International Eating
Disorder Specialists

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You are not alone.

Welcome to A New Beginning, we are glad you are here. Helping people fully recover since 1994, we take pride in our role as industry leaders and ambassadors of hope.

The first to boldly state that FULL RECOVERY is possible.
We hold the unwavering belief that you can overcome even the most debilitating of emotional struggles, including all eating disorders.

We’re here to walk this path with you.

Leading Experts in Eating Disorders

A New Beginning has been a leading expert in eating disorder recovery since 1994, championing the belief that full recovery is possible.

Highly Regarded Complex Trauma Specialists

Our team is highly regarded for our deep understanding and effective treatment of the multifaceted challenges arising from complex trauma.

Seasoned Team Specializing in Major Life Transitions

With decades of experience, our team offers deep expertise in navigating the significant emotional and practical aspects of major life transitions.

Let our team help you experience a life where full and lasting change is possible.

Specializing in the Treatment of:

Anorexia & Bulimia
ARFID
Binge Eating Disorder
Overeating & Emotional Eating
Emotionally Healthy Weight Management
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Anxiety
Complex Trauma
Depression
Low Self Esteem
EMDR
DBT
Couple & Marital Relationship
Family Relationships

Why choose A New Beginning?

Because you deserve expert, quality care.

We know you have an abundance of choices when it comes to “convenient” therapy platforms and innumerous therapists who list eating disorders amongst their “specialty” areas. However, eating disorders ~ and all that underly chronic issues with food, body, weight and your relationship with Self ~ are complex.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Did we say, “Yes!”

Somewhere along the way, the very unfortunate myth that once you had an eating disorder, you were destined to fight that eating disorder for the rest of your life, was born. At A New Beginning, we know that this myth is just that, a myth.

Over the past 25 plus years, we have had the absolute joy of seeing innumerous clients FULLY recover. Within our center, the walls are lined with beautiful, uplifting and inspirational “recovery stories,” projects and pictures that prove time and time again that absolute, lasting recovery is possible!

A treatment team is a group of professionals working together with the same client who are all helping you achieve the same goal. Members of a treatment team may all work at the same center and know each other very well, like the expert team at A New Beginning; other times, clients may create a treatment team of professionals who do not necessarily know each other but who maintain ongoing communication as to your progress.

Ideally, a treatment team for a person with an eating disorder includes, but is not limited to, the following qualified professionals:

  1. Therapist: focuses on the mental health (e.g., diagnostic, psychological, emotional) issues associated with an eating disorder; this person likely will conduct individual therapy with the person affected by the eating disorder and may recommend additional therapy services (e.g., couple, family, group) when appropriate.
  2. Dietitian: creates an individualized nutrition plan that will help a person restore their physical health after experiencing an eating disorder; monitors physical complications that may arise while rebuilding a “normal” eating routine.
  3. Psychiatrist: diagnoses the eating disorder and may recommend specific medication to help ease symptoms of bulimia, binge eating, or other mental health issues (e.g. anxiety, depression, PTSD).
  4. Physician: monitors the physical health of a person recovering from an eating disorder, conducts appropriate blood work tests to ensure a safe recovery.

Our Full Recovery Experts

We welcome you to experience the difference of an expert team:

Dr. Julie T. Anné Zeig

Master Therapist, Global Presenter, Mayo Faculty

Dr. Ashley Southard

Recognized Educator & Content Creator on The Overfunctioning Woman in Love

Jennifer Denkers, LPC

Advanced Eating Disorder Clinician and Seasoned DBT & Borderline Personality Disorder Expert

Sarah Halvorson, LMFT

Advanced Eating Disorder Clinician with Expertise in Adolescents & Adults

Susan Jungman, LPC

Advanced Internal Family Systems (IFS) Clinician

Caitlin Winsor, MEd, RDN

Masterful Dietitian Combining the Science of Metabolism & the Heart of FULL Recovery

Trusted Media Expert

Our Founder and Clinical Director, Dr. Julie T. Anné Zeig, inspires and educates viewers to become “Healthy from the Inside-Out” during her regular segment on AZ Family’s Good Morning Arizona.

Wall of Recovery

Please feel free to drop by for a tour of our treatment center, we would love to share with you the many personal touches found throughout our facility such as our hope-instilling “Wall of Recovery,” our “Inspired by the Journey” artistic client displays, and our all-time favorite, “A New Beginning Babies” depicting beloved pictures of healthy babies born out of achieved recovery!

International educator on complex trauma & full recovery

Dr. Julie T. Anné Zeig is a sought-after international presenter & consultant, educating psychologists, therapists, coaches and physicians regarding how
to comprehensively assess and effectively treat the very complex issues underlying trauma-driven disordered eating.

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Highly regarded educator & content creator

Our Site Director and Clinical Therapist, Dr. Ashley Southard, is a prolific content creator on social media, taking her clinical expertise on The Overfunctioning Woman in Love and sharing it with over 70k followers in a way that is helping women around the world cultivate their own Self-Restoration.

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Testimonials

 

“In my thirty years of medical practice, I’ve never met a more effective and insightful therapist as Dr Julie Anné.”

Connie Mariano, MD, Former White House Physician, The White House Doctor
“..I must have interviewed at least 100 therapists and the best one, by far, was Dr. Julie Anné.”
Sudi Khosropur, Emmy-Award winning Producer of A&E’s “Intervention” and E! Network’s “What’s Eating You”
“Dedicated, empathic, and soulful are just three of the many qualities that come to mind when I think of describing Dr. Julie Anné’.”
Tricia Mckenna, Ph.D. , Psychologist and Co-Founder of Life Change Psychotherapy Institute
“I find tremendous value in their commitment to bringing clients to a full recovery.”
Marcus R. Earle, Ph.D., LMFT, CSAT , Psychological Counseling Services, Ltd.

“Each patient is treated with respect in a warm, supportive environment.”

Julie Kwatra, MD, Arizona Women’s Care

“..beautiful work is done to reveal the beautiful spirit in each person who walks through the door.”

Michelle May, M.D., C.S.P., Winner of 7 Publishing Awards and TIME.com Top Ten Notable New Diet Book 2010

“A New Beginning is a model for the best in mental health care.“

Eric Greenman, M.D., American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

“Their program is truly beautiful — both the building and the people!”

Jenni Schaefer, Author of Goodbye Ed, Hello Me and Life Without Ed

Recognized Leaders in the Field of Eating Disorders as featured in