The words of the people who use all of our services say more than we ever can about the benefits and impact for them.
I have had time to think. ..started being able to calm myself down and going to bed earlier to relax. I’m managing money and time better and I’m looking after myself. I’ve never done that before.’
You think you’re the only person in the world. Now I’ve found out I’m not the only one.
The counselling sessions were absolutely amazing and life-changing.
I used to block out feeling with food, it’s not like that now’
Once I got through the door it was easy. They didn’t judge. EDNE helped me to get to be this new person. The old one never looked up and never spoke.
The EDNE counsellor’s the only person who has helped me.. the big high walls have come down
It has literally changed the quality of my life.
Eating distress ..is such a secretive thing. This has been the first time I didn’t feel alone with it.
The counselling has been a big turning point and the support from EDNE has been amazing.
‘..has given me life-changing help. They’ve helped me overcome the barriers. It’s been about unravelling decades.
EDNE started me thinking about what resilience is and how I could manage day to day and have strategies’
EDNE was friendly welcoming and flexible
‘I couldn’t have managed without coming here. I genuinely think this place has kept me alive. I have a sense of hope now.’
..entire process has been incredibly supportive and empathetic, giving me the support I needed to move forwards.
‘It was not just putting a plaster over something, it was about healing it. I can’t describe how it feels to have switched my mindset, after 50 years it is mind-blowing’
I was given permission to feel. Instead of being a person with an eating disorder, I was a person who could feel feelings’
I’ve really appreciated the help I’ve been given at EDNE, I didn’t feel like I was just there as a client who just needed to get to the end of their sessions. I actually felt heard and understood.
The course exceeded my expectations ! ..Excellent practical examples.. Feels empowering to have these tools…
I would thoroughly recommend this course to other carers wherever they are on their journey of supporting a loved one with and ED. Thank you EDNE.
your unerring positivity, your calmness.. your skill, your knowledge and true EMPATHY(!) lifted the darkness and I am sure made everyone feel SO much better. I feel more positive today than I have for ages.
Without counselling I wouldn’t have had the support and encouragement to make the changes and steps I need to take towards recovery
My counsellor was fantastic and I cannot thank her enough for listening and helping me move forward.
I really appreciated being treated as an individual and the counselling being tailored to my needs.
It was absolutely fantastic, the best training we’re ever had. The facilitator showed us how we could provide support
I have been a health professional for twenty years and I learned something in this session. This training is second to none. Very high quality
I’d put the session at the top of all the training we’ve had from the statutory and voluntary sectors. This was the best and made the most difference in our working knowledge
Wealth of information and excellent trainer
The session does come back to me, even two years down the line, because of the quality of the training
In the end we thought: ‘Wow’. It had helped us to feel the feelings. The content was fabulous. It’s the only training I’ve been on where we learnt from what we did, not the notes that we took.
The course exceeded my expectations ! ..Excellent practical examples.. Feels empowering to have these tools…
I would thoroughly recommend this course to other carers wherever they are on their journey of supporting a loved one with and ED. Thank you EDNE.
your unerring positivity, your calmness.. your skill, your knowledge and true EMPATHY(!) lifted the darkness and I am sure made everyone feel SO much better. I feel more positive today than I have for ages.
I actually came off the session feeling I'm genuinely not alone in the types of thoughts I have. Useful tips given right through the session which I will hold on to. Thank you
The group is helping me to open up and have a more open mind, to feel supported.
Thank you! It’s very relieving to know others are in similar situations and have come out at the other side.
As a small charity, we rely on the amazing generosity of the public to allow us to continue our work. Every donation is noticed and appreciated, and allows us to really make a difference in someone’s life – by helping to provide specialised one to one counselling sessions to people who would otherwise not be able to access them, run our support groups, and provide training so people can spot the signs of eating distress and help others seek the support they need as early as possible. We use Local Giving as our donation platform, and any contribution enables us to continue providing our supportive services for people struggling with anxiety around food
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