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Halloween parties may be off the cards for 2020, but we can still celebrate with baked goods! Michael, Orri’s Head Chef shares a tasty Ooky-Spooky Cookie recipe for you to try at home… Ingredients: 200g/7oz Dairy-free Margarine 125g/4½oz Soft Light...
Orri’s Consultant Family Therapist, Karen Carberry, is the Co-Editor of The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health. Today, she shares her thoughts for Black History Month. During Black History Month, we are reminded that eating disorders occur across race, cultures and genders,...
Alice is one of Orri’s Eating Disorder Associates (EDAs) and has been part of the team since Orri reopened its face-to-face service this September. We sat her down to learn more about her role and interest in treating eating disorders…...
Today is World Menopause Day and we are taking the day to reflect on eating disorders and menopause. At Orri, part of our social impact initiative is to raise awareness of the multitude of ways people can experience having an...
We know that a lot of people are contemplating recovery right now, and the question of being “ill enough” for treatment is something that many people contend with during this time. Despite the incredible work of charities such as Beat,...
We know that people who reach out for eating disorder treatment have often thought about the decision a lot. In fact, a whole lot of recovery work takes place before even entering treatment as it takes a lot of courage...
Recovery is, as many people already know, a long journey – but it is not the journey you expect it to be. In recovery, you don’t tread the same path throughout the duration of your journey – every day that...
For World Suicide Prevention Day, Lizzie, an expert by experience and Orri Guest Speaker, shares her experience of suicide in eating disorder recovery. A note from Orri: We recognise that this may be difficult for some of our readers, so we...
There’s something in therapy called a “check-in”. A check-in takes place at the beginning of therapy groups and works to focus people in the here and now. You go around, one by one, sharing how you’re feeling in the moment....
We know that it can be hard to hold onto hope in eating disorder recovery. It can be a long journey, made up of cumulative small steps forward, and some days are tougher than others. However, somehow you keep going,...
For those receiving exam results today, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this is most likely a very big day for you, and how, in our response to “big days”, we can sometimes feel tripped...
Let’s take a moment to recognise something important: you’re here, reading this blog, having made it through lockdown to (almost) the other side. For many of us it’s been tumultuous. We experienced shock, fear, disbelief, calm, quiet, anger, confusion, anxiety,...
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