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Reflections from our carer support group July 5th. Lifelines and timelines
Hi everyone, I am sure everyone who attended will want to join me in offering our profuse thanks to Jenny Tomei and Bernie Wright for demonstrating the National Centre For Eating Disorders lifeline technique. Bernie asked Jenny to imagine she was in relapse with her...
Reflections from our carer support group April 26th
Hi everyone, We had another very busy session and it was lovely to welcome several new families. Now that we are regularly seeing in excess of 30 families attending we decided to slightly change the format: Rather than asking everyone to introduce themselves (which...
Megs Recovery Journey
In this reflection’s post I have summarised some of the key points and both Megan and and her father Martin have kindly agreed that anyone who has any further questions can email them directly. Please be respectful of this generous offer and there may be things that...
Izzy’s Story
Hi everyone, I am sure all of you who attended last night’s Zoom meeting will want to join me in thanking Izzy profusely for sharing her story with us. Izzy spoke so eloquently about the ups and downs of her recovery journey, and how powerful and motivating it was for...
Courses for carers
There are several courses for carers that I would like to draw your attention to: My very good friend (likeminded experienced carer passionate about this topic) Lynn Crilly is hosting a carer course on 6th April at 6.30pm about ‘Supporting a loved one with an eating...
Developing Dolphins
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2021 From 1-7 March join the beat campaign to create a future where people experiencing binge eating disorder are met with understanding and compassion. If you would like to find out more about Beat’s appeal for families with BED to...
Autism & Eating Disorders International Webinar with Professor Tony Attwood
Many more families in this position have joined our group recently and as you all know, quality resources on the interplay between ASD and ED are surprisingly scarce! The webinar took place recently, but a recording was made available to attendees. The outline is...
Guilt and Blame Workshop
I’m going to start this post with an affirmation, an affirmation for you… What you are doing for the people you love is way beyond what you had ever imagined and certainly above the things you signed up for at the start of their...
Caring for an adult sufferer
Chris and I have been facilitating groups for carers of adult sufferers this week and it is humbling to witness the unconditional love, patience, creativity, perseverance and sense of humour that you can all draw upon even after several years of helping your loved...