Eating Disorder Center of Montana

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Eating Disorder Center of Montana

Living wholeheartedly. We treat the whole person, not just the symptom. We work closely with other medical providers to coordinate care.

Our experienced team of multi-disciplinary clinicians takes an evidence-based approach to eating disorder treatment, education, and advocacy. The Eating Disorder Center of Montana (EDCMT) is a licensed healthcare facility with structured and holistic programs for patients 16 years and older through its outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization/day treatment programs, located in

Bozeman, Montana. We strive to empower our patients with newfound resiliency and skills they can use the rest of their lives. We guide our patients to address their stressors, moving beyond disordered coping to free them to live wholeheartedly. Program services include a combination of individual, family, and group psychotherapy, nutrition counseling and rehabilitation, psycho-education, and supervised meal encounters. The treatment team consists of an attending physician (psychiatrist), advanced-degree licensed therapists, registered dietitians, registered nurses, milieu therapists, and administrators. At EDCMT, we place our patients into specific levels of care based on the unique needs of each person: partial hospitalization/day treatment, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs. We work with patients as well as the families of those who are struggling with eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, ARFID, binge eating disorder, and all eating problems that don’t fit a specific category. Our spacious and attractive lodging facility for adults is located within walking distance from EDCMT’s two locations in Downtown Bozeman, providing an accommodation for out-of-town patients (over 18) who need a place to stay during the course of their treatment. In addition to in-person treatment, we also provide tele-health services through our virtual HIPAA compliant platform for outpatient clients throughout Montana.

04/27/2026

Healing is a practice, and no one is perfect at it. At EDCMT, our goal is to give you the tools to continue the practice each day. 🤍

04/24/2026

Our main office is located right in the heart of downtown Bozeman. Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of Main Street, it is a little oasis for our staff and patients. If you are coming to our Main Office for an appointment, just head up the stairs, take a seat in the waiting room on the left, and your therapist or dietitian will be out to get you shortly!

04/22/2026

Kerry has years of experience working with and treating eating disorders, including her own experience recovering from an eating disorder nearly 30 years ago, and we are so excited to have her and her vast knowledge at EDCMT!

04/20/2026

The restrict/binge cycle is a common side effect of dieting and diet culture. You feel shame about your body, you decide to lose weight, to lose weight you restrict food and/or calories, which leads to extreme hunger and obsessive thoughts about food, and ultimately to binging or eating until overly full. And then the cycle starts over.

This kind of cycle is perpetuated by diet culture. We're told to just wait a little longer to eat, to skip breakfast, eat a little less, and that if we have the willpower to keep it up we can achieve a certain body size and gain increased societal value. Even though diet culture is aware that restriction (ie all diets, lifestyle changes) inevitably leads to binging.

Binge eating can be a scary and overwhelming feeling, and the idea of having control through restriction can be comforting. But the more we try to control our food, the more our body revolts. Binge eating doesn't mean something is wrong with you, it means your body is working hard to protect you from starvation. Understanding this link and understanding when our body needs to start eating (rather than just when we think we should start eating) and learning to feed our bodies enough food actually teaches our nervous system to relax and not go into survival mode.

Some ways to break this cycle include meeting with a treatment team to process the barriers around feeding your body faithfully, eating regularly throughout the day, even after a binge; consuming a wide range of foods, including carbohydrates, fats, and proteins; and giving yourself permission to eat foods you have restricted.

04/17/2026

There’s something deeply powerful about being seen- really seen- especially when you’re struggling. For so many facing eating disorders, in-person treatment isn’t just helpful, it’s life changing. The presence of a nurse, therapist, or dietitian sitting beside you, sharing a meal, offering a steady voice or a reassuring glance, can break through the isolation that this illness so often brings. When behaviors become secretive and shame takes hold, that face-to-face connection can be the anchor that keeps someone grounded in recovery. This kind of support matters, more than words can say. 💛

04/15/2026

Our new clinical director, Kerry, is so excited to be back under the big sky! Say hi 👋 in the comments and follow along to learn even more about her extensive experience and what she is most excited for with joining EDCMT.

04/13/2026

We all know that nutrition labels contain some information that can be good to have in certain situations. We might read labels to check for allergens, to understand what we are eating, or to make sure we are getting enough key nutrients.

But what about the other things that food gives us, beyond protein, carbs, fats, fiber, etc.? What about the enjoyment from a long dinner shared with friends or family? What about the memory of a dessert or meal that your grandmother made every time you came over, because she knew it was your favorite? What about the comfort of your favorite, easy dinner after a long day? What about the excitement from the food that you eat on vacation in a foreign country, not because you are necessarily hungry but because that local pastry looks too good to pass up?

These are all acceptable, normal, and healthy things to receive from your food beyond the traditional nutrients that we usually hear about. Part of having a balanced diet and a non-diet approach is allowing yourself to receive all the other things that food gives us.

What do you get from food? Or what is a favorite memory about food that this brings up?

04/10/2026

Body positivity is a term you’re likely familiar with. It’s mainstream and socially acceptable.

In the simplest of terms, body positivity centers on the individual experience of having a body and allows every person to have a positive view of their body regardless of societal ideals around size, shape, appearance etc.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with body positivity, the ‘movement’ faces criticism as failing to support those it was created by and for—fat, q***r, BIPOC women. Much of the mainstream images of body positivity focus on white, thin, able-bodied individuals that have never faced marginalization that affects their ability to access healthcare, purchase clothing, be protected from workplace discrimination and other basic rights and privileges.

We know the important role our individual body image can play in our mental and physical health. A lot of eating disorder patients have issues with their body image that they work on during treatment and in their recovery and this occurs in patients of all shapes and sizes.

But to place the emphasis on positivity, when a lot of people have had less than positive experiences with their bodies can feel… unachievable and unhelpful. Instead we try to encourage body neutrality. We all have bodies. One’s body doesn’t make them better or worse than someone else. Our bodies deserve compassion, nutrition, and gentle movement, whether we are feeling positively or negatively about them.

What do you think about the body positive movement?

04/08/2026

We are so excited to introduce Kerry Banta, LCPC, as our new Clinical Director!

Kerry Banta serves as Clinical Director of our Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and Outpatient programs in Bozeman. She brings more than a decade of specialized experience in eating disorder treatment across all levels of care, along with a deeply personal commitment to this work.

Kerry earned her B.S. in Psychology and M.A. in Applied Clinical Psychology from Penn State University, graduating magna cm laude. Her graduate research focused on emotion regulation in the development and maintenance of eating disorders—a foundation that continues to inform and shape her clinical approach.

Her professional journey began in the Child, Adolescent, and Adult PHP/IOP programs at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where she provided comprehensive, evidence-based treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team. Her approach is grounded in science and guided by compassion. Kerry integrates evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Motivational Interviewing, and Family-Based (Maudsley) Treatment.

Kerry is especially passionate about empowering families, strengthening self-worth, and helping patients move beyond symptom reduction toward lasting peace with food and body. She brings warmth, steadiness, and authenticity to her leadership and clinical work, holding a clear and unwavering belief that full recovery is possible.

Jeni Gochin will continue as owner of EDCMT, and continue seeing her existing patients. Kerry will be leading the clinical team, programs, and patient care.

04/06/2026

Montana Fun Fact: The population of Montana is small enough that the entire state has one area code: 406

This is definitely a point of pride in Montana; if you come to The Treasure State you’ll see 406 paraphernalia all over, and April 6th has been dubbed 406 Day, to celebrate the magic of Montana!

What do you love about Montana? 🏔️

04/02/2026

April is Autism Awareness Month, and we wanted to spread some awareness about the prevalence of autism and co-occuring eating disorders. It has been found that autism is over represented, relative to the general population, in those going through eating disorder treatment.

Many people who have autism struggle with eating difficulties. According to Autism Speaks, about 7 out of 10 children with autism have feeding or eating problems. These could be due to aversions to taste or texture, gastrointestinal issues that make eating unappealing, hypersensitivity to changes in food items, inability to feel fullness cues, eating for soothing, or eating non-food items.

Because women in particular are often not diagnosed for autism until later in life, there is also some research to indicate that more young women are diagnosed with autism when they enter eating disorder treatment.

The potential of co-occuring eating disorder and autism is something that medical providers should be aware of, and that treatment professionals should keep in mind during eating disorder treatment.
At EDCMT, our team works closely with each patient to make sure that their needs are met, and are constantly adjusting the pace of treatment to find what works for each patient- especially when neurodivergence is present.

Sources:
Parsons, M.A. Autism diagnosis in females by eating disorder professionals. J Eat Disord 11, 73 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00785-0

Numata N, Nakagawa A, Yoshioka K, et al. Associations between autism spectrum disorder and eating disorders with and without self-induced vomiting: an empirical study. J Eat Disord. 2021 doi: 10.1186/s40337-020-00359-4.

Bentz M, Westwood H, Jepsen JRM, Plessen KJ, Tchanturia K. The autism diagnostic observation schedule: patterns in individuals with anorexia nervosa. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2020;28(5):571–579. doi: 10.1002/erv.2757.

03/25/2026

Treatment at EDCMT begins with exploring all the ways your eating disorder affects you. Our designated intake team - which always includes a therapist and registered dietitian - will meet with you to better understand your symptoms and then make a recommendation on which treatment program will be most effective for you. After your initial meeting with our intake team, we can schedule a follow up conversation to discuss your goals, plans, and to answer any questions you may have about our treatment recommendations.

Our higher levels of care include many different modalities of treatment to explore how your eating disorder affects you, such as group therapy, psychoeducation, book group, music group, art therapy, meditation and mindfulness, nutrition education, dietitian supported meals, challenge meals at restaurants, grocery store visits, and more.

Address

14 S Willson Avenue
Bozeman, MT
59715

Telephone

+14064517370

Website

https://edcmontana.org/

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