It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week and the theme is Binge Eating Disorder. For our Senior Dietitian, Paula, thinking about food differently and redefining our relationship with food is an essential piece of work in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder. Here are...
Katrina White
The emotional experience of having and recovering from an eating disorder – Guest Blogger
Ileana is a Psychology Master’s student at the University of Bristol. Here, she reflects on the emotional experience of anorexia and how far she has journeyed in her recovery. The days when I was most firmly gripped in anorexia’s vice had an excruciatingly glacial...
Meet the therapist: Lauren Aron
Lauren is a Psychotherapist and joined the team in January this year. We’ve asked her about her approach and role within Orri. How long have you been a clinician for and what were you doing before Orri? I have been a clinician for 6 years and before...
Our Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist on making friends with your emotions
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, Orri’s Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist, Pippa, shares her wisdom around making friends with your emotions. The path of recovery asks us to...
“To anyone with an eating disorder, remember you can recover.”
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, one of our clients generously shares her experience of her eating disorder and recovery within treatment. Living my ‘life’ dictated by some...
Understanding emotions and feelings
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, we are going to look at how emotions and feelings work and relate that to the emotional experience of an eating disorder. Emotions vs Feelings...
Our Senior Psychologist on why emotions are important
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, Orri’s Senior Eating Disorder Psychologist, Katie, shares her thoughts on why emotions are important. People living with eating disorders can...
Dr Sara Morando, Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Sara Morando is a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry, with more than 10 years of NHS experience. She has worked for 16 years across a variety of settings, including inpatient wards, community mental health teams, specialist eating disorder...
How do I start recovery when I’m not ready?
There’ll never be a “right time” to recover. So often, we meet clients who aren’t yet ready to let go of their eating disorder, but who know that it is the right thing to do. Here, we talk about how to start recovery when you’re not ready… It is a brave and courageous...
Our client shares her experiencing of finding freedom in recovery.
“Recovery is possible, I am in recovery, and I am so worth it.” As the time draws near for me to finish treatment with Orri I thought what better time than now to write a farewell blog about finding Hope, finding Belief and finding my Freedom. Freedom and recovery...
“I came to you as a real lost soul”
We are consistently moved and touched by the creativity and kindness of our clients. They really are what makes Orri what it is – a safe, warm and welcoming space for eating disorder recovery. I came to you as a real lost soul I didn’t know where to turn Orri helped...
Setting Intentions For Eating Disorder Recovery
The third Monday of January has been nicknamed Blue Monday because it’s supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Today we’re sharing our top tip for dealing with difficult Mondays: setting intentions. Recovery from an eating disorder does not happen overnight,...