Exam season can be an incredibly stressful time. Whether you’re studying for GCSEs, A-Levels, university finals, or professional qualifications, it’s natural to feel pressure as exams approach. But when stress becomes overwhelming, it can start to affect not just your...
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Motherhood and Eating Disorders: Strength in Recovery.
Exploring motherhood and the impact of Eating Disorders treatment and recovery.
Orri Wins ‘Best Provider of Mental Health Services’
Orri, the UK’s only CQC-rated ‘Outstanding’ specialist eating disorder treatment clinic, has been awarded ‘Best Provider of Mental Health Services’.
Eating Disorders: The Hidden Epidemic
Guest blog by Hope Virgo, Author, Founder of DumpTheScales and Secretariat for the APPG for eating disorders
New service – young person’s pathway.
After 6 years of working with people who are aged 16 and over, we have opened a young person’s pathway.
Presence Over Perfection: Navigating the festive season in recovery
We know the festive season is complicated, and recovery doesn’t take a holiday. That’s why this December, we’re focusing on Presence Over Perfection.
A march for hope, led by Hope Virgo
Last Saturday, Orri walked alongside the eating disorder community to call for action and change in the treatment of eating disorders in the UK. We marched to support the Dump the Scales campaign, headed and organised by prominent mental health campaigner, Hope Virgo.
University Student Support Tips: by Durham University Beat Society
For University Mental Health Day, we spoke with the executive and a member of Durham University Beat Society, for their thoughts on how to support students’ mental health at university. “Adapt your online experience” I realised that when I’m more fixated on food, my...
Eating disorders do not discriminate
It’s Pride Month. Many LGBTQ+ individuals face unique challenges that put them at greater risk of developing an eating disorder. Just Like Us, a charity that supports young LGBTQ+ people, recently found that LGBTQ+ young people are *3x more likely* to have...
Redefining your relationship to food when suffering from Binge Eating Disorder
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...
Our Occupational Therapist’s tips for managing transitions
Eating disorders often arise during transitional phases. This is because experiencing transitions – or change – can bring about challenges or dilemmas that have the potential to overwhelm us and our ability to cope. Some examples of transitional phases include: moving...
How to support a loved one with an eating disorder
If you’re reading this with a loved one in mind, we’d like to firstly acknowledge your position in this relationship and what might be happening for you. Eating disorders don’t just affect the individual sufferer but can impact all different people in their lives –...