Chrysalis Center

Eating Disorders

Treatment Focus

You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.

Outpatient

Primary Level of Care

Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.

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Insurance

Provider's Policy

Chrysalis Center also accepts American Specialty Health, CIGNA (out of network only), Medcost and United Behavioral Health. For clients paying privately, or paying the remaining balance after insurance, Chrysalis Center accepts cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard. Should you accrue a balance, we offer payment plans that may be paid over the course of 3 months.

Chrysalis Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an outpatient treatment center specializing in eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns. They offer outpatient and intensive outpatient program (IOP), for those needing more support than outpatient therapy, with programs focused on both eating disorders and trauma recovery. Clients receive individualized care in a safe, welcoming environment.

Experience Balanced Approach to Healing

Their treatment approach combines evidence-based therapies like DBT, ACT, and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with holistic practices such as mindful eating and nutrition education. Clients work closely with therapists and dietitians to address underlying emotional and psychological factors, building confidence and skills to heal and thrive in recovery.

Build Confidence with Community and Guidance

Chrysalis Center also offers specialized programs such as Exposure Meal Groups and Bariatric Support Groups, which are designed to help clients confront their food-related fears and build positive experiences with eating. These groups, combined with family therapy and aftercare planning, provide crucial support as clients continue their recovery journey, offering the guidance and community needed to create lasting change.

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
3240 Burnt Mill Dr. Ste #1 Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 View Map
Primary Focus
You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you n...

Treatment Focus

You can get treatment for eating disorders at this center, helping you navigate symptoms, build coping tools, and restore your physical health under expert care.

Accreditation
Joint Commission

Joint Commission Accredited

The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.

Founded in 2003
23 years in business
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief and Loss +2 More
Substance Use We Treat
Co-Occurring Disorders
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(910) 790-9500

How to pay

Insurance Accepted

Provider's Policy: Chrysalis Center also accepts American Specialty Health, CIGNA (out of network only), Medcost and United Behavioral Health. For clients paying privately, or paying the remaining balance after insurance, Chrysalis Center accepts cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard. Should you accrue a balance, we offer payment plans that may be paid over the course of 3 months.
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Care Options

Levels of Care

Eating disorders interfere with healthy eating habits, potentially causing weight changes, poor mental health, and physical harm. Treatment addresses underlying thoughts and beliefs, aiming to heal relationships with food. Weight restoration and other medical interventions stabilize physical health.
Residential
Not Offered at This Center
Residential eating disorder treatment provides intensive medical and therapeutic care in a safe, structured setting with 24/7 monitoring, meal-time support, therapy, and services for weight restoration as needed.
Intensive Outpatient Program
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient services, with therapy and skills-building activities designed to support recovery and provide flexibility. IOP is ideal for those needing support but not the 24/7 care of a residential facility.
Outpatient
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Virtual & In-Home Care
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Conditions like depression, substance use, and trauma can co-occur with eating disorders. Many programs provide co-occurring eating disorder treatment for comprehensive healing.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.

Who We Treat

Men
Women
Couples
Adolescents

Adolescents

Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.

Children

Children

Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.

Young Adults

Young Adults

Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.

Men and Women

Men and Women

Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.

Girls
Boys

Approaches

Evidence-Based

Evidence-Based

A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.

Family Involvement

Family Involvement

Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.

Individual Treatment

Individual Treatment

Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.

Personalized Treatment

Personalized Treatment

The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.

Therapies

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Expressive Arts

Expressive Arts

Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

Group Therapy
Interpersonal Therapy

Interpersonal Therapy

This brief and structured therapy addresses present relationships and improves overall communication at work, home, and other social settings.

Life Skills

Life Skills

Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.

Medication-Assisted Treatment

Medication-Assisted Treatment

Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.

Languages

English

Conditions We Treat

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Depression

Depression

Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.

Grief and Loss

Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.

Self-Harm

Self-Harm

The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.

Trauma

Trauma

Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."

Substances We Treat

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.

Aftercare

Relapse Prevention Planning
Outpatient Treatment
Experience

Care Designed for Your Needs

Personal Amenities

Air-Conditioned Rooms

Activities

Yoga

Yoga

Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.

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Further Research

The following therapies are included: group therapy, 1-on-1 counseling and more.
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.
Chrysalis Center also accepts American Specialty Health, CIGNA (out of network only), Medcost and United Behavioral Health. For clients paying privately, or paying the remaining balance after insurance, Chrysalis Center accepts cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard. Should you accrue a balance, we offer payment plans that may be paid over the course of 3 months.
Chrysalis Center provides outpatient, virtual and more.