Bulimia
Are you struggling with an eating disorder?
Onebright specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and based in centres across the UK. Our experts are highly trained in delivering CBT treatments to help you overcome bulimia, and binge eating disorders.
What is an eating disorder?
Bulimia Nervosa is characterised by controlling weight gain. People who present for therapy describe many ways of approaching this including induced vomiting, use of laxatives, diuretics, enemas and overexercising.
Bulimia Nervosa tends to be more common in western cultures especially in females. However, it must be noted that this is not a difficulty only experienced by females. It is estimated that 1-2% of the population suffer from Bulimia.
When to seek treatment for Bulimia
You should consider treatment for Bulimia when:
You are forcing yourself to vomit to lose weight
You are using misusing medications such as laxatives, diuretics, or enemas to lose weight
You are recklessly overexercising
You feel guilt or shame about eating
You cannot identify what a healthy figure for yourself looks like
You have an irrational fear of weight gain
"I feel like a different person and feel like I have completely got over bulimia, which was in my life for so many years. I still have progression to make around building my confidence but I feel so much stronger now."
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What you need to know
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) will provide a goal focussed collaborative approach to treating the difficulty, and is the treatment of choice – as recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Treatment will involve education around the presenting problem; it will also help to reveal and challenge beliefs around bingeing and body shape.
Therapy will aim to establish an understanding of binge patterns and how they may be related to mood and other stressors.
Therapy will not solely focus on bingeing and weight control methods. We will view the individual holistically and work with any accompanying difficulties such as low mood, irritability, anxiety or low self-esteem.
Treatment will involve education around the presenting problem; it will also help to reveal and challenge beliefs around bingeing and body shape.
Therapy will aim to establish an understanding of binge patterns and how they may be related to mood and other stressors.
Therapy will not solely focus on bingeing and weight control methods. We will view the individual holistically and work with any accompanying difficulties such as low mood, irritability, anxiety or low self-esteem.
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We offer online, phone or face to face therapy. Contact us to get matched to the right therapist for you.