Eating Disorder Treatment Programs

 

The Nova Luna Center for Eating Disorders is the first center of its kind in the Hawaiian Islands. Located on the beautiful island of Maui, the Center currently offers an Intensive Outpatient Program and a Day Treatment Program for adult and adolescent women. The Intensive Inpatient Residential facility is under construction and due to open in late 2006.

We take pride in providing high quality, multi-disciplinary, medically-supervised eating disorder treatments. Clinical Director, Michelle Villanti, LCSW, BCD, CSAC, a social worker with a long managerial history, will supervise all clinical staff, while Natalie Leon, Program Director, will direct daily operations for the center. Chief Financial Officer, Leili Welpton will oversee all financial affairs.

Ms. Villanti, LCSW, BCD, CSAC directed the highly reputed “Ai Pono” program at their current location in Maui. Concurrently, Ms. Villanti, developed the first Equine Assisted Psychotherapy program on Maui. With the innovations developed by Ms. Villanti, the program is called “NOVA LUNA” and is a HMSA provider.

The programs of the Institute will be formulated on the core principles that Ms. Villanti has developed and implemented successfully:

• Interdisciplinary approach under clinical supervision
• Involvement of peers and family
• Incremental lifestyle change

The Nova Luna Center is a provider for the following insurance companies: HMSA, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Kaiser, Aetna Multiplan, State Farm, and American Family. We are currently in the process of being JCHACO accredited.