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NZ Eating Disorder Specialists is a private clinic in Auckland established to help people and their families overcoming eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia.
With over 30 years experience we are the only clinic specialising in Intensive Structural Therapy in New Zealand which:
- Treats individual and influential members
- Assesses pressures in the individual’s life
- Addresses dysfunctional patterns for example with therapeutic lunch sessions
- Sets new patterns for the family
- Ends therapy when new patterns set not just the individual stopping their behaviour
Charles Fishman is the Director for NZEDS. As a highly regarded specialist in Intensive Structural Therapy he has presented widely internationally on eating disorders, including at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and Harvard University (US).
Monitoring Weight Gain
With eating disorders, the sooner the problem can be controlled, the better. When eating disorders become chronic, they are very difficult to treat.
One of the key components in Intensive Structural Therapy is monitoring weight gain in conjunction with therapy. Intensive Structural Therapy is a powerful model that leads to weight gain – often rapidly. The treatment is fast and the results are often maintained.
The chart above documents the progress of a 21 year old female student with an eating disorder for an eight year duration, undergoing a carefully-monitored, calorie-controlled diet. Starting with a BMI of only 14, she obtained a weight increase of more than five kilos a few weeks into treatment. Weight gain was acquired steadily and naturally. This graph shows how Intensive Structural Therapy is a rapid and successful approach to eating disorder treatment.
Note: 4/02/07 was the beginning of treatment.
