Eating disorder treatment
Support that meets you where you are, with people who understand.
Specialist eating disorder treatment, centred around you
At Orri, we provide specialist eating disorder treatment that looks beyond symptoms alone, helping you understand what’s beneath the illness.
Our approach combines therapeutic, nutritional and practical support to help you move towards lasting recovery with kindness, compassion and genuine understanding.
What is an eating disorder?
Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that can affect thoughts, emotions, behaviours, physical health and relationships. They are not a lifestyle choice, and they can affect people of any age, gender, identity or background.
Living with an eating disorder can feel exhausting and isolating, especially when eating disorder behaviours become woven into everyday life. Many people experience confusion, shame or fear around reaching out for support.
There is no single cause of an eating disorder. They often develop through a combination of emotional, psychological, social and biological factors, and each person’s experience will be different.
Factors that may contribute include:
- Anxiety, low self-esteem or perfectionism
- Trauma or overwhelming life experiences
- Social or cultural pressures linked to appearance, identity or belonging
- Genetic and biological factors that may increase vulnerability
- Relationship difficulties, stress or major life changes
For some people, eating disorder behaviours can become a way of coping with emotional pain or distress, even when those behaviours begin to feel difficult to manage.
No two experiences are the same. At Orri, we take time to understand the individual behind the eating disorder, providing compassionate, personalised treatment that responds to your needs, experiences and recovery goals at a pace that feels manageable.
Signs and symptoms of eating disorders
Eating disorders can affect every part of someone’s life, and the signs are not always easy to recognise. Some people may appear to be coping well outwardly while struggling deeply in private, which can make it harder to reach out for support or for loved ones to know when something is wrong.
Common signs and symptoms can include:
Withdrawing from friends, loved ones or social situations
Feeling preoccupied by food, eating, exercise or body image
Anxiety around eating with other people
Changes in mood, confidence or self-esteem
Fear around weight gain or intense distress connected to body shape or size
Feeling disconnected from hunger or fullness cues
Rigid routines or behaviours around food and eating
Episodes of binge eating, restriction or purging behaviours
Other mental health difficulties, including anxiety, depression or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
If you don’t see your experience reflected here, that’s okay. Eating disorders are complex, and many people feel unsure where they fit or worry that they’re ‘not unwell enough’ to ask for help.
You do not need to tick every box to deserve support.
Orri’s approach to treating eating disorders
Eating disorders are rarely just about food. For many people, food and eating behaviours become connected to deeper emotional struggles, difficult experiences or ways of coping that may once have felt protective or manageable.
That’s why treatment at Orri looks beyond symptoms alone. We take time to understand the individual behind the eating disorder, recognising that there is no ‘right’ way to struggle and no single path through recovery.
Eating disorder treatment looks different for everyone. At Orri, support is tailored around your individual experiences, needs and recovery goals, with care delivered by a multidisciplinary team that works closely together throughout treatment.
Depending on your needs, treatment at Orri may include:
- Individual therapy to explore the emotional, psychological and relational experiences connected to your eating disorder
- Nutritional support to help rebuild trust in food, eating and your body
- Meal support with compassionate guidance around eating in everyday situations
- Psychiatric input for people who may benefit from additional mental health or medication support
- Group therapy and community spaces that reduce isolation and help people feel understood
- Support for loved ones and carers to help strengthen understanding and connection throughout recovery
- Regular check-ins and coordinated multidisciplinary care to ensure treatment remains responsive as needs change
Our treatment programmes adapt to each person’s needs, offering varying levels of support at different stages of recovery. Through our stepped approach, we help people build sustainable change while remaining connected to everyday life, relationships and responsibilities.
Types of eating disorders that Orri can support
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa can involve restrictive eating behaviours, intense fear around weight gain and significant distress connected to food, body shape or body weight. It can have a serious impact on both physical and emotional wellbeing, often making everyday life increasingly difficult to manage.
Bulimia
Bulimia nervosa commonly involves cycles of binge eating alongside compensatory behaviours, such as self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise or misuse of laxatives. Many people experience feelings of shame, secrecy or a distressing sense of losing control.
Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder (BED) involves episodes of eating large amounts of food that can feel difficult to control, often alongside feelings of distress, guilt or emotional overwhelm. Unlike bulimia nervosa, compensatory behaviours are not typically present.
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
ARFID involves avoidant or restrictive eating patterns that are not primarily linked to body image concerns. This may relate to sensory sensitivities, fear of certain foods or anxiety connected to eating, which can affect nutrition, physical health and daily life.
Orthorexia
Orthorexia describes an overwhelming focus on eating in a way perceived as ‘healthy’ or ‘clean’. Over time, rigid behaviours and rules around food can begin to affect mental wellbeing, relationships and everyday life.
Anorexia Athletica
Anorexia athletica describes compulsive exercise behaviours alongside restrictive eating patterns and distress connected to body shape, performance or weight. For many people, exercise can begin to feel impossible to stop, even when it negatively affects physical or emotional health.
Diabulimia
Diabulimia affects people living with type 1 diabetes and involves deliberately reducing or omitting insulin, linked to concerns around weight or body image. It can have serious consequences for both physical and mental health and requires specialist support and understanding.
OSFED
OSFED stands for other specified feeding or eating disorders. This diagnosis recognises that someone may be experiencing significant eating disorder symptoms without meeting the full criteria for another diagnosis, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder.
If you don’t see your experience listed here, that is ok.
We recognise that not everyone will ‘tick all the boxes’, but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve specialist support.
Supporting loved ones and carers
Eating disorders can affect relationships, family life and the wellbeing of those closest to someone who is struggling. Many loved ones can feel overwhelmed, frightened or unsure how best to support someone they care about, particularly when they do not fully understand what their loved one is experiencing.
At Orri, we recognise that recovery does not happen in isolation. We support loved ones and carers alongside the individual, helping people feel more informed and connected throughout the recovery journey.
Our approach creates space for open conversations and shared understanding, so that nobody feels alone in their experience of an eating disorder.
Breaking the stereotypes
Eating disorders do not discriminate. They can affect people of any age, gender, identity, culture or background, regardless of appearance or lifestyle.
Harmful stereotypes can make it harder for people to recognise that they’re struggling or feel deserving of support. Many people continue working, studying, caring for loved ones or managing daily responsibilities while silently living with an eating disorder.
Someone does not need to ‘look unwell’ for their experience to be valid or serious. At Orri, we believe everybody deserves to be heard, understood and supported in their recovery.
Only 6% of people with eating disorders are underweight.
Outpatient treatment
Flexible therapeutic and nutritional support for people who may benefit from regular specialist care while continuing with work, study or everyday routines.
Day treatment
Structured, multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment with therapeutic, nutritional and practical support delivered throughout the week.
Orri Online
A fully supportive virtual treatment programme offering therapy, meal support and group sessions remotely, helping people access specialist care from home.
The Orri Blend Programme
A combination of in-person and online treatment, offering greater flexibility and continuity of support throughout recovery.
Find support for eating disorders with Orri
At Orri, we work alongside each person to better understand the thoughts, emotions and experiences connected to their eating disorder. Through compassionate, specialist treatment, we help people build healthier ways of coping while moving towards recovery at their own pace.
Whether you are looking for support for yourself or someone you care about, our team is here to help you take the next step.
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