Our Purpose and Mission

We provide high quality, evidence-based treatment for individuals struggling with eating and weight disorders in the Philadelphia area. Additionally, we provide training and consultation opportunities for clinicians to increase the availability of competent and effective treatment providers for treating eating and weight disorders.

Eating problems impact individuals on an emotional, physical, and cognitive level. Our team believes in treating the whole person, including the related difficulties that often result from having a difficult relationship with food and eating. We provide compassionate care and will help you to reach your long-term goals for full recovery while also building a healthier relationship with yourself.

Our outpatient program is designed to provide effective treatment for working towards goals for health, wellness, and recovery. We are dedicated to offering treatment provided by highly trained providers who treat eating and weight disorders. Evidence-based treatments are shown by research to be the best way of approaching the treatment of eating and weight disorders. For example, research tells us that behavior change is critical to recovering from an eating disorder as well as to meeting long-term weight goals. We believe in using the most updated scientific knowledge to inform our treatment choices.

Treatments Offered

The WELL Clinic offers a variety of outpatient clinical services, including:

• Individual Treatment
• Clinical Consultation
• Group Treatment:
  
  The Recovery Group for Problematic Eating provides a space for adults, age 18-70 years old, of all genders, to connect with peers with similar experiences while learning and practicing evidence-based skills to address problematic eating behaviors such as restrictive eating, binge eating, and purging. The group meets virtually in the evening for an hour 1 time a week for 16 weeks. The fee for the group is $60 per session. The group is facilitated by expert clinicians and includes 6-10 group members. Group members must be in Pennsylvania.
  
  

We offer specialized treatment for the following populations:

• Adults and Adolescents struggling with Eating Disorders:
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
• Other unspecified eating disorders

Important Update

An important update on the WELL Clinic: On November 14, 2025, at 5:00pm, the WELL Clinic will close and will no longer provide services or care to clients. All previously scheduled appointments with WELL Clinic providers will be maintained until the closing date. If you need any assistance or have questions, please feel free to reach out to us at (215) 553-7500 or email at WELLClinic@drexel.edu.

If you were a prior client at the WELL Clinic, and should you need a copy of your medical record, you may request your records by reaching out to Drexel to request your records. Prior to requesting your medical record, please visit Drexel University’s Notice of Privacy Practices for Protected Health Information (https://drexel.edu/compliance-policy-privacy/privacy/privacy-policies/notice-of-privacy-practices).

Please note that clients do not have the right to access a provider’s psychotherapy notes. Psychotherapy notes are notes that a mental health professional takes during a conversation with a client. They are kept separate from the client’s medical and billing records. HIPAA also does not allow the provider to make most disclosures about psychotherapy notes about you without your authorization.

For the steps to release your medical records, please visit the Drexel website: https://www.drexelmedicine.org/patient-services/request-medical-records/.

The completed authorization form can be emailed to HIMrequests@drexel.edu, faxed to 215.255.7305 or mailed to:

Drexel Medicine Health Information Management Department
New College Building
245 North 15th Street, 6th Floor Suite 6122
Philadelphia, PA 19102

**If you need a paper copy of the form, call the HIM staff at 215.255.7321 and one will be mailed to you.

It has been an honor and privilege for us to serve you at the WELL Clinic.

Sincerely,

Marirose Benedict, MEd, MPS, LPC
Director, WELL Clinic

Brian P. Daly, PhD
Interim Director, WELL Center