: fatigue, irritability, loss of interest in work or hobbies, risky behavior, changes in sleep or appetite, and feeling numb or hopeless.

If this resonates, help works and sooner is better.

➡️ Schedule a free consultation with our eating-disorder and mental health experts: galenHOPE.com | 866.304.1123

10/20/2025

If your teen needs more support, we’re here to talk. Our Adolescent Residential Program is opening soon, and we’re speaking with families and providers now to answer questions and discuss next steps.

Developed by nationally recognized experts Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt and Dr. Amy Boyers, this innovative program is designed for teens (13+) who need more than a one-size-fits-all model.

At Galen Hope, we offer:

🔹 A caring, multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, internist, registered nurse, therapists, Care Partners, and registered dietitians.
🔹 Comprehensive, individualized care for both primary eating disorders and primary mental health conditions
🔹 Strong family program with weekly therapy, coaching, Family Days, and ongoing education.
🔹 Warm, supportive environment designed to meet teens where they are.

🌱 Healing is possible. Hope is here.

Contact us to set up a free consultation:
📱 866.304.1123
📩 info@galenHOPE.com
🌐 galenhope.com/residential-treatment