Your path towards a healthier relationship with food and yourself
At Pathways, eating-disorder care brings together medical assessment and specialised therapeutic support, shaped around your individual needs. We help you work towards a healthier relationship with food and enjoyment, while exploring the harsh inner criticism that may be part of your experience.
Our approach to eating-disorder treatment
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions. For some people, their relationship with food becomes a way of coping with challenging experiences, emotions or thoughts. These difficulties can bring pain, confusion and fear.
Our whole-person approach considers the experiences and difficulties that have become hard to manage alone. The aim is to help you rebuild your relationship with food, enjoyment and yourself through a plan tailored to your needs.
Pain is a shared human experience, but the pathway to recovery needs to be personal.
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Change can begin with a conversation. If you are concerned about yourself or someone close to you, contact Pathways to discuss a confidential assessment and the support that may be appropriate.
Your assessment helps guide the appropriate care and professional input. You do not need to decide on a treatment programme before getting in touch.
Conditions and concerns we support
Pain is a shared human experience, but the pathway to recovery needs to be personal.
Anorexia Nervosa
Contact Pathways to discuss an assessment of anorexia-related concerns and the appropriate care for your individual needs.
Bulimia Nervosa
An assessment can help clarify bulimia-related difficulties and guide an individually tailored plan for support.
Orthorexia Nervosa
Concerns described as orthorexia can be discussed in relation to your experience with food, wellbeing and everyday life.
Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
Assessment considers your individual health needs and the appropriate medical and nutritional support.
Binge Eating Disorder
Discuss binge-eating concerns with Pathways to explore an assessment and the support that may be appropriate.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body-image concerns can be explored through an individual assessment to identify appropriate psychological or psychiatric care.
How we treat eating-disorder care
Assessment procedure
Care begins with understanding your individual needs. The assessment helps shape a personalised plan that considers your relationship with food, the difficulties you are experiencing and the support that may be appropriate.
Diagnostic tools
Diagnostic assessment is selected according to clinical need. Findings are considered alongside your personal circumstances to inform the treatment plan.
Intensive psychotherapy
Psychotherapeutic support focuses on your experiences, emotions and thoughts, including the inner criticism that may affect your relationship with food and yourself. The intensity and approach are agreed in relation to your needs.
Psychiatric care
Psychiatric input is considered as part of the individual assessment and treatment plan. The level of support depends on the clinical needs identified.
Therapeutic and emotional support
Emotional support is coordinated with the therapeutic work. Discuss the support arrangements appropriate to your needs with the Pathways team when planning care.
Specialist psychotherapy options
Specialist interventions require individual clinical assessment and a discussion of suitability, availability and the treatment setting. They are not assumed to be necessary or appropriate for every person.
Biochemical restoration
Biochemical restoration may be discussed within the wider clinical plan. Any proposed intervention depends on assessed needs and the care agreed with you.
Physical therapies
Physical therapies may be considered as part of whole-person care, according to your medical assessment and the programme agreed with you.
Nutritional therapies
Nutritional support forms part of the work towards a healthier relationship with food. Its content is tailored to your individual needs within the clinical plan.
Wellness therapies
Wellness support may complement the clinical and therapeutic work where appropriate. The selected elements are coordinated around your individual needs.
Medical treatments
Medical treatment is guided by assessment and clinical need. The appropriate treatment setting and professional input are discussed as part of planning your care.