National Eating Disorders Recovery Centre

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Who We Are & What We Do

We specialise in the area of Eating Disorders and co-occurring Mental Health illnesses.

Our team consists of:

Consultant Psychiatrists

Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

NEDRC’s General Practioner (GP) – All registered with the IMC

Director of Services registered with NMBI

Clinical Psychologists registered with PSI

Psychotherapists registered with IACP, IAHIP & ICAT

Family Therapists registered with FTAI

Occupational Therapist registered with Coru

Social Worker registered with Coru

Dieticians registered with Coru & INDI

Physiotherapist registered with Coru

Clinical Nurse Manager registered with NMBI

Advanced Nurse Practioner- Candidate NMBI

Registered Mental Health, General and Pediatric Nurses NMBI

Administration staff,

Chefs,

Peer Support Workers,

Domestic staff.

Combined, our staff have many years’ worth of experience in Healthcare, specifically in Mental Health and more specifically in Eating Disorders. Our team has worked in the HSE, NHS, Public and Private Services, including the Priory Hospital, UK in the area of Eating Disorders.

Our aim is to become the Centre of Excellence for Eating Disorders in Ireland.

What We Do

NEDRC follows WHO, NICE, MEED Eating Disorders guidelines and the HSE Model of Care for Eating Disorders and adheres to the Mental Health Commission’s regulations.

We use Evidence-based, recommended therapies and interventions for example:

  • CBT-E (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Eating Disorders),
  • DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy),
  • RO DBT (Radically Openness DBT),
  • FBT (Family Based Treatment) family therapy is an integral part of the treatment process,
  • CAT (Cognitive Analytical Therapy),
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing),
  • SSCM (Specialist Supportive Clinical Management),
  • MANTRA (Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults)
  • Nutritional therapy with our registered Dieticians,
  • Finding the balance with exercise with our registered Physiotherapist and Movement Therapist,
  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
  • MET (Motivational Enhancement Therapy)
  • Stress & anxiety management
  • Body image & perfectionism
  • Medical management of patients with an Eating Disorder. We provide a full health and medical check relating to a patients’ eating disorder/ mental illness.
  • Onsite Assessment and monitoring as required with NEDRC’s GP,
  • 12- lead ECG (trace of your heart),
  • Regular Phlebotomy (blood tests),
  • Blood glucose monitoring (finger prick test),
  • Vital signs monitoring (blood pressure, pulse, breathing rate, temperature, oxygen levels),
  • Weight & BMI monitoring,
  • DEXA scanning (a scan of your bones- hips, spine),
  • Medication and supplements as required,
  • Managing gastrointestinal distress (e.g., stomach bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, heart burn/ reflux).

“They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel”

Our Ethos

We support a “no shame – no blame” approach. An Eating Disorder is neither anyone’s “fault” or “choice”.  Our aim is  to empower clients to feel strong enough to let go of their eating disorder and realise that the eating disorder is a symptom – it is not who they are.

Families are an important part of the recovery process and we encourage their participation but only with your consent. We also understand that not everyone has a relationship with their family and would not force this connection.

RE-EVALUATE:

– What has been the value of the ED in your life?
– Consider and re-assess your opinion of the ED behaviours (e.g., restriction, binging, purging, over-exercising, over emphasis on “healthy” also known as Orthorexia).

RE-COVER:

– Re-gain your life,
– Sometimes, a little re-construction is needed and that is ok too in order to get back what the ED has stolen from you,
– Re-learn; * healthy coping mechanisms, * living again, a fulfilling life.

RE-START:

– Resume your life, begin what you are capable of achieving,
– Your life has been interrupted by the ED but now you are in control of your life, not the ED.

RE-CENTRE:

– Gather your thoughts and focus
– Re-store your thoughts, beliefs and focus before the ED took over (we understand this may be hard for some to even remember life before “ED” but that is what we are here for).

About Us

The National Eating Disorders Recovery Centre (NEDRC) supports a realistic view to health and weight. We incorporate WHO, NICE, MEED and the HSE Model of Care for Eating Disorders guidelines along with elements of Health at Every Size (HAES) principles, Intuitive Eating and Therapeutic Movement. We approach each individual with a holistic view, using the Medical, Therapeutic, Psychosocial and Recovery models.

Start your recovery journey today

Give us a call to schedule an appointment.

Phone: 01 564 4450 / 087 7755996