The Recovery Cwtch - For parents who have a child with an eating disorder

Spotlight: Conversations with people who have useful information around eating disorders.

Kel is the Services Lead, Educator & Therapist at Kel O'Neill Counselling and Services, offering counselling, training and bespoke services with a special interest in Eating Disorders.

The work that she does involves her wearing a few different hats—at various times, Counsellor / Psychotherapist, an Educator, and Researcher. She is deeply passionate about understanding the intricacies of Eating Disorders and sharing that knowledge with others, whether it involves working one-on-one with someone affected by an Eating Disorder, teaching a room full of professionals, or delving into research data.

From the comfort of her therapy room, Kel runs a busy private practice, available both in person and online. Her work blends Integrative, Existential and Humanistic approaches to support individuals on their journey to recovery.  Her goal is always to create a safe space for exploration and for healing.

Led by the belief that knowledge truly is a superpower, Kel is on a mission to break down barriers to recovery by exploring topics like eating disorder awareness, weight bias, and that delicate dance of risk management and harm in eating disorder care.

Beyond the therapy room, her time is dedicated to delivering CPD events, contributing to research, and actively publishing with the Lived Experiences of Eating Disorders Research Collective (LEED) and other collaborators. Her commitment to making a difference extends to three-times award-nominated blog, ‘Mental Health Bites,’ and its related YouTube channel. Speaking of things online, Kel is also the creator of ‘The Eating Disorder Recovery Companion,’ an online subscription service for those facing long waiting lists or struggling to access the care that they need. And let’s not forget her role as a Beat Ambassador— for over 15 years and counting! This has led to her involvement in a wealth of co-production projects and lived experience participation.

Main website: www.counsellingandtraining.co.uk

The Eating Disorder Recovery Companion: recoverycompanion.counsellingandtraining.co.uk

LEED research group: https://www.leedresearch.co.uk/

My blog: www.mentalhealthbites.co.uk

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@MentalHealthBites

Insta: instagram.com/Kel_MHB

Twitter: twitter.com/Kel_MHB

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Headtorch: Ruth talks about what you need to be able to support your child or the person you care for with an eating disorder.

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Spotlight: Conversations with people who have useful information around eating disorders.

Linn Thorstensson is a Non-Diet Nutritional Therapist who offers nutritional counselling to folk who struggle with their relationship to food, eating and their body.

She strives to practice from a Health At Every Size, trauma informed and social justice lens. (I am however human and won’t always get it right!).

In her work she draws on a multitude of modalities, such as Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, CBT, Motivational Interviewing Neuroscience, Somatic practices and Nutritional Therapy, with the intention to work with my clients in a person-centred way. This means that every person’s programme and journey will be unique.

Beyond that this also lean on her own recovery, self development work and of course each and every client she has worked with in the past who have taught her much beyond what the textbooks ever could!

She also actively engages in continued education and ongoing supervision.

Website: https://straightforwardnutrition.com/

Podcast: The Joyful + Nourishment Podcast https://linnt.substack.com/podcast Or link from Apple / Spotify

IG: @healing_relationship_with_food

Substack: https://linnt.substack.com/

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Headtorch: Ruth talks about what you need to be able to support your child or the person you care for with an eating disorder.

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Spotlight: Conversations with people who have useful information around eating disorders.

Ruth talks to Richard Palmer who founded The Eating Disorder Recovery Clinic in April 2023.
He absolutely loves working in the eating disorders field and watching clients recover. It is the most challenging, and rewarding, work that he has ever undertaken.
It’s no secret that he rages at the general level of eating disorder treatment in the UK. Too much of the treatment provided by statutory and independent organisations is just not good enough.
Richard's goal with The Eating Disorder Recovery Clinic is to create a safe, caring, compassionate clinic that provides utterly superb treatment for the individuals working with them.
He truly believes that everyone living with an eating disorder can recover, but they need to be given the right treatment at the right time by the right professional. This is what he aims to deliver.
Effective treatment and recovery are entirely possible if we move away from manualised treatments and fully engage with client-led care.

Website - https://edrecovery.co.uk

Social Media links Instagram: the_ed_recovery_clinic

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Headtorch: Ruth talks about what you need to be able to support your child or the person you care for with an eating disorder.

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Spotlight: Conversations with people who have useful information around eating disorders.

Jo Whitfield is the National Lead, Wales for Beat

Beat is the UK’s eating disorder charity. Beat exists to end the pain and suffering caused by these devastating mental illnesses.

Eating disorders are a growing mental health crisis. Right now, around 1.25m people in the UK are living with an eating disorder. That’s more than one in 50 people and the emotional and physical damage affects millions of loved ones.  Jo Whitfield is the National Officer in Wales and has worked for Beat since August 2017.  Jo works closely with policy makers and other stakeholders in Wales to shape government and NHS policy, and bring an end to the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders. 

Website: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

Social Media links:

X: @BeatED_Wales

Facebook: beat.eating.disorders

Instagram: @beatedsupport

Ruth's Website: ⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Headtorch: Ruth talks about what you need to be able to support your child or the person you care for with an eating disorder.

Ruth's Website: ⁠⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Spotlight: Conversations with people who have useful information around eating disorders.

Ruth talks to Michelle and Hannah who are a research team funded by Gloucestershire NHS ICB to facilitate The Body Project to young people in the county. They are based at the University of Gloucestershire.

Find them on Instagram @bodyprojectgloucestershire and their website www.bodyprojectgloucestershire.co.uk 

If you want to get in touch you can email them [email protected]

Ruth's Website: ⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠

Headtorch: Ruth talks about what you need to be able to support your child or the person you care for with an eating disorder.

Ruth's Website: ⁠https://ruthsteggles.co.uk⁠

Ruth's Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@ruthsteggles⁠