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Eating Recovery service
About the service
Our Eating Recovery service is for people who are living with an eating disorder or disordered eating. We provide safe, supportive weekly sessions over a 12-month period.
The service is open to those aged 18+ who live in Suffolk (excluding Waveney), and who have a diagnosis – or traits – of an eating disorder.
Eating Recovery support groups will run face-to-face and virtually. Face-to-face meetings will be held during the day and in the evening in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.
There will be different groups to cover different eating challenges, such as for Anorexia, Bulimia (food restriction, food aversion), and Binge Eating Disorders (food addiction, compulsive eating).
These groups will help to reduce isolation for participants, and help people gain support from others who are experiencing similar challenges. Your group will provide a safe, non-judgemental environment which focuses on different topics each fortnight.
In these groups, we will cover:
- Learning about mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding relationships and maladaptive patterns
- Interpersonal CBT techniques to inform coping strategies
Please note: this is not a crisis service.
For urgent help for you or someone you know, please contact your GP, visit A&E, call 999 or 111, or visit our Help Directory for more options.
What are the traits of eating disorders?
Traits of eating disorders are varied, and can include:
- Difficulty concentrating
- Distorted body image
- Extreme exercising
- Fear of gaining weight
- Hiding food
- Hyper-focusing on weight, calories, or nutritional content of food
- Isolation, or decreased socialising when food is involved
- Mood swings
- Patterns, beliefs or choices which focus on weight loss, dieting, eating patterns and rules around food
- Skipping meals
How do I join the Eating Recovery service?
You can self-refer for this service if you are 18+ and live in Suffolk (excluding Waveney).
You do not need a diagnosis, so if you relate to two or more of the traits above, please complete our self-referral form.
Professionals can also refer on behalf of a client or patient with their consent using the same form.
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Our team regularly reviews feedback to help us improve the support services that we offer.
Courses for adults
Our wide range of courses can enable you to better understand mental wellbeing and how you can help improve or maintain your own. Skills learnt can also help you support others. This knowledge can be applied at both home and work to help you get the best from your life and to feel happier and healthier.
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