First off any inpatient place knows that your healing includes family issues so family is a normal part of treatment even as inpatient. Even though I was 100 + miles from home....there was a time when family was required to take part in the treatment...most of the time they are a lot of the cause behind it (even in your case where your parents/mother expect perfection in healthy eating?????). There's a whole lot more to ED's than just body image.....so don't kid yourself it that's where your thinking is coming from.

I was in treatment for about 2 months back in my 40's (1995).....have been in medical treatment for anorexia more times than I would care to admit.....but in was in the medical hospital without any treatment involved other than going over to the psych ward for groups or having the hospital's psych visiting daily.

Honestly, if you aren't serious about making the change....don't waste your time or your money......for me the time in treatment was a waste because I didn't want to be there.....they had funds for people who didn't have the money to pay....& my pdoc pushed me to go inpatient for that......but I wasn't in any place mentally to care at that point so all the medical stays came after that.......& about 9 years ago after going through a trauma which was the cause of my last time with anorexia.

Keeping your family out of the loop isn't going to give you the treatment that you really need because it's about dealing with issues in your life.....that's underneath almost EVERY ED.