*this is based on ILC’s main program, not their newly opened ED house (Cato House)*

• When were you there? April – mid August 2022

• What level(s) of care did you do (e.g., inpatient, residential, PHP, IOP)? Residential and some PHP

• If applicable: Is it wheelchair accessible? No

• How many patients are there on average? Depends on how many clients are there at a time. Res takes 12 clients max (2 houses with 6 clients per house)

• Does it treat both males and females? If so, is treatment separate or combined? Treats both males and females in both levels of care. In res, programming is separate. The campuses are in different parts of Nashville. In PHP, males and females are in programming together, but live in separate houses

• If applicable: Do they support the gender identities of transgender and nonbinary people? I’m actually not sure to be honest, as I was never there with anyone who identified as transgender or non-binary

• How often do you see a medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist (therapist), nutritionist, etc?

Medical doctor: you have a physical within your first week in res, but beyond that, it’s just as needed
Psychiatrist: once a week
Therapist: 2x/week. When I was there, there were some interns from Lipscomb University’s masters in counseling program at ILC, so I got to have an extra session a week with an intern
Dietician: if you come in with an ED diagnosis, you have at least an assessment with the dietician (who, before ILC, worked in different ED treatment centers and she’s great). Otherwise, people don’t usually meet with a dietician

• What is the staff-to-patient ratio? Not sure – we were short staffed when I was there at times

• What sort of therapies are used (e.g., DBT, CBT, EMDR, etc.)? IFS, Polyvagel Theory, DBT, Brainspotting, EMDR, music therapy, art therapy, breath work, equine therapy

Describe the average day:
The day is really made up of groups all day with a break for lunch, follow up more groups in the afternoon. Groups were done by 4 or 5 pm. Sometimes there was an evening group after dinner as well, but that wasn’t everyday. 

• What were meals like? For breakfast, you make whatever you want. The fridge, freezer and pantry always has a lot of food in it. Lunch is catered, but if you don’t like the meal that day, you can also make whatever you want. For dinner, 2 people make dinner for the rest of the house. 

• What sorts of food were available or served? Tons of different options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

• Did they supplement? How did that system work? No, they don’t supplement. ILC is not ED specific. If the dietician wants you to supplement, you’ll be asked, but it’s not enforced by staff or anything.

• What is the policy of not complying with meals? N/A – nothing happens. 

• Are you able to eat vegetarian? Yes 

• What privileges are allowed? Walks whenever you want on the campus

• Does it work on a level system? No

• How do you earn privileges? N/A – there aren’t privileges to earn really

• What sort of groups do they have? – see above to question asking about types of therapies

• What was your favorite group? – movement group with a staff they bring in every week (A is awesome), music therapy, groups on polyvagal theory

• What did you like the most? – the people I met, the res campus and being surround by nature and the outdoors

• What did you like the least? – breath work, a group using martial arts sticks to help regulate the nervous system (forgot the name of the group)
• Would you recommend this program? – for trauma, yes. For ED’s, no. 
• What level of activity or exercise was allowed? – anything. Nothing is really restricted in terms of activity level or exercise
• What did people do on weekends? – groups part of the day, watch movies, nap, play games, walk
• Do you get to know your weight? – I personally did blind weights, so I wasn’t allowed 
• How fast is the weight gain process? – unsure
• What was the average length of stay? – depends. ILC is private pay, but they do take insurance (at least they took some of my insurance and I had to pay the rest out of pocket). The price they give you is for 4 weeks. Due to the price, a lot of people only stay for 4 weeks. 
• What was the average age range? – varies
• How do visits/phone calls work? – in res, you can’t have visitors but can in PHP. In res, you can your phone for an hour in morning and evening during the week and 2 hours in the morning on the weekend and 1 hour in the evening (I think). In php, you always have your phone. 
• What is the electronics policy (e.g., cell phones, iPods, Kindles, laptops, tablets)? – see above
• For inpatient/residential: Are you able to go out on passes? – N/W
• For PHP/IOP: What support do they provide outside of programming hours? – in php, there’s supposed to be a staff at the house overnight and one that checks in throughout the day. That wasn’t always the case. 
• What kind of aftercare do they provide? Do they help you set up an outpatient treatment team? – unsure as I had a outpatient team already
• Are there any resources for people who come from out of state/country? – unsure
• If applicable: How is the program responding to COVID? (Less patients, virtual programming, no visitors, masks, social distancing, etc) – when I was there, masks weren’t required in res but sometimes in PHP.
• Other? – I think ILC is a good program overall, especially for trauma. I wouldn’t go here with an active ED, as I did. They aren’t equipped or know how to treat ED’s in my experience. I did 10 weeks of res and 4 weeks of PHP before having to go to a ED treatment center 

Has anyone been to this treatment center recently that could give a current review? Thank you

If anyone is interested I can do a full review from 2020-2021.
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