What are Eating Disorders?
By eating tendencies, we understand both eating disorders (ED) and any eating pattern that can be harmful and cause suffering. Even if it does not meet the criteria for a disorder.
Eating Disorders are groups of symptoms that describe a pathological relationship with food that seriously affects our health, daily life, behavior and emotional state. They are related to a constant rumination over food and an intense fear of gaining weight as well as idealization of weight loss.
According to the DSM-V manual, we can differentiate, among the most frequent, 3 types of eating disorders:
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
But in addition to the EDs, we must also take into account overweight, obesity, body dissatisfaction and body dysmorphia.
Although Eating Disorders are called behavioral problems and obesity has been considered a medical condition, they are also psychological and affective problems.
Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders
Therapy for Eating Disorders should be multidisciplinary and focused, on one hand, on behavior and nutrition and on the other, on emotions, relationships and identity.
What are the goals of psychotherapy for Eating Disorders?
- Learn to accept oneself unconditionally
- Increase self-esteem
- Manage the eating habits
- Learn to relate differently
- Develop healthier tools for managing emotions
- Be more self-aware
A modification of behavior or weight, as difficult as that task is, only displaces the pathology. It does not solve it, if not accompanied by psychotherapy focused on working on emotional management.
Our eating disorder (ED) treatments are delivered by a specialized, multidisciplinary team. We offer—and recommend—a personalized, coordinated plan tailored to your needs to ensure the most appropriate care for your situation.
How do we work with Eating Disorders?
At our therapy clinic in Barcelona, we offer complete and multidisciplinary treatments for people who suffer from Eating Disorders and/or a complicated relationship with food. We work according to pre-established protocols based on many years of experience that include not only psychotherapeutic help but also medical and nutritional support for patients who may benefit from it.
Therapy for Eating Disorders
We offer individual therapy with highly qualified psychotherapists specialized in the treatment of Eating Disorders.
Nutrition and medical support
Alongside psychotherapy, we offer sessions with our nutritionists, our team specializes in treating Eating Disorders and Obesity and collaborates with a team of psychotherapists and pharmacological support, for patients who might need it.
Support Groups
Individual therapy can be complemented with Group therapy and/or other therapuetic group activities. Our ED group therapy is based on the concepts of mentalization-based therapy (MBT).
Day Treatment
Our treatments can be both outpatient and in a form of an intensive Day Treatment.
The tretaments are complementary, the combination and frequency can be adapted to your needs and possibilities.
Coordination Model for ED Care
At Proyecto ART, we offer a treatment coordination service for Eating Disorders (ED). Our goal is to tailor the therapeutic plan to each person and ensure smooth, consistent communication among all professionals involved (psychotherapy, nutrition, psychiatry, medicine, family, and school, when relevant).
What we do
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Personalized treatment plan design, with clear goals and guidelines for your case.
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Monthly coordination of the multidisciplinary team (clinical meetings and follow-up).
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Structured communication channels among professionals to support timely, coherent decisions.
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Plan adjustments according to progress and stage-specific needs.
Who is it for?
We recommend this service for all cases, and especially for more severe or complex presentations, where substantial “behind-the-scenes” work is needed to ensure continuity, coherence, and safety throughout the process.
Price
€150 per month, in addition to treatment sessions.
This fee covers plan design, coordination, and the team’s monthly meetings.
If you don’t choose coordination
We can still offer clinical support. While we share a common therapeutic vision and will maintain as much coherence as possible, we cannot guarantee the same level of formal coordination among all professionals.
More details on how we work with each Eating Disorder below
- Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder in Barcelona and online
- Therapy for Bulimia in Barcelona and online
- Therapy for Anorexia nervosa in Barcelona and online
- Therapy for Obesity in Barcelona and online