Group numbers are kept small to allow for individual support.
All events currently take place in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. For more information, to register for a course, or to be kept informed about future events (including online ones), just send us an email.
Understanding Anorexia
Have you been told you're at risk of developing Anorexia Nervosa, have you been diagnosed with it, or have you had it in the past? Do you have unanswered questions about it, about why someone gets an eating disorder, or about what the diagnosis means for your future? If so, this event may be right for you. The single 2-hour session includes a one hour presentation based on up-to-date research and an hour for questions. Family/friends/whanau are also welcome to register for this event and come with you.The presentation will be based on the latest research and include information on:
✓ diagnosis: its usefulness and its limitations
✓ the role of genes and the environment
✓ treatment options
✓ what recovery means
✓ the truth about recovery: what it is and what it involves
✓ areas of current research
Not sure if this event is right for you? No problem— the first step in registering will be to complete a questionnaire which will help to make it clear. For more information or to register, you're welcome to get in touch.
Tackling Emotional Eating
Do you regularly overeat to deal with stress and other feelings? Would you like to change this but don’t know how? Would learning more about this in a small, supportive group be helpful to you? If so, this course may be right for you. The course consists of a 2 hour session each week for 4 weeks.By the end of the group, you will:
✓ understand more about binge eating, including whether you may have Binge Eating Disorder
✓ have identified some personal factors that set off a binge
✓ have identified some factors that keep the binges happening
✓ find out what holds you back from change— and what to do about it
✓ know more about the change process
✓ find out whether mindful eating and intuitive eating could be helpful for you
✓ learn strategies for making changes to use in your everyday life
✓ find out whether/how to involve others to support you in making sustainable changes
Not sure if this course is right for you? No problem— the first step in registering will be to complete a questionnaire which will help to make it clear. For more information or to register, you're welcome to get in touch.
Breaking free of the binging cycle
Do you regularly binge eat, and then try to compensate using vomiting, laxatives, overexercising, or going without food for more than 8 hours? Would you like to break free of this cycle but haven't managed it yet, or not sustainably yet? If so, this course may be right for you. The course consists of a 1 1/2 hour session each week for 6 weeks. (Please note that participation on this course may involve consent for the course leader to be in contact with any other health professionals supporting you.)The group offers an opportunity to:
✓ understand more about the bingeing cycle, including whether you may have Bulimia Nervosa
✓ get a better understanding of your personal cycles of bingeing and compensation
✓ find out what perpetuates these cycles
✓ check out the truth of any relevant assumptions
✓ learn how to better manage any relevant feelings
✓ find out first steps towards doing things differently
✓ set up and try out a personal experiment in doing things differently
✓ find out whether/how to involve others to support you in making sustainable changes
Not sure if this course is right for you? No problem— the first step in registering will be to complete a questionnaire which will help to make it clear. For more information or to register, you're welcome to get in touch.
Making friends with your body
How do you feel and think about your body? Would you like this to be different now, without waiting for your body to change? If so, this course may be right for you. This course is a pilot course, and will run for 1 1/2 hours a week for 4 weeks initially.By the end of the course, you will :
✓ understand more about how you think and feel about your body
✓ understand more about past and present factors that may be unfairly influencing you
✓ evaluate some other perspectives you can take
✓ have a chance to discuss what 'healthy' is: A 'healthy size'? 'Health at every size' (HAES)?
✓ know better what you're aiming for: body confidence, self-acceptance, or something else
✓ try out some transformative activities in the group session
✓ learn some transformative practices you can use in your everyday life
Not sure if this course is right for you? No problem— the first step in registering will be to complete a questionnaire which will help to make it clear. For more information or to register, you're welcome to get in touch.