We are THRILLED to announce that the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) just awarded Castlewood Treatment Center a 3 year full accreditation for all service levels of care (Residential, Partial Hospitalization, Day Treatment, and IOP). This achievement is an indication of the our organization’s dedication and commitment to improving the quality of the lives [...]

Below is a beautifully written narrative from an alumni of Castlewood. Thank you Sarah for sharing about this topic!
 Hi, my name is Sarah. I’m Anorexic, Bulimic, and a Cutter.
You could call me these things. But they wouldn’t be accurate. Because I am not these things, these labels. And I am not in recovery from [...]

Castlewood’s expansion to an additional Residential treatment facility, Castlewood II was featured in the Saint Louis Business Journal this last month. You can check out a portion of the article by clicking the link below. The entire article can be viewed by those subscribing to the business journal. We are so excited about Castlewood II [...]

Castlewood would like to provide a space for clients recovering from eating disorders to share poems, art, writing, music, or any other creative endeavor that has helped in your recovery process. In the newsletter which will be sent to all Castlewood alumni, Theresa is asking former clients to submit to her things which have helped [...]

The ‘secret’ to life that we are all looking for is just this:
Charlotte Joko Beck  a Zen teacher and author wrote, “To develop through sitting and daily life practice the power of courage to return to that where we have spent a lifetime hiding from, to rest in the bodily experience of the present moment [...]

We are delighted to announce the addition of the preeminent, Dr.Richard C. Schwartz, creator of the Internal Family Systems Model of therapy, to our clinical staff as of June 1, 2010. Dr. Schwartz is an esteemed clinician, teacher, author  and pioneer whose approach to psychotherapy was recently acknowledged as one of the most significant contributions [...]

Castlewood Treatment Center is using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) at admission to measure our client’s initial attachment style, and then again post discharge to measure changes to that attachment style. It is our belief that by helping clients move towards an “earned secure” attachment they may begin to seek comfort from people rather than [...]

IFS Reflections
By
Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
When, from a centered place, you begin to set limits with your parts, you experience a different kind of will power.  I have several firefighters that come up regularly, like the geysur, “Old Faithful.”  I won’t mention them all but one gets agitated and wants me to binge on sweets or junk [...]

As Castlewood Treatment Center celebrates its 10th anniversary we are excited to announce the openings of a second facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Castlewood II is across state parklands, a mile as-the-crow-flies, from Castlewood I. The facility is simply magnificent, encompassing 44 beautiful acres, and will provide us the space to build upon our original [...]

This is a video testimonial of Cindy, a former client of Castlewood Treatment Center.  She is living a full life in recovery and wanted to share the story of her journey at Castlewood.

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