About Focus Healthcare of Tennessee
Center for Eating Disorders
at Focus Healthcare of Tennessee
Focus Overview
History & Overview
On January 1, 2005, Focus Healthcare of Tennessee opened as a 48-bed treatment center for Chemical Dependency offering detox, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive out-patient programs.
January 1, 2007, Focus added a Whole Person Care approach to treatment integrating meditation, wellness classes, exercise, adjunctive art therapy, mind body awareness, yoga, tai chi, and recreational outings.
On February 26, 2008, Focus Center for Eating Disorders celebrated its grand-opening. Focus became the first comprehensive residential program for eating disorders in the state of Tennessee.
In January of 2009 Focus added a Families in Focus program which is a monthly three-day program for families of Focus patients.
July 29, 2010, Moonpointe: A Focus Center For Eating Disorders opened as an intensive out-patient program in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Focus Treatment Principles
Treatment is Comprehensive. This principle reflects the belief that effective treatment will touch all aspects of a patient’s life. A patient receiving comprehensive treatment will be impacted emotionally, physically, intellectually, interpersonally, and spiritually.
Treatment is Intense. This principle reflects the belief that treatment may be a once in a lifetime opportunity, a crossroads or critical turning point that may determine the quality of the remainder of a patient’s life. For this reason, every effort is made to design programs and interventions that capitalize fully on the time that each day in treatment presents, and pushes each person to achieve the maximum possible benefit from their stay in treatment. Focus has counselors working seven days providing Primary Therapy Groups every day of a patients stay.
Treatment is Individualized. While certain aspects of treatment and recovery apply to all, each person presents with their own unique set of circumstances, history and problems to overcome. Every effort is made to know the patient, fully and deeply, and to create a plan of care that directly meets that person’s most immediate needs for personal recovery. Our clinical team has diverse backgrounds, strengths, and areas of interest allowing us to match each patient to the right counselor to best meet their need.
Treatment is Multi-Modal. Important insights and contributions to the treatment of addictive and psychiatric disorders have come from many quarters; medicine, psychiatry, psychology and the behavioral health fields, nutrition, social work, and others. Multi-modal treatment acknowledges and encourages contributions from all these disciplines and from diverse perspectives.
Treatment is Outcome Focused. This principle reflects the belief that treatment must be driven toward specific, behavioral objectives and that an outcome for treatment must be expressed in advance and measurable after treatment is completed. Outcome research is a key methodology for advancement of clinical knowledge.
Focus Healthcare Center for Eating Disorders has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission
