RenourishED
Full recovery from an eating disorder is possible and Millie Thomas (Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and NLP practitioner) and Olivia Soha (Eating Disorder Recovery Coach) are here to show you how!
They are both fully recovered from their eating disorder battles and now they are here to help you do the same.
RenourishED is a safe space for you to turn to on those tough days in recovery when you feel like giving up.
Millie and Olivia will be sharing their invaluable lived experience, tools, strategies and motivation to help you on your journey to freedom and they will also have some amazing guests joining them along the way.
Eating disorder recovery is a rollercoaster and they are here to ride it with you!
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Ariana Elias: Innovative Approaches to Eating Disorder Treatment
In this episode Millie and Olivia chat to Ariana Elias.
Ariana is a clinical psychologist and credentialed Eating Disorder Practitioner.
Since commencing clinical practice in 2002 Ariana Elias has worked within the field of body image and eating disorders in a variety of community and specialist services, in both the public and private sector.
In 2015 Ariana developed Raising Body Confident Kids - a body image prevention program for parents and primary school aged children. Since then she has worked with thousands of children and their parents in school and community settings focused on reducing the risk of the development of body dissatisfaction.
Since 2019 Ariana has served as Chair of the Private Practice Significant Interest Group for the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders.
In 2021 Ariana founded Tikvah Clinic with the hope of creating a specialised eating disorder multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. Tikvah Clinic provides patients and their families supportive, holistic, individualised and innovative treatments.
Ariana is a trauma informed therapist and has completed clinical training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT, CBT-E), Trauma-Focused CBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM), Family Based Treatment (FBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
In 2023 Ariana completed her training with the Ketamine Training Centre and offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) to individuals with difficult to treat depression and eating disorders. She also completed training with Monash University Clinical Psychedelic Lab and is able to offer MDMA Assisted Therapy to individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders.
They discuss the importance of an individualised approach to caring for individuals affected by eating disorders, how recovery coaches assist in achieving the best outcomes for her clients and why she has made the decision to offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and MDMA Assisted Therapy.
If you are interested in learning more about Ariana and her clinic, you can visit her website here: https://tikvahclinic.com.au
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Disclaimer -
Please note that although we have done our utmost to make RenourishED as inclusive as possible it’s important to remember that every individual’s eating disorder journey is unique. Please consult your treatment team before making any decisions relating to your recovery