Nicola Beer
University of Bath, UK
Title: Complementary approaches to food addiction & eating disorders
Biography
Biography: Nicola Beer
Abstract
Adopting a hollostic approach to helping with eating disorders and compulsive food behaviours can be extremely beneficial in supporting clients to break the unsatisifying cycle of binging, starving or purging. In addition to psychiatry methods there are many other forms of support that can help when it comes to food addiction, compuslive eating, bulimia and other eating disorders. Such as hypnotherapy, emotional psychosomatic bodywork, NLP coaching, group support, 12 step programs and inner child work. These approaches can help clients to release the emotional triggers, stop obsessing about food or acting out harmful food behaviors. Enabling them to form new habits in the way they treat themselves, live their lives and utlimtately eat. In this presentation, Nicola will share some personal stories and how this type of support can complement other approaches to addictions. As well as share the single biggest factor that needs to be present to overcome any addiction.