When Does Your Client or Loved One Need More Than Outpatient Care? As an outpatient provider or a loved one of someone with an eating disorder, it can be difficult to know when this person needs [...]

A New Reflection in the Rearview Mirror How you see your body and how you think others see your body greatly affects how you feel about yourself.  And how you feel about your body cannot be [...]

Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Birmingham, Alabama Alsana: An Eating Recovery Community is accredited by The Joint Commission to treat adolescents with a primary eating disorder [...]

Mary Elizabeth Akinaka is the lead therapist at our Birmingham program. Since she started in 2014, she has been dedicated to walking alongside clients on their paths to recovery. We feel grateful [...]

Trapped in the Cycle: How it Feels to Live with Bulimia She sits on her couch surrounded by the wrappers and crumbs of her shame. She is chugging a glass of water in preparation of her big [...]

Spring into Recovery! 5 Tips and tools to help prioritize your meal plan As anyone who is working to maintain recovery from their eating disorder knows, consistently putting recovery first can be [...]

Alsana Staff Spotlight Series: Allison Burnett, LICSW, CEDS Allison Burnett is Alsana’s National Director of Alumni and Advocacy. She is an advocate for the LGBTQ community and can [...]

Our Newest Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Center is in Birmingham, Alabama I am so excited to have a residential eating disorder treatment center back in Birmingham! I have worked at [...]