Last week Orri’s Director of Research and Development, Dr Paul Robinson, presented a seminar on Mentalization-based Therapy for Eating Disorders to healthcare professionals in our network – the first of many CPD seminars hosted at Orri. Dr Robinson, along with his...
Recovery
For those difficult days…why recovery is worth it.
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, knowing that with a new day comes another chance to...
Treatment that keeps you safe after lockdown
What does it mean to be safe in a post-covid world? This is a question we have to ask ourselves collectively, as a society and treatment service, and individually, as people battling with an eating disorder. The pandemic challenged so many aspects of our safety....
Recovering from ARFID: 3 things to note…
ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) often involves limitations and restrictions around food, particularly around the intake of certain types of food or certain amounts. It is also known as “Selective Eating” and can be misconstrued as...
“What can I do to support my friend in eating disorder recovery?”
Are you wondering how best to support a friend or a loved one in eating disorder recovery? As you someone you care about physically change, it can be easy to assume that they ‘must be better’. The reflection of many people moving through recovery is that...
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...
Being intentional in recovery
Our theme for January is Being Intentional. But what does that mean for eating disorder recovery, and what’s the best way to set intentions? We explore below. Recovery from an eating disorder does not happen overnight, nor is it a linear journey. Often, we start...
Forgiveness in your recovery
To forgive and to let go can be one of the most freeing forms of self-care and a real demonstration of self-compassion and self-love. Yet we know how hard it can be to forgive. Especially when it feels that past experiences, people or even ourselves have let us down....
4 things to remember before heading off to university.
Congratulations for securing your place at university! It is a huge achievement, especially during such an uncertain year. University is different from school. The learning is more self-directed, and you are deemed an independent adult, meaning you have much more...
Recovery is not what you expect it to be
What do you think recovery is? For some, recovery might just be a word they’ve heard family members or treatment teams say. It might feel like an intangible concept, so far off in the distance that a path isn’t visible. Recovery might be...
Our client’s experience of intimacy and relationships in recovery
Our alumni client shares her experience of intimacy and relationships in recovery from an eating disorder, demonstrating how recovery is so much more than improving your relationship to food, and in fact reaches into all areas of our lives. I always thought...
Dietetics and eating disorder recovery
For #DietitiansWeek this year, Orri’s senior clinicians came together to discuss how to heal our relationship to food in recovery. Here’s a recap of what was discussed. Kerrie, Orri’s CEO and founder, introduced the topic of food by explaining how it takes on a...