LivED Experience Counselling 

endED recognises the need for a holistic and personalised approach in the various stages of recovery. Our LivED Experience Counsellors are accredited counsellors who have lived experience with eating disorders and mental health. They are there to complement your existing multidisciplinary team, offering support across and between your daily needs. In supporting your recovery journey, our LivED experience Counsellors will draw on a variety of therapeutic approaches to support your individual goals and needs. These approaches may include any combination of cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, narrative therapy, and strengths-based approaches, as well as be informed by evidence-based eating disorder-specific models including Carolyn Costin’s 8 Keys to Recovery and Shane Jeffrey’s RAVES approach.

Our Counsellors will walk this journey along-side you compassionately, bringing a focus to the here and now, and help you find a way to strengthen your connection between mind, body and spirit. 

One:One Counselling includes;

• Weekly sessions
• Uncovering new activities and coping skills, and
• Facilitating personal goals.

This offering will be fluid and regularly reassessed with you. Most importantly, this relationship will be co-constructed to empower you to connect with and strengthen your ‘healthy self.’ There is no lock-in contract for our counselling. Instead, we gently encourage individuals to honour their commitment to receiving support and believe this commitment is key to recovery.

Carer & Loved One Counselling 

Our LivED Experience Counsellors also offer support for carers and loved ones of individuals experiencing disordered eating, eating disorders, or body image concerns. 

Counselling for carers and loved ones may involve:

• Supporting you as a 'person'
• Helping you reconnect with who you are outside of caring for your loved one
• Exploring your emotional triggers and coping strategies
• Cultivating self-care and emotional regulation
• Meeting you “where you are at”
• Providing lived experience insights and evidence-informed information on eating disorders and recovery (for example, appropriate language to use with your loved one).
   

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Weekly Group Counselling 

Our weekly LivED Experience Group Counselling sessions are virtual and open to anyone across Australia. The sessions cover topics focused on recovery, disordered eating/eating issues, body image concerns, and suggestions from our group participants. These sessions may include psychoeducation around the development of these issues, positive coping strategies, and cultivating a sense of community through giving individuals a safe place to connect with others through shared experiences.

This offering provides a safe & supportive environment to connect with others on the recovery journey. LivED Experience Group Counselling can:

• Help you feel you are not alone
• Provide a support network and a way to socially connect
• Create a safe space to share experience and gain new insights
• Help you brainstorm options to overcome challenges
• Provide you encouragement along your recovery journey.

Session: Thursday 9.30am -10.30am AEST

There are no program lengths for this offering. Individuals are invited to engage in a flexible come & go fashion whereby they are welcome to attend as frequently or infrequently as is supportive for them.

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