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Queer Eating Disorder Process Group
This group is for individuals who have or have had an eating disorder and identify as being a member of the LGBTQ+ community. It is a space to process day-to-day life as a queer person also working on recovery from ...
Hosted by Stephanie Kilper
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, BC-DMT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60613
This group is for individuals who have or have had an eating disorder and identify as being a member of the LGBTQ+ community. It is a space to process day-to-day life as a queer person also working on recovery from ...
Body Freedom Book Club
Are you anti-dieting curious? Do you want to find freedom from food rules, try an anti-diet approach to life, and learn from others on their own journey to accepting their bodies? You’re invited to join a community of people reclaiming ...
Hosted by Kayla Hartman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60625
Are you anti-dieting curious? Do you want to find freedom from food rules, try an anti-diet approach to life, and learn from others on their own journey to accepting their bodies? You’re invited to join a community of people reclaiming ...
Holiday Support Group
Maintain and strengthen your recovery this holiday season. Prepare to stay well fed as 2023 winds down. Maintain your recovery and relationship with food. Receive support during a time when cold weather sets in, celebratory foods are more abundant, and ...
Hosted by J Kenney Post Doctoral Fellow
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60657
Maintain and strengthen your recovery this holiday season. Prepare to stay well fed as 2023 winds down. Maintain your recovery and relationship with food. Receive support during a time when cold weather sets in, celebratory foods are more abundant, and ...
Virtual ACT & Art Therapy Group!
This 6 week group is designed to compliment the Intro to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group that will run the day before this one. Group members are encouraged to attend both groups, unless they have prior knowledge of the 6 ...
Hosted by Ashley Samson
Counselor, LCPC, ATR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60660
This 6 week group is designed to compliment the Intro to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group that will run the day before this one. Group members are encouraged to attend both groups, unless they have prior knowledge of the 6 ...
Virtual Acceptance & Commitment Therapy!
Inspired by the work of Steven Hayes and Russ Harris, this 6 week VIRTUAL group will cover each of the 6 core concepts in ACT. Those topics include Values, Committed Action, Self as Context, Present Moment, Defusion and Acceptance. If ...
Hosted by Ashley Samson
Counselor, LCPC, ATR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60660
Inspired by the work of Steven Hayes and Russ Harris, this 6 week VIRTUAL group will cover each of the 6 core concepts in ACT. Those topics include Values, Committed Action, Self as Context, Present Moment, Defusion and Acceptance. If ...
Recovery Therapy Group
This group is for adults who are currently in individual therapy, who are looking to expand their recovery, and who are interested in getting peer and professional support around the challenges of recovery. This is a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive ...
Hosted by Alex Spooner
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60618
This group is for adults who are currently in individual therapy, who are looking to expand their recovery, and who are interested in getting peer and professional support around the challenges of recovery. This is a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive ...
Empowering Compassionate Body Image
mprove your body image and embrace your unique beauty in Move Therapy’s new workshop group, Empowering Compassionate Body Image. Join us for a 6-week transformative journey of self-exploration, guided discussions, and practical tools to cultivate acceptance and respect for your ...
Hosted by Move Therapy and Wellness
LCSW, TIYT, LPC, E-RYT, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60618
mprove your body image and embrace your unique beauty in Move Therapy’s new workshop group, Empowering Compassionate Body Image. Join us for a 6-week transformative journey of self-exploration, guided discussions, and practical tools to cultivate acceptance and respect for your ...
Fat Liberation Group
A group for non-binary and gender expansive folx and all women who are fat (plus size, larger bodied) looking to process in community how to live aligned with one’s values, challenge anti fat bias, and heal one’s relationship with food ...
Hosted by Anna Nokes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60613
A group for non-binary and gender expansive folx and all women who are fat (plus size, larger bodied) looking to process in community how to live aligned with one’s values, challenge anti fat bias, and heal one’s relationship with food ...
Bariatric Behavioral Weight Management Group
Behavioral weight loss and weight management group utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy .
Hosted by Dr. Debra M. Block
Psychologist, PsyD, MA, BS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Northbrook, IL 60062
Behavioral weight loss and weight management group utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy .
Trim-Life
This is a small group (6 or less) that meets for 4 weeks 2.5 hours per session. The group is designed to assist folks who have had no success with diets, but know for their health and sanity they must ...
Hosted by Muriel R Patay
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DMin, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Evanston, IL 60202
This is a small group (6 or less) that meets for 4 weeks 2.5 hours per session. The group is designed to assist folks who have had no success with diets, but know for their health and sanity they must ...
Eating Disorder Recovery Group
Be part of an ongoing group that supports your full recovery. Here we'll continue to develop new mindsets and approaches to becoming free from eating disorder thoughts, feelings and behaviors. The best part of the group is being with other ...
Hosted by Connections Health
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Evanston, IL 60201
Be part of an ongoing group that supports your full recovery. Here we'll continue to develop new mindsets and approaches to becoming free from eating disorder thoughts, feelings and behaviors. The best part of the group is being with other ...
Queer Body Image Support Group
8-session (April 6-June 1, 2024) in-person Therapy Group now enrolling (thru 3/22/24). For members of the LGBTQ+ community (18+) looking to find support around issues related to one’s own body image and the impact the communities and overall society has ...
Hosted by IntraSpectrum Counseling
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60640
8-session (April 6-June 1, 2024) in-person Therapy Group now enrolling (thru 3/22/24). For members of the LGBTQ+ community (18+) looking to find support around issues related to one’s own body image and the impact the communities and overall society has ...
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Eating Disorders Support Groups
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.