The new MEED guidance is a welcome commitment to preventing deaths from eating disorders and ensuring that recovery becomes possible for all. The guidance, supported by project group Clinical Advisor and Orri Director of Research & Development, Dr Paul...
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Orri’s Dietetics team answer your food recovery questions
Did you have a food recovery question for our specialist Dietetics team? We may have answered it below. 1) I really struggle with drinking enough fluids (mainly with water). Do you have any tips? Just as regular eating, regular hydration is also important...
Meet the Eating Disorder Associate: Layla
Layla is a new member of Orri’s Eating Disorder Associates (EDAs) team. She supports clients and the clinicians in her day-to-day, for the in person programme. Read our blog on what brought her to work in eating disorders and how she is finding the role so far. Can...
Meet the Eating Disorder Associate: Nia
Nia has been working at Orri for 6 months, bringing passion to her role as an Eating Disorder Associate. We sat her down to find out more about the day in the life of an EDA, her psychology studies and love of cold water swimming! Can you take a moment to introduce...
Meet the Eating Disorder Associate: Sam
Sam joined our team of Eating Disorder Associates 8 months ago and brings with him a passion for advocating for men to access eating disorder treatment. We sat him down to learn more about what drives him in his role here at Orri. Can you take a moment to introduce...
Meet the Lead Eating Disorder Associate: Isobel
Isobel is Orri’s Lead Eating Disorder Associate. She manages a team of passionate Eating Disorder Associates who come alongside our clients during their days in treatment at Orri. Working in the eating disorder sector is both rewarding and challenging at times. Here,...
An ode to growth – a poem by our Eating Disorder Associate
Nia is an Eating Disorder Associate at Orri (and our resident poet!). To inspire you in recovery today, she has written a poem on the experience of growth in life and eating disorder recovery. It lies in the uneasiness The in-between The unfinished sentence In the...
International Women’s Day, a poem
Nia is one of our Eating Disorder Associates. Here she shares a poem she wrote for International Women’s Day. I am a white cis-gendered woman with many more privileges than most I’m not deemed ‘other’// like trans-women or single mothers Who are raising four...
Your food questions answered by Orri’s Dietetics team
Each week, over on Instagram, we ask our follower community to share their questions for our dietetics team. Here are their most recent answers… 1) What foods are best for PCOS? Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a relatively common condition affecting many women....
Orri at London Eating Disorders Conference 2022
Orri attended the London Eating Disorders Conference 2022, taking part in the conversation and movement to ‘improving access to care and treatment flexibility in a challenging world’. LEDC 22 this year was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster. The...
Meet our Lead Psychological Therapist: Dr Joanna Silver
Dr Joanna Silver is Orri’s Lead Psychological Therapist and joins the Orri team with an abundance of knowledge and passion for eating disorders. Can you take a moment to introduce yourself? I am a Counselling Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care...
Meet the Dramatherapist: Stephanie Coombes
Stephanie is Orri’s Dramatherapist and IFS Therapist. We sat her down to learn more about her role and approach, and her passion for working with those recovering from eating disorders. How long have you been a clinician for and what were you doing before Orri? I have...