Eating Disorders (Food Addictions)

We provide specialised treatment for eating disorders including, Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Overeating (Binge Eating Disorder)

We provide pre-treatment, residential and a specialist Continuing Care group, supporting you and your family to heal through what is often a very difficult process. We use a holistic approach and the programme is based on years of learning that addiction and addictive processes are often at the core of many Eating Disorders. We will tailor the treatment to your needs and we will look closely at the way in which issues like body image, low self-esteem, etc. impact on your relationship with food. Our aim is to support you to engage in healthy eating patterns, to establish a healthy relationship with food and with your body, to help you develop enhanced coping skills and to improve your physical, emotional and spiritual health.

Recognising an Eating Disorder

There are three easily identifiable eating disorders which require an individual focus during treatment:

Anorexia
Restriction of food to the point of starvation
Progressive and uncontrollable weight loss
Maintaining ‘thinness’ as an ideal
Disturbance in body image “I hate my body”
Exercising and using laxatives to control weight
Frequent hospitalisation due to weight loss (we can only treat a person with anorexia whose weight and mental health are relatively stable)

Bulimia
Routine and regular bingeing on food, followed by purging
Using laxatives to control weight
Regular dieting followed by periods of bingeing
Obsessive pre-occupation with food and body
Self evaluation, excessively influenced by body shape and weight

Compulsive Over-Eating (Binge Eating Disorder)

Routine regular eating of large amounts of food
Obsession with food to the exclusion of other dimensions of life
Overeats and comfort eats to the point of obesity

For information on our treatment programme please contact us

NOTE: Treatment for eating disorders is not always covered by Insurance. You should check the position with your insurer.

Link for further support: Overeaters Anonymous