Mental Health Support Team

Entry to this group is via Practitioner referral only.

The course will be over 4 weeks and it is important that you commit to these 4 weeks and attend them all sessions as each class builds on the preceding one.

This course is part of the student pathway for eating disorders, a joint venture between, the NHS Eating Disorders Service in Manchester and The University of Manchester.

It is for those who struggle with unhelpful eating patterns, which can include restricting, bingeing, purging, compensation with over-exercise or any combination of these. It is a psycho-educational programme to better understand these vicious cycles and actively change them.

The overall purpose of the group is to help you recognise triggers for your unhelpful eating patterns and support you in changing them, to learn better coping strategies for difficult thoughts and feelings and encourage you to build these skills by practising them more regularly.

This course helps you to develop problem-solving skills to address and sensitivity to your bodys signals, aided by an introduction to mindfulness. It provides a supportive environment for discussing numerous issues that come up when you are in the process of making changes.