Specialist Eating Disorder Team
We have a number of experienced psychotherapists, psychologists and CBT therapists who are experienced in working with young people, their families and adults with eating disorders.
We also have a small outreach team who can offer home visits, advice and support on eating plans and re-feeding.
We can help and advise parents and partners on how best to help their family member recover. Family work has a strong evidence base for restrictive eating disorders in children and young people.
CBT has been evidenced to be successful in treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder and food phobias.
We offer individual psychological therapies. This may involve approaches such as Motivational Work, CBT or Psychotherapy.
We liaise closely with GP’s and advise on physical monitoring. We don’t work with people in the community with a BMI of less than 16 – and would advise referral to local NHS services at this point.
There is no single answer as to why eating difficulties develope but often eating difficulties are only partly about wanting to lose weight. For everyone the difficulties and challenges they face will be different. For many it develops at a time of change, and can be associated with feelings of anger, anxiety, guilt or sadness, which can lead them to feel out of control.
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Through individual and family therapeutic work, it is hoped they will develop a better understanding of what has contributed to the problems they are experiencing and how to manage the difficulties so they have less of an impact on life. Whilst support from family and friends can really help, help from professionals is also usually needed.