Eating Disorders

The number of people suffering with some kind of Eating disorder is on the increase both among the female and male population.
In Britain the incidence of anorexia in young women has been esimated to range between 1 & 5%.

Twenty years ago it was estimated that for every 15 women with anorexia there was one man. Today statistics show that this has risen to 1 in 4.

Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder can affect anyone regardless of social class, age, race or gender. 86% of those with eating disorders report onset by age 20, and 10% report onset at 10 years or younger.

Can you wonder at these stark statistics when children are bombarded with so called 'images of perfection' and when they get home 'mother is on yet another diet' and 'can't eat this and can't eat that'.
As parents we spend a lot of time telling our children "if you eat all your dinner you'll get a treat" (usually something sweet), "eat all your food, there are people starving in the world you know". When they scape their knee we comfort them with a biscuit not a piece of fruit.
Having absorbed all this conflicting information we spend the rest of our lives trying to avoid all the 'bad foods', that our subconscious is telling us are the 'good foods'.
Can anyone be surprised that we're confused.

The Southend Hypnotherapy Centre uses a treatment regime designed by the renowned eating disorder therapists David Kato PhD C.Ht and Kim Manning C.M.Ht.
The treatments include Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy both within and without hypnosis.
This is an effective way to treat any kind of eating disorder and the results are very promising in most cases.

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