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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders affect millions in the UK. Often sufferers are using destructive eating patters as an attempt to gain control on their lives.

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa, one of the most talked about of eating disorders, affects between 1 to 5% of the population in the U.K.

When does it start and who does it affect?

Anorexia Nervosa usually begins in adolescence and sufferers are usually attractive, sensitive and thoughtful young females. However, the numbers are rapidly increasing within the male population. Sufferers can often experience a strive for perfection, an urge to please, setting unrealistic standards for themselves, tunnel vision, dichotomist ways of thinking and a fear of responsibility or growing up.

Although extremely underweight, they have an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat and have a preoccupation with over exercising.

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa is also an eating disorder in which compulsive exercise is a symptom. This is a diet-binge-purge disorder involving recurrent and inappropriate behaviour to prevent weight gain.

Bulimics then feel more in control as the excessive amount of food can be eliminated.

Compulsive Overeating

Compulsive overeating also involves binge eating, especially when not hungry and when alone. The disorder can also begin in childhood when eating patterns are formed.

Sufferers often deny there is a problem and are often subconsciously attempting to cope with stressful situations with food.

Compulsive overeating can lead to hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol levels.

Why?

Eating disorders can develop for many reasons, including trauma, stress, anxiety and grief. Also girls who become more sexually mature before their peers may interpret this as being fat or overweight. These stressors create out-of-control feelings. Sufferers then strive to maintain control through destructive eating habits. They may also come from an abandoned, neglectful or even over-protective family, who have high expectations of the child. Parents may also have issues with food, which then becomes a learned response for the child.

How therapy works?

I use an integrative approach using the following therapies:

Age Regression Therapy, this allows us to discovering the root causes of the problem. Parts therapy, this can allow a better understanding of self.

Self Hypnosis, teaching progressive relaxation techniques to use prior to eating can be of great use.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). This involves breaking old habits and introducing new better ones, thus reducing perfectionist ideas, increasing confidence and self control, reframing dysmorphic apprehension, introducing better coping skills and forward thinking.