Does your weight or how you look affect the way you feel about yourself?
Help for
young people
Are you worried that you might have an eating disorder?
Sometimes it’s hard to know when to ask for help.
We’re here to help, tell us about your concerns.
To help you decide if you might need help from professionals, please select if any of the below applies to you:
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If two or more of these apply to you, please tell us a little bit more, have you noticed any of the following?
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It looks like you may need some additional support.
Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening conditions. Give yourself the best possible chance of recovery by seeing someone early.
Getting Help
Due an unprecedented increase in referrals since the pandemic, self-referrals to our service from young people, parents, or carers are temporarily suspended for all eating disorders except ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder).
If you are under 18, or the parent/carer of a young person under 18, live in the boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Southwark, Greenwich, Croydon, Bexley or Lambeth and wish to make a self-referral for possible ARFID, please send us your contact email address via: ARFIDSelfReferrals@slam.nhs.uk.
For all other eating disorders, please seek a referral from your GP or other healthcare professional.
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‘Leaving my cosy safe space and rejecting my negative thoughts at ITP was scary. But it was the hardest, bravest and most amazing thing I’ve ever done. You are in the right place.’
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‘There were some really difficult days, but in the scheme of things your time at ITP will fly by. Looking back, I’m so grateful to have met all the lovely, gorgeous and supportive people here.’
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‘Wherever you are right now, and no matter how far away recovery seems, it does get better. So much better. You will make it out of this place – Please keep fighting!’
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‘Thank you to all the staff for helping me and always making me smile, even though it was hard. To anyone reading this: you’re stronger than you think, and you can beat this illness!’
Young Person
‘Anorexia felt safe: it was all I cared about for years. But although it may feel like you’re in control, only by going against everything your head tells you will your life become truly worth living again. Trust your mini-team: they believe in you.’
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‘Thanks to ITP, my relationship with my family is better than it has been for a long time. I’m able to use the skills I’ve learnt in the groups to thrive in situations that I would have previously found scary and overwhelming.’
Young Person
‘I came to ITP uncertain about how they would help, and unsure about whether I would ever be a normal 16 year old, or enjoy the things I used to love. But once I opened up to my mini-team and let them help me, I felt like a real person again.’
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