Types of therapy
Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions involving unhealthy relationships with food, eating, body image, and weight. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). These disorders can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or body size, and often have serious physical and emotional consequences.
What does an eating disorder feel like?
Living with an eating disorder often means being preoccupied with food, calories, and body shape. You might feel intense fear of gaining weight, guilt after eating, or see your body in a distorted way. Behaviours can include restricting food, binge eating, purging, excessive exercise, or developing rituals around eating. Emotional symptoms often include shame, anxiety, depression, and withdrawal from friends or activities.
How to overcome eating disorders with therapy
Therapy is central to recovery. Cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-ED) is widely recommended and tailored to each diagnosis. It helps you address unhelpful thoughts, develop healthier eating patterns, and build coping skills.
Family therapy is often helpful, especially for young people, and other approaches like enhanced CBT (CBT-E), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT-ED), and focal-dynamic psychotherapy may also be used. In some cases, medication or medical monitoring is part of the treatment plan.
Through eating disorder counselling, you can:
Understand and challenge distorted beliefs about food and body image
Learn practical strategies for regular, balanced eating
Build self-esteem and emotional resilience
Involve family or trusted supporters in your recovery
Step-by-step guide to managing eating disorders
Recognise symptoms: Notice patterns like food restriction, bingeing, purging, or obsessive thoughts about weight and shape.
Seek professional help: Contact your GP or a specialist therapist for assessment and support.
Engage in therapy: Participate in evidence-based treatments such as CBT-ED, family therapy, or DBT-ED, tailored to your needs.
Address physical health: Work with healthcare providers to monitor nutrition and address any medical complications.
Develop coping skills: Learn to manage triggers, emotions, and stress without turning to disordered eating.
Types of therapy
Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions involving unhealthy relationships with food, eating, body image, and weight. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). These disorders can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or body size, and often have serious physical and emotional consequences.
What does an eating disorder feel like?
Living with an eating disorder often means being preoccupied with food, calories, and body shape. You might feel intense fear of gaining weight, guilt after eating, or see your body in a distorted way. Behaviours can include restricting food, binge eating, purging, excessive exercise, or developing rituals around eating. Emotional symptoms often include shame, anxiety, depression, and withdrawal from friends or activities.
How to overcome eating disorders with therapy
Therapy is central to recovery. Cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-ED) is widely recommended and tailored to each diagnosis. It helps you address unhelpful thoughts, develop healthier eating patterns, and build coping skills.
Family therapy is often helpful, especially for young people, and other approaches like enhanced CBT (CBT-E), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT-ED), and focal-dynamic psychotherapy may also be used. In some cases, medication or medical monitoring is part of the treatment plan.
Through eating disorder counselling, you can:
Understand and challenge distorted beliefs about food and body image
Learn practical strategies for regular, balanced eating
Build self-esteem and emotional resilience
Involve family or trusted supporters in your recovery
Step-by-step guide to managing eating disorders
Recognise symptoms: Notice patterns like food restriction, bingeing, purging, or obsessive thoughts about weight and shape.
Seek professional help: Contact your GP or a specialist therapist for assessment and support.
Engage in therapy: Participate in evidence-based treatments such as CBT-ED, family therapy, or DBT-ED, tailored to your needs.
Address physical health: Work with healthcare providers to monitor nutrition and address any medical complications.
Develop coping skills: Learn to manage triggers, emotions, and stress without turning to disordered eating.
Types of therapy
Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions involving unhealthy relationships with food, eating, body image, and weight. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). These disorders can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or body size, and often have serious physical and emotional consequences.
What does an eating disorder feel like?
Living with an eating disorder often means being preoccupied with food, calories, and body shape. You might feel intense fear of gaining weight, guilt after eating, or see your body in a distorted way. Behaviours can include restricting food, binge eating, purging, excessive exercise, or developing rituals around eating. Emotional symptoms often include shame, anxiety, depression, and withdrawal from friends or activities.
How to overcome eating disorders with therapy
Therapy is central to recovery. Cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-ED) is widely recommended and tailored to each diagnosis. It helps you address unhelpful thoughts, develop healthier eating patterns, and build coping skills.
Family therapy is often helpful, especially for young people, and other approaches like enhanced CBT (CBT-E), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT-ED), and focal-dynamic psychotherapy may also be used. In some cases, medication or medical monitoring is part of the treatment plan.
Through eating disorder counselling, you can:
Understand and challenge distorted beliefs about food and body image
Learn practical strategies for regular, balanced eating
Build self-esteem and emotional resilience
Involve family or trusted supporters in your recovery
Step-by-step guide to managing eating disorders
Recognise symptoms: Notice patterns like food restriction, bingeing, purging, or obsessive thoughts about weight and shape.
Seek professional help: Contact your GP or a specialist therapist for assessment and support.
Engage in therapy: Participate in evidence-based treatments such as CBT-ED, family therapy, or DBT-ED, tailored to your needs.
Address physical health: Work with healthcare providers to monitor nutrition and address any medical complications.
Develop coping skills: Learn to manage triggers, emotions, and stress without turning to disordered eating.
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