EDQ Therapeutic Group
Organisation / Service
Eating Disorders Queensland
Go to EDQ Therapeutic Group (eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au)
The EDQ 10-week Group is a structured treatment group for individuals with eating disorders. A big part of the group outcomes is to create a sense of community through story-sharing by participants. Individuals on their recovery journey often find this group helps to counter the sense of shame, guilt and isolation they feel while gaining essential skills to manage eating disorder behaviours.
The groups are held in a safe and supportive environment. These groups are open to people of all genders from age 16 years.
The 10-week group aims to create a safe and supportive environment. This allows people to explore some of the underlying reasons why we might be struggling with eating disorders. We look at a range of topics including feelings and needs, relationships and communication. Also how body image and how gender roles, cultural and family expectations might play a factor in eating disorders.
The group explores these different topics through discussions and expressively based therapeutic activities. These serve to increase our insight and build our support networks, skills and resources in our recovery journey.
- Reduce experiences of isolation, shame and misinformation surrounding an eating disorder
- Receive support and understanding
- Explore personal issues that contribute to your eating disorder
- Explore our sense of self and identity separate from the eating issue
- Gain valuable insight into your own and others’ experiences
- Enhance your ability to seek support that will help you further in the process of recovery from an eating issue
- Learning to recognise the internal critical voice and awareness of the role the critical voice plays
- Awareness of the relationship between feelings and over or under eating and body dissatisfaction
- An understanding of why diets don’t work
- Understanding that recovery is a process
National Strategy Standards and Actions
Psychosocial and Recovery Support
Standard 1: People experiencing eating disorders and their families/supports have access to psychosocial and recovery support services and programs, according to their needs.
Action 1.2: Clinical services to include psychosocial and recovery support providers in the multidisciplinary care team where appropriate.
Action 1.4: Psychosocial and recovery service providers to ensure that programs and services are available for people experiencing eating disorders and their families/supports
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