Rethinking the Role of the Scale in Eating Disorder Recovery I trained in CBT-E. I believe in exposure therapy. I have spent twenty years helping people recover from eating disorders using structured, evidence-based approaches. And yet, increasingly, I find myself questioning one of the field’s most entrenched assumptions: that full recovery requires a person to[…]
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Do You Have to Know Your Weight to Be Fully Recovered from an Eating Disorder?
Eating Disorders Mar 25, 2026
Navigating Eating Disorder Recovery in a Weight Loss Medication World
Culture, Eating Disorders Jan 07, 2026
January can be a difficult month for many reasons. The days are short, it’s dark and cold outside. The intensity of the festive period has faded, often leaving exhaustion in its wake. For many people, January already comes with a sense of pressure: to reset, to improve, to somehow start again. Layered onto this is[…]
Supporting a Loved One at Christmas with ARFID For many people, Christmas revolves around food. Families spend days planning menus, swapping recipes, reminiscing about the meals they grew up with, visiting the busy shops to make sure they have all their favourite snacks for the festive period, and creating the dishes that make the day feel[…]
Twenty Years of Altum Health: Reflections on Change in the Eating Disorders Landscape
Eating Disorders Oct 29, 2025
As Altum Health turns twenty, I’ve found myself reflecting on just how much has changed, not only in our practice, but in the wider world of eating disorders. The past two decades have brought enormous progress: in how we understand recovery, how we train professionals, how we talk about bodies, and how we think about[…]
Most people expect that when they engage in recovery, the eating disorder voice will get quieter. Unfortunately, at least for a little while, that’s not quite right. In fact, for some time, it gets incessantly louder. When you begin to challenge its rules and restrictions, it doesn’t step aside peacefully. Instead, it often fights back[…]
Grieving Your Eating Disorder: When Letting Go Feels Like Losing Yourself
Eating Disorders Aug 27, 2025
What’s the biggest surprise people often have in eating disorder recovery? You might grieve the loss of your eating disorder. Despite the pain, distress, and suffering it can cause, we would be fooling ourselves if we didn’t acknowledge the certainty, structure, and validation it also provides. For many of our clients, recovery often[…]
Quasi-Recovery in Anorexia: The In-Between Stage No One Talks About
Uncategorised, Eating Disorders Jul 30, 2025
When people think about anorexia, they often picture its most acute stages: rapid weight loss, medical crises, and intense control over food. But one of the most misunderstood and overlooked parts of the recovery journey isn’t the crisis phase; it’s the space after it. It’s the in-between. The place where recovery has begun, but the individual[…]
When we think of eating disorders, we often imagine short-term, treatable conditions – someone struggling with food and body image for a period, receiving therapy, and then recovering. However, for some people, an eating disorder becomes a long-term, deeply entrenched part of their life. This is the reality for people with Long-standing and Severe Eating[…]
In recent years, medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy (GLP-1 receptor agonists) have been hailed as game-changers in treating type 2 diabetes, and more recently, obesity. Originally developed to improve blood sugar control in diabetes, these drugs are now recognised for their ability to help reduce appetite, support weight loss, and improve other key metabolic[…]
Understanding Family-Based Therapy (FBT) for Eating Disorders
Therapy, Eating Disorders Apr 30, 2025
When a young person is living with an eating disorder, the effects often ripple far beyond the individual. It’s not uncommon for families may feel helpless, uncertain, or to blame. Additionally, they may feel overwhelmed and unsure how to support their child while navigating a complex and distressing illness. Family-Based Therapy (FBT) offers a clear[…]
Therapeutic letter writing in eating disorder recovery
Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Therapy Mar 28, 2025
Here’s how something as simple as putting pen to paper could help you make sense of your feelings
Ketamine treatment in 2025: Revolutionary hope for eating disorders or too soon to tell?
Eating Disorders, Therapy Jan 22, 2025
Dr Courtney considers the safety and effectiveness of this new treatment option
