Company Profile
The Emily Program
Company Overview
At The Emily Program, we combine our evidence-based treatment with personalized integrative interventions. We’ve found that effective eating disorder treatment requires awareness of the genetic, biological, psychological, social, and cultural impacts on each client.
We respond to the whole person at The Emily Program, utilizing a multidisciplinary team of experts such as therapists, dietitians, and medical staff. Therapies could include:
•Dialectical Behavior Therapy
•Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
•Yoga, art, meditation, and mindfulness therapy
•Recreation, gardening, cooking, dining out experiences
•LGBTQ or other sexuality support
•Trauma recovery
•Pregnancy support
•Chemical dependency substance use services
•Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
•And more
We are deeply committed to the clients we serve and are passionate about developing and delivering recovery methods that truly change lives.
Our team members enjoy the opportunity for professional and personal growth while working with world-renowned eating disorder experts to deliver individualized care, advocate for social change, and develop innovative treatments.
Company History
In 1993, psychologist Dirk Miller, Ph.D., L.P., opened a private eating disorders treatment practice after a distinguished career in the field. Previously, he had started the first hospital-based eating disorders treatment program at South Bend (IN) General Hospital. He had also worked with the University of Minnesota’s intensive bulimia program and started an eating disorders group at The University of St. Thomas.
“I had great experiences,” he says, “but I didn’t feel as good about treating eating disorders in a hospital setting as I did in outpatient settings. The goals of a hospital didn’t coincide with the needs of the eating disorder clients I knew. Mental health issues are very different than physical health concerns and require different methods and settings.”
Dr. Miller named his new practice The Emily Program, after his sister, Emily, who recovered from an eating disorder. The Emily name has come to signify the core values behind our successes: personalized care for all individuals struggling with eating disorders.