Eating Disorder Therapy
It’s not always easy to ask for help with eating problems, or even to admit that you need support. At Aspen, we want to break the stigma around eating disorders and give you a safe, private space where you can focus on getting better. Eating disorders are not always about food – they often connect to deeper emotional struggles. They can affect anyone: children, teenagers, adults, older people, men, women, and non-binary people. We are here to support all of them.
We offer therapy for eating disorders at our clinic in Lucan, Co. Dublin, as well as through online counselling across Ireland. Our counsellors have experience helping people with many different types of eating disorders.
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Types of Disordered Eating We Help With
It’s not easy to seek help with eating disorders, and even admitting you need assistance in general.
At Apsen, we want to destigmatise eating disorders and offer a confidential, safe environment aimed at helping you get better. Under the surface, eating disorders aren’t always about food, but can belie deeper emotional health issues. They can affect young people, old people, teenagers, children, adults, male, female, and non-binary people. And we’re here to help all of them, and offer therapy for eating disorders both in-person in our clinic in Lucan, Co Dublin, and via our online counselling services across Ireland. Our counsellors are experienced in treating a wide variety of eating disorders.
Types of eating disorders treated at Aspen include:
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Avoidant Restrictive
- Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Binge eating disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Orthorexia
- Rumination disorder
- Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders (OSFED)
What Happens in an Eating Disorder Therapy Session?
Here is a step-by-step overview of a typical Eating Disorder Therapy plan at Aspen:
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Online or In-Person in Ireland
When Is the Right Time to Get Counselling and Therapy?
Eating disorders can present themselves in different ways in different people. However, some of the more common signs that you should seek therapy for your eating disorder include (but are not limited to):
- Avoiding meals
- Anxiety or guilt around food
- Critising how you look
- Diziness
- Drastic weight changes
- Distorted body images
- Fatigue
- Frequent weighing
- Excessive exercising
- Feeling cold
- Making yourself vomit to get rid of food
- Missing your period
- Obsessions or preoccupations with body image
- Obsessions with weighing yourself
- Secretive purging or eating
- Tiredness
Signs that indicate a loved one may be suffering from an eating disorder include:
- Appearing tired, dizzy or fatigued, even when not exerting themselves
- Binge eating episodes
- Cutting out certain types of food (e.g. carbs) from their diet
- Eating very slowly
- Exercising excessively
- Fear of weight gain
- Frequent comments about their own body image
- Going to the toilet a lot after or during meals
- Hiding away food they aren’t eating
- Lying about how much food they’ve eaten
- Lying about weight
- Obsessive dieting
- Obsessive calorie counting
- Making big meals for people but refusing to partake in them
- Refusal to believe that they are too thin
- Secretive eating
- Self-critical attitude towards their appearance
- Significant weight loss
- Skipping meals
- Wearing oversized/baggy clothes to hide weight loss
If you or a loved one is displaying some of these symptoms, then it may well be time to seek eating disorder therapy.
Therapeutic Methods We Use to Support Your Healing
We provide various therapies, including:
- Eating disorder counselling
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Family support
We have experienced counsellors who apply a tailored approach and method to each client based on the client’s situation. At Aspen, we believe that no two clients are the same, and everyone’s experience of eating disorders is different. We will choose a healing path that works for you.
Aspen’s Approach to Eating Disorder Therapy in Ireland
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Frequently Asked Question
Eating disorder therapists help individuals overcome disordered eating by addressing harmful thoughts, emotions, and behaviours related to food and body image. They use evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and Family-Based Therapy to build healthier habits, improve self-esteem, and manage triggers. They often work with dietitians and doctors as part of a care team and may also support and educate families, especially when treating adolescents.
Yes, both face-to-face and online sessions are available for our eating disorder counselling service, but we encourage face-to-face therapy if possible. However, we understand that sometimes online sessions are more practical. We can also offer a blended approach, comprising a mix of in-person and online counselling sessions.