Enhanced Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders

At The Transitional Space, we treat disordered eating not as an isolated pathology of appetite, but as a complex, symbolic language of the psyche—a somatic "threshold" where internal distress meets external control. Our clinical framework is anchored in Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E), the evidence-based protocol developed by the CREDO group at the University of Oxford. This transdiagnostic model provides the necessary scientific rigour to address the cognitive mechanisms maintaining the disorder, such as the over-evaluation of shape and weight and the intricacies of dietary restraint. However, we believe that for profound transformation to occur, behavioral stabilization must be integrated with deep psychodynamic and systemic inquiry.

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Moving beyond the symptomatic surface, our approach explores the functional role of the eating disorder as a "survival strategy." We investigate how the body often becomes a battlefield for autonomy in response to relational trauma or developmental deficits. By applying an intersectional and feminist lens, we deconstruct how societal constructs and internalized power dynamics are projected onto the physical self, often manifesting as self-objectification or chronic shame. Through the synthesis of Oxford’s clinical precision and the insights of Relational Psychoanalysis, we co-create a "holding environment" where the body is no longer a vehicle for psychic displacement, but an integrated home for a reclaimed sense of agency.