May, a former client explains how to handle treatment for Eating Disorders when you also have autism
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Eating disorder treatment with Autism – what to expect
Client Stories, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Therapy Jul 05, 2024
Understanding motivation to change in eating disorders
Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Therapy Oct 11, 2022
Sometimes it’s extremely difficult to implement the solutions we know need to happen, learn how we work through ‘motivation to change’ during eating disorder therapy.
An open letter to expectant mothers struggling with changes
Body Image, Mental Health, Parenting Jun 23, 2022
Dr Amy Crossley-Lewis shares her thoughts on how the body changes that come with pregnancy affected her.
Try at home: 3 gentle yoga poses to support your eating disorder recovery
Eating Disorders, Mental Health Mar 23, 2022
Learn 3 gentle yoga poses to help you feel calm, soothed, and energised.
Embodied yoga practice – what is it, and how can it help to support your eating disorder recovery?
Eating Disorders, Popular, Therapy Feb 18, 2022
Jacqui Finnigan explains how embodied yoga practice can support recovery from an eating disorder, by offering a gentle way of starting to connect with and trust your body again.
Why you’re so obsessed with appearance, and how to stop it
anxiety, Body Image, Mental Health, Popular Aug 02, 2021
Learn the symptoms of ‘body checking’, or being obsessed with your appearance. Find out 5 ways to reduce this compulsive behaviour.
How to cope with fatism and weight bias in healthcare
Body Image, Eating Disorders, Mental Health Jun 15, 2021
Sadly, ‘fatism’ and weight bias in healthcare has been an issue for decades. This is wrong, being treated in a discriminatory way due to your body size is not something you deserve. This post from our Junior Associate Psychologist & Psychotherapist, Dr Gabriela Enache, will help to guide you in the right direction.
When should you reintroduce exercise during eating disorder recovery?
Eating Disorders, Popular Apr 01, 2021
As part of your eating disorder recovery, your practitioner may have eliminated or reduced the exercise you can do. This makes it hard to know you can restart. Learn when and to reintroduce exercise in this blog.
Building resilience is a pertinent topic right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has knocked the nation for six, but it seems some people are more sensitive to the danger and threat to our normal way of life while others are more resilient. To explore this topic more, I’ve spoken with two of my wonderful team here[…]
[Read Transcript] Hey there I am back in my office, in the city, yeah! Even if it is just seeing my clients online from here, it’s really nice to be back. It feels so good. And I hope that soon I can see people face to face, it’ll be so good. Anyway I just wanted[…]
[Read Transcript] Hi there, in my latest Ask Me Anything post on Instagram stories, a lovely lady, called Maddie, asked me the following question. And she says, “Dear Dr. Courtney, I’ve been in therapy for about six months now and I still struggle with opening up to my therapist. I really like him and I[…]
Why Lockdown Weight Gain is No Bad Thing
Body Image, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Therapy Jun 16, 2020
Have you noticed the extraordinary number of lockdown weight gain memes on social media since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? Weight gain is inevitable for many of us during this period of uncertainty. We have been told to social distance, to stay at home – in some ways we have gone into a sort[…]
