Opal: Food and Body Wisdom

About Opal: Food and Body Wisdom

1100 NE 45th Street Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98105 , Seattle, Washington
Opal: Food and Body Wisdom is an outpatient clinic treating adults with eating disorders of all kinds and co-occurring obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Opal offers two levels of day treatment, including a partial hospitalization program (PHP) and an intensive outpatient program (IOP). Their program hours allow clients to get the care they need and get back to school or work when they are ready in their recovery to do so. Treatment Experience Opal: Food and Body Wisdom seeks to help free people from diet culture and to inspire cultural change around food, body, movement, and mental health.... They offer a non-diet and non-weight based treatment program. To this end, Opal aims to help each client find healing in their relationship with food and body. They aim to be weight-inclusive, incorporating nutrition counseling, movement, and exposure and response prevention all grounded in a relational therapy model that leads to transformational healing. Opal provides several group experiences that include creative expression, movement, body wisdom, nutrition education, life stories, and more. Opal also provides free Alumni Groups to help former Opal clients to continue their recovery process after treatment.

Insurances

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BlueCross BlueShield

Offers nationwide access to mental health providers, inpatient rehab, and outpatient addiction servi...
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Cigna

Provides access to therapy, inpatient rehab, outpatient care, and virtual mental health support acro...
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Kaiser Permanente

Provides integrated care including psychiatry, mental health, and addiction recovery services.
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Optum

Specializes in mental health and addiction recovery under UnitedHealth Group.

Who We Treat

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LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+ affirming programs may offer culturally res...
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Men and Women

All-gender programs accept clients of more than on...
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Men

Men’s programs may address substance use, mental h...
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Women

Women’s programs may address substance use, trauma...

Treatments

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

One-on-one counseling gives clients private time with a counselor or therapist to discuss substance use, mental health symptoms, goals, triggers, and recovery planning. It is commonly used throughout treatment to create a more personalized care plan.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps clients notice difficult thoughts and emotions without being controlled by them. It may support people working on substance use, anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life changes by helping them act in line with personal values.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

DBT teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and communication. It may support people with intense emotions, trauma symptoms, self-destructive patterns, or co-occurring mental health concerns.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy helps clients and loved ones address communication, boundaries, conflict, support systems, and the impact of substance use or mental health concerns on the household. It is an important treatment option when recovery involves family relationships.

Group Therapy

Group Therapy

Group therapy brings clients together in a structured setting to discuss recovery, coping skills, accountability, relationships, and shared challenges. It is commonly used in addiction and mental health treatment at many levels of care.

Nutrition Counseling

Nutrition Counseling

Nutrition counseling helps clients address eating patterns, physical recovery, energy, and health habits that may be affected by substance use, stress, or mental health symptoms. It is often supportive within broader medical or behavioral health care.

Yoga

Yoga

Yoga combines movement, breathing, and mindfulness practices that may support stress reduction, emotional regulation, sleep, and general wellness. It is best presented as a complementary recovery support rather than a standalone treatment.

Didactic Group Therapy

Didactic Group Therapy

Psychoeducational group therapy uses structured teaching and group discussion to help clients understand addiction, mental health symptoms, coping skills, relapse risks, and recovery planning. It is commonly used in residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient programs.

Level Of Cares

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Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

IOP provides structured treatment several days per...
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Outpatient Treatment

Outpatient treatment allows clients to receive the...
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Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment

Co-occurring disorder treatment supports people wh...
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Day Treatment / Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

PHP provides structured daytime treatment without ...

Conditions

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety involves excessive worry, fear, nervousness, or physical tension that can affect sleep, concentration, relationships, work, school, and daily responsibilities. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment depending on symptoms and needs.

Depression

Depression

Depression is a mood condition involving persistent sadness, loss of interest, low energy, hopelessness, or changes in sleep, appetite, and concentration. It may affect daily functioning, relationships, school, work, and safety. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, crisis support when needed, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders involve disturbances in eating behavior, body image, weight concerns, or food-related thoughts and behaviors. They can affect physical health, mood, concentration, relationships, and daily functioning. Related support may include therapy, nutrition support, medical monitoring, family therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient care depending on severity.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD involves recurring unwanted thoughts, urges, or images and repetitive behaviors or mental acts that can become distressing or time-consuming. It may affect school, work, relationships, sleep, and daily routines. Related support may include specialized therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.

Trauma

Trauma

Trauma refers to emotional or psychological distress after a harmful, frightening, or overwhelming experience. It may affect mood, sleep, trust, relationships, physical comfort, and a person’s sense of safety. Related support may include trauma-informed therapy, counseling, EMDR, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, residential treatment, or co-occurring substance use support when relevant.

Substances We Treat

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-occurring disorders involve both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder. Treatment may coordinate addiction care, mental health therapy, medication management, and recovery support so both concerns are addressed together.