About us

Eating Disorder and Body Image Recovery

Spirit of Aloha to Care for the Whole Person, Body, Mind & Soul

All ages and All stages of Recovery 

WHAT WE TREAT
The Aloha Center is dedicated to treating eating disorders and body image issues and co-occurring disorders that accompany most of our clients including anxiety, trauma, adhd, and depression..
Eating Disorder Specialties: Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia, Compulsive Exercise, Athlete Triad, Body and Muscle Dysmorphia, Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders (SEED), Other Specified Eating and Feeding Disorder, (OSFED), and the feeding disorder Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
WHO WE TREAT
We help teens, their families, and adults of all genders with eating disorders and disordered eating of all shapes & sizes using the Spirit of Aloha.
OUR APPROACH
    We practice with the Spirit of Aloha, offering trauma-informed evidence based care.  We are an Eating Recovery Community to All. All are welcome no matter where or how long you are in the recovery process. We use a collaborative approach, that is centered around families (Ohana), chosen or blood and have a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team with licensed, certified eating disorder and body image specialist passionate about helping people heal. We follow Health At Every Size (HAES) Principles an approach that is rooted in sustained health and overall wellbeing, and is a weight neutral approach, based of if the latest medical evidence.   We say “Aloha” with our hearts, not our mouths and our entire staff lives lives by the Hawaiian, ancient philosophy on creating communities of healing that everyone that enter our center looking for connection are all Ohana (family) and none gets left behind.
SERVICES
    We have provide individual, family and group therapy. In addition, we have recovery coaches and peer support groups our weekly that improve long-term recovery, health, and wellbeing.
We incorporate many different treatments to include: Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Family Based Treatment (FBT) , Meal Support Therapy, Equine Therapy, Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Radically Open- DBT (RO-DBT), Somatic Movement, and Play Therapy.  We provide in-person services and telehealth (video-conferencing) sessions for out clinical programs in SC and NC.
HOW AND WHERE
We pride ourselves in our values of cultivating communities of healing by collaborating with referring treatment centers, therapists, dietician, physicians & psychiatrist. We are licensed for group and psychotherapy services across the state of South Carolina and North Carolina. We are one of the few providers in country offering online Family Based Treatment (FBT) and Aftercare Group Therapy Programs across the Carolinas virtually over HIPPA compliant video conferencing platform via zoom.
WE BELIEVE
YES, you can recover fully and our founder is living proof. YES, you can get help and stay in school, your high power career and live your life while staying at home, continue working or going to school and moving you from “Recovery, too really living your best life.”

What makes us Different

Together, Full Recovery is Possible

Research shows a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of specialists is the best treatment approach. Our passionate team is led by Kelly Toney, a recovered clinician, or rather she is a wounded healer who knows what it takes to recovery & working to ignite a light of hope. We are changing the game and providing access to the much-needed early intervention & intensive outpatient recovery support needed across the lifespan to grow & maintain recovery.

Balanced approach East meets West

We integrate Western psychology with holistic Eastern philosophies to provide a mind, body approach to bring clients beyond our couch and into the community of healing. We use evidenced based treatment and alternative therapies such as eco-therapy, and acupressure.

Bridging the Gap, Recovery to Really Living

Our current model to access treatment use a crisis paradigm, you have to be “sick enough” to get treatment, and when you need more support going away to treatment is all we often times know what to do. There is a practice research gap that ALOHA is working to bridge. We integrate the latest research in the treatment of eating disorders, train our staff in them, and include them throughout our program. Clients worried they or their loved one is headed down a dangerous path and suspect an eating disorder or relapse now can access expert clinical care and coaching services from their home so you can integrate recovery skills in your environment.

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percent of people who have occurring disorders like anxiety, depression, or trauma in addition to their eating disorder

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Percent of people who don't know they have an eating or body image disorder and not accessing care (if your on this page you should probably give us a call, we've been there)

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Percent of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat, and contemplating dieting, the #1 predictor of an eating disorder, and the #1 most fatal mental illness

“I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right not” – Virginia Satir

Frequently Asked Questions

If I am interested in recovery with the Aloha Center, what is my first step?

Book a free 15 min discovery call with a licensed eating disorder specialist, by clicking above on “Book an Appointment”. You can also schedule a consultation call right on our calendar by clicking here

Do you provide any other services?

We also provides consultations, treatment placement, and clinical supervision for those wanting eating disorder training.

Do you take insurance?

We do not currently take insurance. However, we will provide you with the paperwork to file with your insurance company if you have out-of-network benefits, for reimbursement. We have reserved a set number of reduced fee spots based on current household income.  Many insurance companies will cover 50-100% of the fee as an “out-of-network” provider. The best way to determine what portion of the fee may (or may not) be reimbursed by your insurance company is to contact them directly.