High quality eating disorder treatment in Woking, Surrey

Eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, are serious mental health conditions that typically cause people to become preoccupied with controlling their weight, size and body shape. This obsession can result in sufferers interacting with food in unhealthy ways, which can have a profoundly negative impact on their physical and psychological wellbeing, and can even result in death.

Set within a beautiful Georgian manor house in Woking, Surrey, Life Works is one of the UK’s most renowned rehab centres, providing exceptional, evidence-based treatment for all forms of eating disorder. Our expert multidisciplinary team have a wealth of experience in delivering specialist treatment for these complex conditions, helping you to overcome your destructive behaviours, and resume the healthy and fulfilling life that you deserve. In addition, we understand that eating disorders are unique to each and every one of our clients, and as such, we ensure that you are placed at the centre of your treatment journey and receive excellent one-to-one support as well as group-based interventions, in order to meet all of your personal needs and produce the best possible outcomes for you as an individual.

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At Life Works, we recognise that it can be difficult to seek help for an eating disorder. However, if you think that you or someone that you know may be struggling with an eating disorder, it’s important to understand that you’re not alone, and the most crucial first step is to seek specialist support.

Which eating disorders are treated at Life Works?

We are able to provide specialised treatment for a range of eating disorders at Life Works in Woking, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder (BED). We are also able to treat eating disorders that are more atypical in nature, known as ‘other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED)’, or ‘eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)’. These conditions don’t meet the exact criteria to receive a formal diagnosis of anorexia, bulimia or BED, but they are no less severe, and still require expert intervention. You can read more on the symptoms and treatment for each eating disorder by clicking on the links below:

What is an eating disorder?

Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that are characterised by severely disrupted eating behaviours and a preoccupation with weight, appearance and body shape. An individual with an eating disorder may become obsessed with controlling their weight and food intake, causing them to interact with food in harmful ways. Unhealthy eating habits in a person with an eating disorder may include:

Limiting the amount of food that they consume

Eating large quantities of food in one sitting

Developing unhealthy behaviours to influence food and weight e.g. induced vomiting, laxative abuse, excessive exercise

A combination of the above

The destructive eating habits associated with eating disorders can be extremely detrimental to an individual’s physical and mental health, and can even result in death.

Eating disorder treatment at Life Works, Surrey

Our eating disorder programme is suitable for adults (both male and female) with a body mass index (BMI) of 14.5 and over. We use a range of tried and tested therapeutic interventions at our specialist eating disorder clinic in Surrey, all of which are evidence-based and have been found to be effective in promoting a sustainable recovery from these debilitating conditions.

This page was reviewed by Steve Clarke, Hospital Director, (MSc, NCFED) in 2019 and is scheduled to be reviewed again in 2021.