Blossom
Please note, Beat have been funded to deliver these services which are currently available to those living in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and London
Beat will provide 8 weeks of structured motivational work based on the Maudsley programme via weekly online support groups for low risk patients. Our structured Blossom groups are a good intervention as a holding space for people on managing their eating disorder to prevent deterioration in their condition whilst they are unable to access NHS treatment. The sessions are facilitated by a Beat Advisor and all messages shared in the group are moderated to ensure the space is safe and no triggering content is shared.
The aim of the 8 group sessions and the reflective tasks are:
- Raise awareness of recovery within eating disorders
- Gain an awareness of what recovery from an eating disorder is through discussion and sharing of experiences
- Instil hope
- Enhance motivation for change
- Gain awareness of how the therapeutic programme all interlinks and is connected
- Give ideas for future discharge planning
- Identify early warning signs
- Discuss ideas of ways of dealing with obstacles to change and how to maximise support for recovery
The objectives are:
- Gain knowledge about recovering
- Describe what is important in my personal recovery plan
- Identify obstacles to my recovery and how they might be overcome
- Identify supports, and how I can best use them
- Develop my own recovery plan including early warning signs and how to respond to them