About EDQ
Through individual and group therapy, peer mentoring and community building, we aim to alleviate the impact of eating disorders for everyone concerned.
What is an eating disorder?
For many people, eating disorders are not about food or their body image, but instead develop as a way of coping with other influences in their life.
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Family members and carers play a key role in supporting a loved one’s recovery journey.
A ‘carer’ is anyone supporting an individual with an eating disorder.
Family Coaching Sessions provide an opportunity for a carer and their loved one to collaboratively discuss practical strategies and action plans to enhance the individual’s recovery.
This online training is about helping you gain knowledge and skills and improving your confidence around meal support.
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The EDQ 10-week Group is a structured treatment group for individuals with eating disorders. The group aims to create a sense of community through story-sharing by participants. Individuals on their recovery journey often find this group helps to counter the sense of shame, guilt and isolation they feel while gaining essential skills to manage eating […]
The Carer Peer Mentor Program connects and matches individuals who are currently supporting a loved one in their recovery from an eating disorder, with a “mentor” who has been through this journey with a loved one, and who would now like to provide connection, support and hope for other carers. The program follows a strengths-based […]
Community Table is a supportive meal therapy group that allows individuals to work towards nutritional goals, engage in social eating and develop skills to manage meal-related anxiety and distress. It runs for five weeks.
This six-week group is facilitated by our practitioner Nat. It recognises that many people have experienced trauma at some level and establishes a safe and empowering space for participants to connect with their own body. (Please note that we will take a week off on the 7th of April due to the public holiday)
Facilitated by Kayla and Amira This group is only open to clients who have previously completed Wise Choices (Series 1)
The EDQ 10-week Group is a structured treatment group for individuals with eating disorders. The group aims to create a sense of community through story-sharing by participants. Individuals on their recovery journey often find this group helps to counter the sense of shame, guilt and isolation they feel while gaining essential skills to manage eating […]
The Carer Connect Group provides a supportive and collaborative environment for family members, carers and key support people to come together and is facilitated by EDQ Family & Carer Coaches. This group is held face-to-face and is facilitated by David.
Community Table is a supportive meal therapy group that allows individuals to work towards nutritional goals, engage in social eating and develop skills to manage meal-related anxiety and distress. It runs for five weeks.
This six-week group is facilitated by our practitioner Nat. It recognises that many people have experienced trauma at some level and establishes a safe and empowering space for participants to connect with their own body. (Please note that we will take a week off on the 7th of April due to the public holiday)
Places are currently available in the upcoming Emotion Focused Skills Training Workshop, delivered by CYMHS Eating Disorders Program in collaboration with Queensland Eating Disorder Service and Eating Disorders Qld. Attendees do not need to be engaged with any service, and their loved ones can be any age. Attendees must be aged over 18 and commit […]
Facilitated by Kayla and Amira This group is only open to clients who have previously completed Wise Choices (Series 1)
The EDQ 10-week Group is a structured treatment group for individuals with eating disorders. The group aims to create a sense of community through story-sharing by participants. Individuals on their recovery journey often find this group helps to counter the sense of shame, guilt and isolation they feel while gaining essential skills to manage eating […]
Estimated completion time is 10-15 minutes.
This form is for individuals seeking treatment for themselves.
If you are a carer/key support person, or looking for treatment for another person, please email admin@edq.org.au instead.
Hello, this will be your first step of engaging with Eating Disorders Qld. We acknowledge that it can be difficult to discuss your experiences with eating disorder/s and body image issues, particularly at first.
To make it a bit easier, we have developed this form that you can complete and send back to us before we call you.
You will receive a call to discuss the information provided, or we are happy to complete the form with you. During this call we can discuss any questions or touch on issues pertaining to the questions on the form.
After the phone assessment has been completed and we both feel that EDQ is a good fit one of our practitioners will arrange a more comprehensive ‘intake’ session.
During an intake session, you and the practitioner will review your needs, recovery goals and expectations of therapy/holistic recovery needs. This session takes around 90 minutes.
We will also go through Confidentiality and our shared Rights & Responsibilities. Looking forward to meeting you!
Due to the high demand for EDQ’s funded services, and allowing for fair equitable distribution of therapeutic resources to the community:
• EDQ requires 48 working hours’ notice of cancellation for all appointments
• In the event of 3 late cancellations or no-shows, your practitioner will discuss other support options with you before booking another appointment
EDQ acknowledges recovery and the therapeutic process is not linear. Please discuss any changing needs or barriers with your practitioner so EDQ can best support you and the greater community.
To access services with EDQ, we require that you engage regularly with a GP to monitor your medical stability. As part of this process, a GP will need to sign EDQ’s client medical clearance form. Medical monitoring is required for all clients, no matter what kind of eating disorder behaviour is present. Eating disorders have significant impacts on physical health.
If you do not currently have a suitable GP, please let us know and we can assist you to find one.