Redlak Recovery Center

Redlak Recovery Center Review

Redlak Recovery Center is an outpatient treatment facility located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Redlak offers a series of services, including individual, family and couples therapy. However, its main focus is treating eating disorders. Treatment utilizes evidence based approaches and behavioral modification methods. This facility was founded by Dr. Angela Redlak-Olcese, who is a licensed psychologist specializing in eating disorders, with a background in treating complex cases.

Treatment and Staff

There are two distinct treatment options at Redlak. One is the eating disorder treatment program that caters to clients who are 12 and older. For clients who are not in treatment for eating disorders, the age of clients able to receive any service starts at 14.

In general, Redlak has treatment services that include an initial diagnostic assessment for both mental health and eating disorders, CBT based therapy, and dietary services. There are individual sessions with meal support, conjoint therapy with meal support, and family sessions that offer meal support. Each client has a customized treatment track, so there is no set amount of time that someone is expected or required to remain in treatment.

Some examples of specific approaches used within treatment are CBT, Family Systems, and exposure therapy. Folded into these programs is habit reversal training, cognitive restructuring and desensitization and behavioral experiments. The providers at this practice offer a variety of treatment options and are able to easily adapt their approach depending on their clients needs.

Other areas of specialization include family based eating disorder treatment using the Maudsley Approach, and CBT enhance care for adolescents and adults.

In addition to the therapeutic aspect of treatment at this facility, eating disorder clients receive support while addressing issues like body image, developing healthy relationships to food, self care and compassion, and resiliency.

In addition to the founder of Redlak Recovery Center on staff, the treatment team includes a licensed dietitian, LPC and LPC-A.

In Summary

Redlak Recovery Center aims to provide a warm and comfortable environment to address mental illness or eating disorders. It offer flexible treatment options and has a treatment team with lots of experience working with many different types of clients. Regardless of whether an individual is in the eating disorder specific or behavioral health focused tracks at Redlak, the guarantee is always top tier outpatient care and learning how to manage symptoms by acquiring a series of living and coping skills.