Personal Eating Concerns

Mary Lou Macfarlane-File, an adolescent therapist with twenty-four years experience working in the field of mental health, is offering youth and their parents a unique therapeutic approach. Surrounded by 87 acres of pine forests, open meadows and beautiful gardens, Mary Lou offers her clients a calming retreat from the stresses of everyday life.

 A closed support group is one where the participants remain constant and registration closes after the first session. Space is limited to 12 individuals, allowing for greater group cohesion and trust development among participants.

Who the closed support group is for?
Hopewell’s closed support group is for individuals over the age of 17, who are struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating or disordered eating. This group is facilitated by Adrienne Benson, MEd., CCC.

When:  Monday Evenings; September 20th - November 15th*; 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (8 weeks) 
Where: Heartwood House, located at 153 Chapel St. (corner of Chapel & Rideau)

Cost: $40 (manual included)

www.eatingresearch.com is a website created by the eating disorders research team at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and the eating disorders service run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The site contains information about anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders, support for families and carers, results of research and details of current research projects, and downloadable resources and access to training for GPs, student counsellors and other health professionals.

“It’s Not About the Food” (2008)
Kane, Esther
www.estherkane.com

Health on the Net (HON) Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Geneva, whose mandate is to set codes of conduct to ensure that websites are providing reliable health-based information. Abiding websites may display the HONcode seal.

Here are some of the HON code guidelines:

1) Authoritative: indicates the qualifications of the author

Medical advice should be provided by trained and qualified professionals

A touching website from California. Beautiful pages with information for parents, prevention
and inspiring poetry. 

www.andreasvoice.org

This program provides specialized services to meet the needs of Albertan’s, of all ages, a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or an eating disorder not otherwise specified. A continuum of care spanning from promotion and prevention to early intervention, and treatment options are offered.  A referral from a community family physician is required to access treatment.

www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/eatingdis/edhandouts.htm
 

A good starting point with many useful links. This website exists to promote mental health and wellness education and advocacy. www.mentalhelp.net

Central dissemination site for information about eating disorders, books, videos, educational
resources, therapists and programs. 
www.nedic.ca 

Also hosts an adolescent friendly website RealMe that touches on body image and self-esteem
issues. 
www.realme.ca

The Womyn's Centre offers a safe space and environment for womyn to come together, meet new friends, talk, exchange ideas about the world and how it could be, discuss common issues and gain support from each other.

www.cusaonline.com/womynscentre/womynscentre_site.html