Shandon Therapy Centre

Individuals and Families living with Eating Distress in Cork

	Mission Statement
	What is Eating Distress?
	Recovery
	Family and eating distress

recruiting therapists

Welcome to Shandon Therapy Centre

Shandon Therapy Centre is a Cork based Eating Disorder/Eating Distress treatment centre, established in 2008.

In 2007 a number of concerned parents, of children with eating disorders, formed a support group for families and carers in Cork city. Their express aim was to establish a treatment centre for individuals and families living with an eating disorder in the Cork area. This happened in direct response to the acute lack of any dedicated treatment centre outside the Dublin area.

What does Shandon Therapy Centre offer?

Fragile seedling in caring hands Shandon Therapy Centre offers all people with eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Obesity, just to name a few, a safe, secure, therapeutic environment.

Within this therapeutic setting, people with eating disorders are invited to work towards a full recovery.

We in Shandon Therapy Centre adopt a position of non-judgemental and unconditional acceptance of all people with eating disorders, their families and carers. We also believe that the basic values of respect, empathy and compassion are fundamental to our work.

What is meant by full recovery?

Our understanding and experience shows that full recovery is not just about the regaining of ‘normal weight’ and ‘normal eating behaviour’.

The journey to full recovery is more so a healing process that helps people with eating disorders to change their thinking and feeling and leads them to develop their full mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual potential.

Philosophy of Care

We at Shandon Therapy Centre want to see all people with eating disorders having access to a comprehensive recovery service. We recognise the right to receive a service based on ethical, safe, and evidence based practice. This right is also extended to the families and carers. It is also our intent to ensure that our services be open and fully available to everyone despite their socio-economic status.

To achieve this goal Shandon Therapy Centre, even though it receives statutory grants , needs to find almost 60% of its running costs every year through fundraising

You can donate online at any time

www.mycharity.ie/charity/shandontherapycentre

Get in Touch

If you cannot find the information you require on this website, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Shandon Therapy Centre is a registered charity (CHY17771) and a not-for-profit company which is limited by guarantee (no. 440625).

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