Breaking the Rules Group Programme
A six week course supporting people to step away from restrictive beliefs and behaviours, and confidently embrace their perfectly imperfect selves.
What we do
Pause to examine restrictive beliefs and unhelpful behaviours that no longer serve you well
Explore ways to step out of autopilot and attune to your own needs, rather than being governed by shoulds & oughts
Develop a more playful attitude towards food, your wellbeing and a compassionate relationship with yourself
Emerge ready to embrace your perfectly imperfect self
“I knew it would be a really kind and safe space but I was nervous that I wouldn’t feel comfortable. But it really was a wonderful experience and Marissa and Natalie made it a warm and caring space and brought a lot of practical and relevant perspectives that helped challenge in a positive way.”
What the course will cover
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Unhelpful rules: what are they and how do they impact our physical and emotional wellbeing?
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Moving past “shoulds” & tuning into ourselves: how to discern what we really feel & confidently meeting our own needs
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Building self-trust and connecting to the body by learning how to practically live a rule-free, needs focused life
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Self-criticism: What is it? How is it impacting us? How to develop greater self compassion
This is for you if…
> You know you hold some unhelpful beliefs or behaviours around food and are ready to identify and challenge them
> You’re ready to learn coping strategies and techniques to step away from restrictive beliefs and behaviours
> You’re ready to tune into your own needs rather than being ruled by “shoulds” or “oughts”
> You need support in developing self-compassion and challenging self-criticism
> You recognise the harmful nature of diet culture’s rules and restrictions but you need help to cultivate your own self-care needs and navigate the conflicting advice around exercising and diet
Breaking the Rules group programmes are for anyone over the age of 16, of any gender, who wants to explore where unhelpful rules are making life less fun, more stressful & difficult and preventing you from thriving in your relationships, at work, in education and within yourself.
It is also a space to explore whether unhelpful rules are perpetuating issues around disordered eating, disordered exercise, stress and anxiety.
Within the Breaking the Rules group we look at identifying unhelpful rules that no longer serve us well, tuning into our own needs rather than being ruled by ‘shoulds’ or ‘oughts’ or ‘musts’.
As well as developing a more playful attitude towards food and your wellbeing, our aim is to help you become more compassionate, be able to put aside self-criticism and challenge unwell behaviours and dogma.
FAQs
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Of course you can. Many of the group clients are already in therapy. Group work along side therapy can be a brilliant partnership.
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Of course you can. If we feel that you do need additional therapeutic support, we will help you with this too.
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There is something special about group work that can give a more in-depth, challenging and inspiring perspective to support you to make lasting change. Put very simply: it can help speed up the process and maybe a cost-effective approach.
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Attending group can be really daunting, for a lot of reasons. We can offer you some time before the group starts to support you in whatever way you need. We can also offer some time between sessions, if you need some additional support to attend.
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We hope that everyone has a lovely positive time. If you are struggling, please do let us know. We do ask you to do homework, but there are no “musts”. We simply ask you to show up and try your best.
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We either do the group on line or in our office near Baker Street. The group is usually on Saturday morning.
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Yes. We will provide a payment plan that works for you.
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Pets are not allowed in the in-person group. For the on line group, well behaved, not-too-distracting pets are welcome to join.
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“I would definitely recommend. I enjoyed the experience immensely and it really changed my perspective. I have taken a way lots of good tools to challenge all the rules I’ve listened to and believed most of my life.”
Who are we?
This course is run jointly by Dr Natalie Chambers and Nutritional Therapist Marissa-Catherine Carrarini. Drawing on our expertise in Counselling Psychology and Nutritional Therapy to break free from restrictive beliefs and behaviours.
Marissa-Catherine Carrarini has a diploma in Nutritional Therapy from the College of Natropathic Medicine and has worked as a nutritional therapist for more than ten years to normalise and simplify food for those struggling with an eating disorder.