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...
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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 –...
You don’t need a “new me” in this new year
If you’re reading this at the beginning of January and feeling overwhelmed with the prospect of a new year – and any expectations that may come alongside that – we’d like to firstly reassure you that it’s okay to just be you. This week, our London clinic reopened...
Being curious about the vulnerability we feel when being slow
We are all too aware of the physical and mental impact an eating disorder can have on someone. But despite this impact, we often find that eating disorder clients have a reluctance to slow down; to stop what they’re doing and simply rest. If you’re a carer reading...