Online Eating Disorder Recovery Support Group
I am excited to once again be hosting eating disorder recovery support groups in 2023.
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Every month during 2022, I hosted an online support group that invited anyone from anywhere in the world, regardless of where they were in their eating disorder recovery journey.
From Guatemala, to New York, to Cape Town, to Finland, each individual brought courageous vulnerability, sensitive wisdom, and compassionate support, that allowed for trust, safety, and transparency to weave together in an organic way.
I feel inspired to continue these online support groups, with some new changes that I believe enhance what groups are possible in achieving within the realm of eating disorder recovery.
If you feel called to join the group or want to read more about it, head here.
When I first attended support groups for my own eating disorder recovery, two key aspects stood out to me: the group met regularly, and the group was open to a core group of people.
Within the context of closed, weekly container, familiarly, safety and trust developed. We could go deeper, sharing the more painful, tender and delicate matters that were in our hearts that could only be expressed when we felt a sense of belonging, understanding, safety, and acceptance.
So, with some of these early lessons from my own recovery still echoing in my system, I am excited to be offering a 2-month eating disorder recovery support group.
The aim of having a closed container gives the freedom for each meetup to progressively build, deepening the embodiment journey through somatic healing modalities, nervous system regulation tools, and group sharing and witnessing.
The Themes and Flow of the Container
Each session has an opening connection practice, a somatic practice, topics of discussion/reflective questions, group sharing, and a closing practice.
Session 1 (30 Jan): Acknowledging the body, grounding the body into the present in relationship with the external environment, establishing foundations
Session 2 (13 Feb): Centering the body, inviting in potency and adaptability, embodied resourcing
Session 3 (27 Feb): Familiarizing with safety, allowing space through touch and breath
Session 4 (6 March): Curious patterns of protection, finding the painful and the pleasant
Session 5 (20 March): Integration, yielding, containment and connection
Sessions are informed by an embodied and somatic approach to eating disorder recovery. The container is trauma-informed and HAES-sensitive. Communication and support are offered between sessions.
Group details
First group cohort: 30 January, 13 February, 27 February, 6 March, 20 March (5 sessions)
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 SAST (1.5 hours)
Hosted monthly on Zoom
Open to 5 people (regrettably no drop-ins)
Cost for South Africans: R1 500
Cost for people outside of South Africa: $150
To join the eating disorder recovery support group or to find out more head here.
If you are unable to join the first cohort and would like to attend later in the year, be sure to subscribe to my newsletter as this is where I share my upcoming groups, events and announcements.
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