Are you worried that you might have an eating disorder?
Holistic Interventions and Approaches
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Therapies / Individual Treatments
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Analytical Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Clinical Psychology
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
- Dietetics
- Family Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy – MET
- Nutritional Therapy
- Parent Support
- Psychosexual Therapy
- Somatic Dance
- Specialist Supportive Clinical Management – SSCM
Clinical Interventions
Footsteps Eating Disorder Recovery Programme
“Breathe believe that all individuals have a plan and a purpose for their lives and that with encouragement and support they can be released to find it and enjoy it!”
Therapies / Individual Treatments
Art Therapy
£100 per hour
What it is
Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art as a means of communication. Art therapy offers the opportunity for expression and communication of thoughts and feelings.
How it helps
Art therapy offers an alternative route towards clients developing the capacity to relate to themselves in a healthy way. Art therapy allows for the expression and controlled release of strong and powerful feelings that are often associated with suffering with an eating disorder.
Why it is effective
Art therapy can be particularly helpful for people who struggle to express their thoughts and feelings verbally. Through artistic expression, clients can gain access to their inner feelings and find ways to work through them.
Outcome of treatment
The overall aim of art therapy is to enable practitioners to work with clients to help them effect change and growth on a personal level through the use of art materials in a safe and facilitating environment.
Cognitive Analytical Therapy – CAT
£100 per hour
What it is
It is a time-limited therapy which focuses on repeating patterns that were set up in childhood as a way of coping with emotional difficulties and deprivations. The CAT therapist and the patient, work together to recognise their maladaptive patterns and then to revise and change the patterns.
How it helps
With a focus on identifying negative thought patterns, this treatment may be able to help clients understand specific psychological components of their eating disorders by considering past experiences and events; and then to revise and change the patterns.
Why it is effective
It enables patients and therapist to identify the cause of their eating disorder so it is easily treated.
Outcome of treatment
Patients will be able to understand the cause of their eating disorder and work towards changing their eating patter for the better.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – CBT
£100 per hour
What it is
It is a branch of psychotherapy that is based on the idea that all thoughts and actions are related. It also aims to help individuals break down problems or situations into more manageable parts and examine the ways in which thoughts, emotions and actions were related in each.
How it helps
Once the relationship between thoughts, emotions and actions are understood; the individual suffering from an eating disorder can replace the negative thoughts and emotions which have led to abnormal food and eating behaviours and with more positive thoughts and emotions that will lead back towards a healthy lifestyle.
Why it is effective
It is direct and thorough in details of eating habits; This type of therapy is done to change how you think and feel about food, eating and body image.
Outcome of treatment
It replaces negative thoughts towards food and eating with positive thoughts. It is more effective in Bulimia than other eating disorders.
Clinical Psychology
£120 per hour
What it is
A talking therapy that is individual to each clients needs. A clinical psychologist may use a variety of therapeutic interventions to work with a client at the stage they are at in the most appropriate way.
How it helps
Eating disorders are usually always the result of underlying psychological problems. Talking through things with a psychologist can help clients understand their eating disorder and the origins and from there they can begin to work on how to overcome it.
Why it is effective
Psychotherapy helps clients to find new ways of approaching situations that they find difficult and new methods to help them deal with them. The psychologist will work with a client to overcome a specific or general problems, problematic thoughts and behaviours.
Outcome of treatment
Reduces psychological distress whilst enhancing and promoting psychological well being to help client to achieve psychological wellness.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy – DBT
£100 per hour
What it is
It is a combination of cognitive and behavioural therapies to teach people healthy ways to handle painful emotions through acceptance and change. DBT uses four skill sets – interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness – to improve people’s coping skills.
How it helps
DBT teaches eating disorder sufferers to identify triggers for disordered eating.
Why it is effective
It helps sufferers find better ways to respond to stress, such as breathing or relaxation exercises, taking an emotional timeout, or finding a healthy distraction. It also guides eating disorder sufferers through the practice of mindful eating, increasing awareness of emotional responses to food while preparing and eating meals.
Outcome of treatment
Using better ways to cope with stress thereby reducing/treating the eating disorder.
Dietetics Specialist
£100 per hour
What it is
It is the interpretation and communication of the science of nutrition.
How it helps
Dietetics enables people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle, in both health and disease.
Why it is effective
It enables patients to know the best nutrition for their body.
Outcome of treatment
Patients awareness about the best nutrition for their body enables them to develop a healthy lifestyle.
Family Therapy
£100 per hour
What it is
They are sessions conducted with both the individual suffering from an eating disorder and his/her closest family members.
How it helps
They are intended to treat everyone in attendance. Very often family members will not even realize their involvement in an eating disorder until these sessions, nor will they truly understand the eating disorder without a professional explanation.
Why it is effective
Whether they want to or not, families must make changes in order to accommodate the needs produced by an eating disorder and it is this growth that is facilitated through family therapy sessions.
Outcome of treatment
Family therapy allows them to investigate how the eating disorder has affected their own lives and how they can be supportive throughout the recovery process as well.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy – MET
£80 per hour
What it is
A style of person-centred counselling developed to facilitate changes in behaviour. MET is most commonly used to treat eating disorders but can also aid with panic attacks and trauma.
How it helps
MET helps the individual to understand the function of their eating disorder and work on their personal motivation for change.
Why it is effective
The therapist will help the patient to explore and resolve their ambivalence about recovery. Helps to change patterns of behaviour that have become habitual.
Outcome of treatment
To show the patient the value of changing their behaviour, thereby bringing about positive change and a strong desire to maintain the changes over time.
Nutritional Therapy (Specialist)
£100 per hour
What it is
Education for patients with eating disorders surrounding food and nutrition. Gives detail around portion size, healthy eating, essential vitamins for the body and individual bodily requirements.
How it helps
The nutritionist aims to improve patient’s nutrition and health related knowledge, emphasise the benefits of change and discuss barriers to change. Aside from the benefits to eating disorder patients, our nutritionist can also offer specific allergy testing and provides nutritional support for sports coaching and a range of individuals both with and without an eating disorder.
Why it is effective
It helps the individual to see that their perceptions of a healthy diet may be wrong and provide evidence based information to encourage and promote healthy lifestyles. Educates clients about nutrition and gives practical advice and skills to carry on into everyday life.
Outcome of treatment
Improve patient’s knowledge of nutrition and their dietary intake. This can also decrease a client’s level of anxiety around food and challenges.
Parent Support
£80 per hour
What it is
Guidance and support for parents/carers with young people with mental health and/or eating disorder in Breathe Therapies.
How it helps
This support session gives reassurance, advice and information on what to expect in their child’s recovery process, helping the parents/carers to support their child in the most appropriate way.
Why it is effective
It is important that the parents/carers understands what is happening for their child and what their child needs in order to provide the best parental support during recovery.
Outcome of treatment
A calm and knowledgeable parent/carer who understands what their child is going through and what their needs are will be best placed to support their child through their recovery.
Psychosexual Therapy
£120 per hour
What it is
Sessions with a psychosexual specialist specifically for those who are experiencing problems of a psychological, sexual nature. Sexual difficulties are very common and can have many causes.
How it helps
Within the session, you will explore the connections between mind and body.
Why it is effective
Exploring your psychosexual experiences with a specialist will enable you to overcome any sexual issues in a safe space.
Outcome of treatment
A better understanding of where the issues have stemmed from and the tools to move forward and overcome any issues if they arise again.
Somatic Dance Therapy
£80 per hour
What it is
Dance therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of dance and movement to support emotional, intellectual and physical functions of the body.
How it helps
Through this exposure the professional will, with the client, explore movement to work towards achieving cognitive, social, physical and emotional integration.
Why it is effective
Research has proven that dance therapy is effective in the treatment of a variety of mental health issues such as; depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Through the use of movement individuals can express feelings and thoughts they otherwise may have been unable to describe – this emotional outlet has shown for numerous people to be an invaluable therapy.
Outcome of treatment
Through dance therapy an individual can acquire skills such as the ability to respond honestly and authentically, learning how to trust and translate nonverbal movements or actions into emotional insights that can be used in recovery.
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management – SSCM
£80
What it is
The focus is on the bio-psycho-social wellbeing of the individual. This involves risk assessments, mental and physical health assessments, goal setting, reviews, psycho-education, family interventions and more, delivered in a person centric, needs led way.
How it helps
The clinical management of an individual involves the alleviate of symptoms of the eating disorder and a supportive psychotherapeutic approach to the thoughts, feelings and beliefs around the person’s behaviour and issues that are identified by them to being important.
Outcome of treatment
As treatment progresses less focus is on clinical management of a patient as they become more stable and the focus shifts to more supportive psychotherapy.
Clinical Interventions
Free Consultation
What it is
This is a free 20 minute telephone consultation following an enquiry between the potential client/family member/carer regarding one of the four pathways: eating disorders, weight management, psychological therapies, well-being.
How it helps
The client can discuss any concerns or queries regarding treatment in more detail with the Clinical Director with a view to securing an assessment.
Why it is effective
Over the telephone or by meeting with the clinical director what the treatment service can offer you can be discussed in relation to meeting your needs. This first point of contact is essential in finding out where you are in your journey and what your presenting issues are right now that you need support with.
Outcome of treatment
Depending on the needs of the individual an outcome may be to have an eating disorder, mental health or weight management assessment by an experienced professional in that area, or for you to commence therapy with a clinicians or for a bespoke treatment package to be created for you.
Eating Disorder Assessment
£189 for 2 hours
What it is
Before beginning treatment an assessment will take place. This will be a two hour session with a Specialist Mental Health Nurse or an Integrative Psychotherapist. The assessment is person centered and looks at the individual’s presenting needs. It will assess current and previous difficulties in order to create a care plan best suited to the individual.
How it helps
This allows the professional to assess what type and level of care the individual needs to looking at their present state and needs; enabling them to put together an treatment package bespoke to the individual.
Why it is effective
The assessment creates the opportunity for an experienced mental health professional to assess the needs of an individual and what they are going to require in the short term and long term based on their present condition; thoughts, feelings and behaviours regarding themselves and the world. They take into account past and present experiences and the bio-psycho-social wellbeing of the individual.
Outcome of treatment
The clinician will create an individualised treatment plan for the person that will meet their needs and support them in their recovery from an eating disorder.
CPA Meeting
£189
These will take place with the individual and professionals involved in their care to discuss the care plan in place and make any necessary changes.
MDT Meeting
£150
What it is
Multidisciplinary team meeting where professionals and clinicians meet to discuss a patient’s treatment and work together to meet the needs of the individual.
How it helps
Ensures that professionals are coordinating an individual’s treatment to the best of their capability and continuously meeting the needs of the client.
Why it is effective
Multidisciplinary team meetings take place to benefit the client as their needs, circumstances or welfare changes their treatment can be adapted to meet them where they are at. Essential to promoting a team approach to dealing with eating disorders, mental health issues and weight management.
Outcome of treatment
Treatment that is focused and suited to the patient in every step of their treatment to make sure they are being supported appropriately throughout the process.
Clinical Report
£90
Footsteps Eating Disorder Recovery Programme
Gold Recovery Programme
£600 for 6 weeks
What it is
The Footsteps Gold Eating Disorder Programme is bespoke to Breathe Therapies and is delivered to clients in the form of a phone app (android or iPhone) and through six coaching sessions with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, either in person or over the phone remotely. It provides real time (live) access to the individual treatment plan, meal time planner and nutritional needs setting, assign weekly goals, access to food, feeling and thought logs. You will receive personal support from the Eating Disorder Recovery Coach on the app and have four hour long coaching sessions a month.
How it helps
The app enables the individual to have real time support on a day-to-day bases at times when they are not only facing challenges or difficulties which require support, but when they have succeeded or overcome fears and anxieties. The coaching sessions enable the client to discuss in person any difficulties or challenges, work on motivation and be learn more skills to equip them in their recovery.
Why it is effective
Clients have a resource which they can access at all times on their mobile phone, that is in contact with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, Nurse or mental health professional to support them on an ongoing basis.
Outcome of treatment
Individuals feel empowered in their recovery and supported outside of standard treatment and therapy hours as we realise that people still require support despite not being physically here, as they would be in a hospital. This app and the communication features which it uses allows the individual to convey their concerns, needs and problems even when they are not seeing a clinician in person. The coaching session which runs alongside the app ensure that the client is working towards their goals and aims to equip them in their recovery.
Silver Recovery Programme
£500 for 6 weeks
What it is
The Footsteps Silver Eating Disorder Programme is bespoke to Breathe Therapies and is delivered to clients in the form of a phone app (android or iPhone) and through three coaching sessions with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach in person or over the phone remotely. It provides real time (live) access to the individual treatment plan, meal time planner and nutritional needs setting, assign weekly goals, access to food, feeling and thought logs. You will receive personal support from the Eating Disorder Recovery Coach on the app and have two hour long coaching sessions a month.
How it helps
The app enables the individual to have real time support on a day-to-day bases at times when they are not only facing challenges or difficulties which require support, but when they have succeeded or overcome fears and anxieties. The coaching sessions enable the client to discuss in person any difficulties or challenges, work on motivation and be learn more skills to equip them in their recovery.
Why it is effective
Clients have a resource which they can access at all times on their mobile phone, that is in contact with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, Nurse or mental health professional to support them on an ongoing basis.
Outcome of treatment
Individuals feel empowered in their recovery and supported outside of standard treatment and therapy hours as we realise that people still require support despite not being physically here, as they would be in a hospital. This app and the communication features which it uses allows the individual to convey their concerns, needs and problems even when they are not seeing a clinician in person. The coaching session which runs alongside the app ensure that the client is working towards their goals and aims to equip them in their recovery.
Bronze Recovery Programme
£400 for 6 weeks
What it is
The Footsteps Bronze Eating Disorder Programme is bespoke to Breathe Therapies and is delivered to clients in the form of a phone app (android or iPhone) and through two coaching sessions with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach in person or over the phone remotely. It provides real time (live) access to the individual treatment plan, meal time planner and nutritional needs setting, assign weekly goals, access to food, feeling and thought logs. You will receive personal support from the Eating Disorder Recovery Coach on the app and have one hour’s coaching session a month.
How it helps
The app enables the individual to have real time support on a day-to-day bases at times when they are not only facing challenges or difficulties which require support, but when they have succeeded or overcome fears and anxieties. The coaching sessions enable the client to discuss in person any difficulties or challenges, work on motivation and be learn more skills to equip them in their recovery.
Why it is effective
Clients have a resource which they can access at all times on their mobile phone, that is in contact with an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, Nurse or mental health professional to support them on an ongoing basis.
Outcome of treatment
Individuals feel empowered in their recovery and supported outside of standard treatment and therapy hours as we realise that people still require support despite not being physically here, as they would be in a hospital. This app and the communication features which it uses allows the individual to convey their concerns, needs and problems even when they are not seeing a clinician in person. The coaching session which runs alongside the app ensure that the client is working towards their goals and aims to equip them in their recovery.
Groups
Anxiety Management
£295 for 6 weeks
Sessions aim to give you a greater understanding of anxiety and the physiological emotional and cognitive effects and how to manage them effectively.
+ Learn about the nature and origin of stress and anxiety
+ Gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of your personal reaction to stress and anxiety
+ Understand how to effectively deal with stress and anxiety
+ Recognise your personal belief systems, thoughts and reactions and learn how to change them
Art Therapy
£295 for 6 weeks
A creative way to communicate and express your �self’ and can be particularly useful for those who find it difficult to express thoughts and feelings through talking therapy.
+ Aims to lessen anxiety around food and eating
+ All art supplies are provided
Body Image
£295 for 6 weeks
Body image therapy encourages you to explore your feelings and attitudes towards your body in a safe environment.
+ Identify and challenge unhelpful beliefs about your body
+ Improve your body image and improve your self esteem, learn to accept you
Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
£295 for 6 weeks
Change the way you think, change the way you feel
This programme will help you to understand and make sense of the interaction between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
+ Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?
+ Where do our thoughts and beliefs come from?
+ Why do we do what we do?
+ Learn to challenge unhelpful core beliefs and change unwanted or unhelpful behaviours
Compassionate Mind
£295 for 6 weeks
Sessions with the psychologists Preston respect, aim to give you a great understanding of how having a compassionate mind towards yourself can empower you to make changes whilst learning to self soothe in a healthy way and to understand the effects of hormones and neurotransmitters on the brain and how this affects your mood and behaviour.
+ What does having a compassionate mind mean?
+ Creating positive feelings in the minds of others and yourself
+ Compassion and imagery technique are used to enhance thinking, emotions and behaviours
+ Learn new skills of Mindfulness and compassion resulting in self acceptance and increased self awareness
Food Feelings Relationship
£295 for 6 weeks
Food and feelings
In a safe and friendly environment you will explore your relationship with food and the connection to your emotional state.
+ Use of food and mood diaries will help to highlight themes and behaviour patterns
+ Understand different types of hunger and what they really mean
+ Learn to respond in a new and healthier ways to the emotional and physical cues your body has cleverly prepared for you!
+ Meet like-minded people in an intimate and relaxed environment where you can openly discuss any issues you may be experiencing
+ Improve your quality of life and achieve a healthier mindset
Mindfulness
£295 for 6 weeks
Understand how mindfulness can help to assist your recovery and enhance your well-being.
+ Mindfulness refers to the ability to increase your awareness and therefore your response to situations, rather than by going into �autopilot’
+ Become more aware of our thoughts, feelings and body sensations that may be triggered by life events or unhelpful belief systems
+ Open up the possibility of responding to challenges in a new and more helpful way
+ Involves the use of meditation and relaxation
Motivational Enhancement
£295 for 6 weeks
The sessions will help you understand the function of your eating disorder and work on your personal motivation to change unhelpful behaviours. And all conveniently located in Preston.
+ Explore and resolve any ambivalence you may have about change and recovery
+ Change patterns of behaviour that have become habitual and unhelpful
Munch Bunch
£195 for 6 weeks
These sessions will involve supported eating with others.
+ An opportunity to eat alongside others in a safe and therapeutic environment with your support as you gain confidence to challenge your relationship with food
+ To encourage an open discussion around any fears about eating and learn new coping mechanisms
+ Agree goals and observe how to make them achievable
+ Aims to lessen anxiety around food and eating
+ Practice mindfulness and relaxation techniques
Nutritional Management
£295 for 6 weeks
The nutritional management course offers an interactive and informed learning opportunity in understanding the needs of our body and how it works.
+ Learn about meal planning, hunger, metabolic rate, portion sizes, the importance of vitamins and minerals and the effects of starvation and other behaviours on our bodies
+ There will be an opportunity for discussion and the use of food diaries is encourages which aims to identify and change negative patterns of behaviour
+ Create a more balanced and informed relationship with both ourselves and food
Raising Self Esteem
£295 for 6 weeks
These sessions aim to empower and develop your sense of self worth.
+ Understand how self-esteem develops?
+ Challenge negative self-evaluations
+ Combat self-criticism and unhelpful rules for living
+ Improve your self esteem and learn to accept and enjoy who you are
Relaxation
£295 for 6 weeks
Learn to chill
Learn to chill is a combination of theory and practise to help you relax your body and mind. The one thing you can control!
+ Learn the theories behind relaxation – mind, body and spirit
+ Practice various relaxation techniques and find the one that works for you
+ Learn how to relax amidst the chaos of modern life
Self Empowerment
£295 for 6 weeks
Remembering how good you really are
+ Understand The Concept Of Self-Esteem
+ Explore and understand Emotional Intelligence and it’s function in Self-Empowerment
+ Understand Body Language to achieve more effective, positive communications with others
+ Develop a better Self-Image to increase confidence
+ Feel Empowered!
Support Cookery (1:1 or group)
£372 for 6 weeks
Empowering you to create a nourishing future. A practical course for individuals with a difficultly around food/ eating distress who wish to learn more about preparing simple meals in a safe and therapeutic environment. All ingredients for recipes are provided. Meals can be gluten, yeast, lactose and wheat free. Please advise when booking if you have any additional special dietary requirements.
+ Learn new recipes and develop skills in cooking and handling food
+ Prepare food with support and learn about food hygiene
+ Gain confidence in deal with food and increase motivation around nutritional / dietary needs and change
+ Discuss meal planning and set personal goals for change
Feel free to contact us
Breathe Therapies
Quayside House
Navigation Way off Chain Caul Way
Ashton-on-Ribble
Preston,
Lancashire
PR2 2RZ
Phone: 01772 915 735
Text: 07738 891 507
Email: enquiries@breathetherapies.co.uk
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