Integrated, whole-person care
Work on your eating disorder alongside your substance use or mental health goals, with a team that communicates and coordinates so your care feels connected.
PHP and IOP in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
KILN Eating Disorder Program
Where fragile things become strong.
You don't have to choose which struggle to address first.
Eating disorders rarely exist in isolation. KILN supports your relationship with food alongside substance use, mental health concerns, or both. At the PHP or IOP level, you can work on all of it at once, with one team that sees the whole picture.
Why treat an eating disorder while you're in treatment?
They often develop together
Eating disorders, substance use, anxiety, depression, and trauma frequently overlap. When one goes untreated, it can quietly keep the others going.
They can serve similar purposes
Food behaviors and substance use can both become ways to cope, numb out, or feel in control. Treating only one can leave the underlying need unmet.
Untreated symptoms put recovery at risk
When one coping strategy is removed, another can take its place. Addressing both helps prevent swapping one struggle for another.
Your body is part of your recovery
Nourishment affects mood, energy, sleep, focus, and cravings, which supports everything else you're working on.
Meet our Director of Nutrition
Lexy Penney
LSW, MS, RD, LDN, CYT
Lexy is a registered dietitian and therapist specializing in eating disorders and substance use disorders, and in how the two shape one another.
Years as an eating disorder dietitian showed her that beneath meal plans and nutrition goals were trauma, anxiety, depression, and other concerns food-focused care alone couldn't reach. So she trained as a therapist. Today she supports clients' relationship with food and their relationship with themselves, from both perspectives.
We believe substance use and mental health treatment should include a dedicated, knowledgeable space for eating disorders. Our care is integrated, personal, and built for the long term.
What KILN includes
Ongoing 1:1 support with Lexy
If you qualify, you'll meet individually with Lexy, our Director of Nutrition and a therapist, to:
- Rebuild trust with food and with your body
- Develop a flexible, sustainable approach to nourishment
- Work through fears and questions without judgment
- Practice skills for grocery stores, restaurants, family meals, and busy schedules
Individual and group therapy
Evidence-based therapy helps you understand the roots of your struggles, build healthier ways to cope, and connect with others who understand.
Flexible levels of care
PHP offers more daily structure and support. IOP is a step-down option that fits around work, school, and family. We'll help you find the right starting point and adjust as you grow.
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How this supports long-term recovery
Lasting recovery is about building a life where you don't need your eating disorder anymore. Treating it now can help you:
- 1
Strengthen your recovery foundation
When food, mood, and coping skills are stable, other areas of recovery have more room to take hold.
- 2
Reduce relapse risk across the board
Addressing every struggle, not just the most visible one, closes the gaps where setbacks slip in.
- 3
Build healthier coping tools
Meet difficult emotions with skills and support instead of avoidance, restriction, or numbing.
- 4
Find more peace with food and your body
Not perfection, but freedom from the constant noise around eating, weight, and control.
- 5
Leave treatment with a plan
Practical tools, ongoing support, and a clear next step, so progress doesn't end when the program does.
KILN may be right for you if...
- You're in treatment for substance use or a mental health condition and also struggle with food, eating, or body image
- You've noticed patterns like restricting, bingeing, purging, rigid food rules, or constant preoccupation with food or your body
- You're not sure whether what you're experiencing counts
- You've tried to manage this on your own and want real support
No diagnosis needed to ask for help
If food and body image are getting in the way of your life or your recovery, that's reason enough to ask for help.
Safe, appropriate care matters
Our program serves people who are medically stable and cleared for PHP or IOP. If someone needs a higher level of medical care, we'll connect them with an inpatient or residential program and support their transition.
You deserve support for all of it
Healing isn't a competition between your struggles, and none of them make you too much. Our team meets you where you are, without judgment, and works with you to build a recovery that lasts.
Talk to admissionsInsurance we work with
We work with most major plans, including Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Horizon BCBSNJ, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. We'll verify your benefits for free, usually the same day.
- Horizon BCBSNJ
- Humana
- Magellan
- Beacon
- Compsych
- Health Net
- Independence Administrators
- Carefirst
The first step is the toughest. We will walk the rest with you.
We'll verify your benefits for free and schedule a confidential assessment.
In crisis? Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or dial 911.
Jersey Behavioral Health · 1930 Marlton Pike East, Suite O-75, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Serving Cherry Hill and South Jersey
Our Cherry Hill office is an easy drive from towns across Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties, and our virtual IOP is open to adults anywhere in New Jersey. Clients come to us from:
- Cherry Hill, NJ
- Haddonfield, NJ
- Voorhees, NJ
- Collingswood, NJ
- Camden, NJ
- Pennsauken, NJ
- Gloucester Township, NJ
- Marlton, NJ
- Mount Laurel, NJ
- Moorestown, NJ
- Medford, NJ
- Evesham, NJ
- Washington Township, NJ
- Deptford, NJ
- Sewell, NJ