The Küsnacht Practice

The Küsnacht Practice’s approach is to help the client determine the emotions or life events that have led to the onset of compulsive overeating and to help the client resolve them. We help the client conquer feelings of worthlessness, depression, and hopelessness, while helping them relinquish their food addictions, and developing healthy coping mechanisms.
Unique but Effective Treatment Strategy for Compulsive Overeating
We work with clients to help them regain control over symptoms, resolve trauma, and allow them to develop the skills necessary to live comfortably with their eating disorder in check.

• Find out, using psychotherapeutic approaches, the underlying issues that led to the onset of anorexia nervosa and begin to resolve those issues
• Testing and laboratory work to determine the nutritional needs of each client and based on the results our medical director, clinical director, nutritionist, traditional Chinese medical doctor and chef develop a plan of action. Biochemical restoration of the brain and central nervous system stops craving and is a treatment priority for every client
• Massage, Reiki and Reflexology
• Meditation
• Yoga
• Art and/or music therapy
• Gym and outdoor training program
• Identifying and treating co-occurring psychiatric and personality disorders. Treatment includes hypnotherapy, cognitive therapies, EMDR, traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicines and on occasion psycho pharmaceuticals.
• Erasing triggers and stressors using EMDR
• An intensive psycho-educational program including a custom made book on relevant topics for each client and family member involved in the treatment program
• When appropriate, complete the 12-Steps
• Attend support group meetings
• Spiritual counselling
• Life counselling and performance enhancement
• An extensive family program that involves, when appropriate, family members living with the client during some or all of the treatment program
• An intensive after care program for the client and family members. It involves a mentor who returns home with the client to help them adjust to their new life, daily telephone calls, return visits or a Küsnacht Practice team member visiting the client monthly for the first year and then on a declining frequency until the end of year three.