Bulimia Treatment
Specialist eating disorder support, in-person or online.
A recovery community
What is bulimia treatment at Orri?
At Orri, we offer specialist bulimia treatment through a personalised programme combining therapy, nutritional support, and medical care. Whether you’re beginning recovery or seeking a fresh start, our expert team is here to help.
Bulimia nervosa involves cycles of bingeing and purging and often brings feelings of guilt, shame, and loss of control around food. It can affect anyone, and early treatment offers the best chance of lasting recovery.
Looking for private bulimia treatment in the UK, or support for yourself or a loved one? You’re in the right place.
Led by our eating disorder experts, this programme will focus on:
Symptom interruption
Identifying triggers and patterns
Embedding structure and safety around food
Healing the underlying causes
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This might be your first time reaching out for eating disorder treatment, or, you might feel like you’ve had lots of support before. Wherever you find yourself, we’ll meet you there.
Our treatment is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC.
We are proud to be the only specialist eating disorder clinic in the UK rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC.
Your bulimia treatment programme includes:
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy happens within the context of a safe and confidential relationship with an expert therapist who is non-judgemental, compassionate and committed to your individual recovery. Together, you’ll gain insight into your eating disorder and the underlying causes, and develop new coping skills that lessen the hold of the eating disorder.
Group therapy
Eating disorders thrive in isolation, so Orri is founded on the concept of community. Group therapy provides a space of shelter where a collective comes together to ‘bear witness’ to one another.
Groups are facilitated by experienced psychotherapists, dietitians, and mental health nurses, and established within boundaries of confidentiality and respect, allowing clients to work towards connecting to their vulnerability.
In time, group therapy provides a mutual space of shared understanding. Whilst many may feel understandably apprehensive at first, the group therapy process offers an invaluable experience where clients draw strength from others and also see others draw strength from them.
Dietetics and meal support
We do dietetics a little differently at Orri. We do not talk about calories, nor do we lay down rules.
People with eating disorders can already have a lot of rules. Instead, we strike the balance between providing nutritious food that feels safe, whilst allowing clients to gently challenge behaviours that are holding them back.
Our emphasis is on establishing meaningful structure around food, as opposed to limiting rules, within a social setting that helps clients to retrace their steps back to a safe and intuitive eating pattern.
Occupational therapy
Occupational Therapy looks holistically at an individual, their environment and daily occupations to evaluate their level of functioning and quality of life.
Our team of Occupational Therapists work alongside clients to facilitate therapeutic interventions that bring both a sense of autonomy and support to the areas of their lives where they may need extra guidance and/or skill-building.
Psychiatry (as required)
Every client’s programme is managed by a multi-disciplinary team which includes world-class psychiatrists supported by a team of specialist nurses.
Prof. Paul Robinson, Orri’s Director of Research and Development, is a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist and best known for his promotion of intensive community treatment to minimise the need for hospital care.
Dr Sara Morando is a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry. She has worked for 16 years across various inpatient and daycare settings, with community mental health teams, specialist eating disorder services, personality disorders services and psychotherapy services.
Dr Louisa Beckford is a Consultant Psychiatrist with a wide range of experience in specialist mental health services including addictions, neuropsychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.
Nursing
Our nursing team look after the physical health and safety of our clients, managing risk assessments, weights, blood tests, ECGs and much more.
Somatic and body-based therapies
We offer a unique range of body-based therapies that help unify the mind and body, using a combination of yoga, mindfulness and meditation to help people connect their bodies with their feelings.
Working somatically encourages clients to experience emotional and physical sensations and learn to navigate them by regulating their nervous system with a combination of awareness, mindfulness and self-care.