Eating Disorders Recovery Support Program: a collaboration between Harbour Therapy Clinic and the Women's Health Centre, Coffs Harbour.
Harbour Therapy Clinic, Coffs Harbour in collaboration with the Women’s Health Centre, Coffs Harbour is now taking referrals into the Eating Disorders Recovery Support Program. This program is designed to complement the individual treatment plans of the clients attempting to recover from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). For further information contact us.
The program provides a space where clients can challenge unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour that have contributed to the onset and maintenance of their eating disorder. In addition an important part of recovery is developing the ability to regulate painful emotions without resorting to eating disordered behaviours and ways of coping. The recovery support group can assist clients by breaking down the isolation often experienced by those with an Eating Disorder. There can be great relief for clients when they realise that they are not alone.
The overall aim of the program is to prompt behaviour change using a range of action–oriented, cognitive, behavioural, and emotional regulation strategies and ultimately to remove the restrictions that an eating disorder places on the lives of our clients. The therapy team at Harbour Therapy Clinic will also use mindfulness and the creative arts to help the group weave hope and renewed wellness into their lives. Recovery can be a long process, commonly taking two years of active treatment. Whilst our clients did not choose to develop an eating disorder, we believe that it is their responsibility to recover. This will involve making a series of recovery-oriented decisions including accepting help from their treatment team when unable to make the required changes alone. Clients are invited to join our recovery support program of group therapy and walk the challenging journey of the recovery process alongside others. For further information contact us.
In order to remain in this program it is expected that clients will actively be working on their physical and psychological recovery and have regular consultations with their medical and psychological team and their dietician. It is important that clients attend to both their physical and psychological recovery. Although it may often feel like these two change processes do not occur at the same rate, both are necessary to overcome an eating disorder.
For further information contact us.
The program provides a space where clients can challenge unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour that have contributed to the onset and maintenance of their eating disorder. In addition an important part of recovery is developing the ability to regulate painful emotions without resorting to eating disordered behaviours and ways of coping. The recovery support group can assist clients by breaking down the isolation often experienced by those with an Eating Disorder. There can be great relief for clients when they realise that they are not alone.
The overall aim of the program is to prompt behaviour change using a range of action–oriented, cognitive, behavioural, and emotional regulation strategies and ultimately to remove the restrictions that an eating disorder places on the lives of our clients. The therapy team at Harbour Therapy Clinic will also use mindfulness and the creative arts to help the group weave hope and renewed wellness into their lives. Recovery can be a long process, commonly taking two years of active treatment. Whilst our clients did not choose to develop an eating disorder, we believe that it is their responsibility to recover. This will involve making a series of recovery-oriented decisions including accepting help from their treatment team when unable to make the required changes alone. Clients are invited to join our recovery support program of group therapy and walk the challenging journey of the recovery process alongside others. For further information contact us.
In order to remain in this program it is expected that clients will actively be working on their physical and psychological recovery and have regular consultations with their medical and psychological team and their dietician. It is important that clients attend to both their physical and psychological recovery. Although it may often feel like these two change processes do not occur at the same rate, both are necessary to overcome an eating disorder.
For further information contact us.
Dependence - Interdependence - Independence
Initial engagement:
After an initial interview clients will be accepted into the program for a two-month (one term) trial. At the end of this period , a review will be conducted by therapy team. We will not accept clients who's BMI is dangerously low and in need of hospitalisation. Our clients must be assessed as willing to try recovery from the eating disorder before being accepted by the team.
What clients can expect to learn about recovery from Day Program:
• Understanding your eating disorder Headspace
• Identifying your Eating Disorder behaviours
• How to manage and comply with your Meal Plan
• Identify triggers and the nature of the binge/ purge cycle
• Slip ups and how to quickly recover from them
• Coping with urges
• Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery
• Process of recovery
• How to move from Dependence to Interdependence to Independence.
• How to improve relationships with family and friends
• How to create a healthy work/ study / life balance.
What clients can expect to learn about recovery from Day Program:
• Understanding your eating disorder Headspace
• Identifying your Eating Disorder behaviours
• How to manage and comply with your Meal Plan
• Identify triggers and the nature of the binge/ purge cycle
• Slip ups and how to quickly recover from them
• Coping with urges
• Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery
• Process of recovery
• How to move from Dependence to Interdependence to Independence.
• How to improve relationships with family and friends
• How to create a healthy work/ study / life balance.
