Elena
@elena77.bsky.social
3rd yr trainee Clinical Psychologist. BPS pre-qual rep for the Faculty of Eating Disorders. Interested in eating disorders and adolescents’ MH. Vegan for the animals🌱. F1 🖤LH44. Atheist. All views my own.
Places still available for this BPS in person event, please share within your networks and especially if you work in ED services! 📚📨😊
www.bps.org.uk/event/role-s...
www.bps.org.uk/event/role-s...
The role of Systemic Approaches in Eating Disorder Services | BPS
Exploring systemic approaches in eating disorder care, with insights from CAMHS and Adult services on formulations and treatments.
www.bps.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Places still available for this BPS in person event, please share within your networks and especially if you work in ED services! 📚📨😊
www.bps.org.uk/event/role-s...
www.bps.org.uk/event/role-s...
Dclinpsy mentoring scheme for mature applicants now launching for the 3rd year. Please help by joining or sharing, I am recruiting mentors at present. Head to the OCPC Facebook page for more info 😊
www.facebook.com/share/16u8QL...
www.facebook.com/share/16u8QL...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Dclinpsy mentoring scheme for mature applicants now launching for the 3rd year. Please help by joining or sharing, I am recruiting mentors at present. Head to the OCPC Facebook page for more info 😊
www.facebook.com/share/16u8QL...
www.facebook.com/share/16u8QL...
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Want to refer back to some of the journal articles we've reposted? They're now all sorted at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/edac_atac
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Eating Disorders Association of Canada
Professionals in the field of ED
linktr.ee
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Want to refer back to some of the journal articles we've reposted? They're now all sorted at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/edac_atac
Thank you Taste Life UK for publishing my study advert!
#recovery #edrecovery #edstudy #eatingdisorders #edresearch
#recovery #edrecovery #edstudy #eatingdisorders #edresearch
July 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thank you Taste Life UK for publishing my study advert!
#recovery #edrecovery #edstudy #eatingdisorders #edresearch
#recovery #edrecovery #edstudy #eatingdisorders #edresearch
Last push for my study! I know so many dclin research studies are circulated and it can be annoying, but please consider sharing as I am trying to reach a specific audience that I’d love to give some voice to. 18-25 yr olds who have experienced an eating disorder voice as part of their ED.
Tank you!
Tank you!
June 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Last push for my study! I know so many dclin research studies are circulated and it can be annoying, but please consider sharing as I am trying to reach a specific audience that I’d love to give some voice to. 18-25 yr olds who have experienced an eating disorder voice as part of their ED.
Tank you!
Tank you!
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Unpopular opinion:
If you take weight loss injections to quieten "food noise"... it's going to come back. It's just masking the problem.
It can be helpful to understand what "food noise" really means & explore where it comes from.
More info: www.melciavucco.com/blog/weight-...
#foodnoise
If you take weight loss injections to quieten "food noise"... it's going to come back. It's just masking the problem.
It can be helpful to understand what "food noise" really means & explore where it comes from.
More info: www.melciavucco.com/blog/weight-...
#foodnoise
Weight Loss Injections and “Food Noise”
With all the buzz about weight loss injections recently, I’ve been hearing the term “food noise” a lot. As an eating disorder counsellor, I often work with people who experience some kind of food nois...
www.melciavucco.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Unpopular opinion:
If you take weight loss injections to quieten "food noise"... it's going to come back. It's just masking the problem.
It can be helpful to understand what "food noise" really means & explore where it comes from.
More info: www.melciavucco.com/blog/weight-...
#foodnoise
If you take weight loss injections to quieten "food noise"... it's going to come back. It's just masking the problem.
It can be helpful to understand what "food noise" really means & explore where it comes from.
More info: www.melciavucco.com/blog/weight-...
#foodnoise
Please please help if you can, I am still recruiting for my thesis, shares would be hugely appreciated 🫶🏼
#eatingdisorders #BEAT #firststepED #SEED #ED #dclinpsy #research
#eatingdisorders #BEAT #firststepED #SEED #ED #dclinpsy #research
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Please please help if you can, I am still recruiting for my thesis, shares would be hugely appreciated 🫶🏼
#eatingdisorders #BEAT #firststepED #SEED #ED #dclinpsy #research
#eatingdisorders #BEAT #firststepED #SEED #ED #dclinpsy #research
I am recruiting for my thesis, a project shaped around giving voice to young adults suffering with EDs and experiencing an ‘ED voice’. I’m co-producing my study with experts by experience. Please share on your socials and with your contacts, thank you! #dclinpsy #eatingdisorders #psychologyresearch
May 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I am recruiting for my thesis, a project shaped around giving voice to young adults suffering with EDs and experiencing an ‘ED voice’. I’m co-producing my study with experts by experience. Please share on your socials and with your contacts, thank you! #dclinpsy #eatingdisorders #psychologyresearch
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📢 Announcing Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy training in Exeter - UK 📢
An IEDTA accredited three year core training beginning in September 2025.
www.istdphealth.com/istdp-core-t...
Currently open for applications:
forms.gle/6hsGEjCLqB5R...
An IEDTA accredited three year core training beginning in September 2025.
www.istdphealth.com/istdp-core-t...
Currently open for applications:
forms.gle/6hsGEjCLqB5R...
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 Announcing Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy training in Exeter - UK 📢
An IEDTA accredited three year core training beginning in September 2025.
www.istdphealth.com/istdp-core-t...
Currently open for applications:
forms.gle/6hsGEjCLqB5R...
An IEDTA accredited three year core training beginning in September 2025.
www.istdphealth.com/istdp-core-t...
Currently open for applications:
forms.gle/6hsGEjCLqB5R...
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We are very excited to share our 📢NEW PUBLICATION📢 on lived experience involvement in eating disorders research. We highlight the benefits of collaborating with people with lived experience and provide an example in our work to illustrate how collaboration can be achieved
doi.org/10.1080/1064...
doi.org/10.1080/1064...
Lived experience-informed eating disorders research: an illustrative example
The mental health field, and more recently, the eating disorders field specifically, has witnessed a paradigm shift towards collaborative research which is conducted in partnership with individuals...
doi.org
March 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We are very excited to share our 📢NEW PUBLICATION📢 on lived experience involvement in eating disorders research. We highlight the benefits of collaborating with people with lived experience and provide an example in our work to illustrate how collaboration can be achieved
doi.org/10.1080/1064...
doi.org/10.1080/1064...
www.bps.org.uk/news/eating-...
Eating Disorders are surrounded by harmful myths that need dispelling. What a privilege to contribute to the conversation during Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
@bpsofficial.bsky.social #eatingdisorders #EDAW
Eating Disorders are surrounded by harmful myths that need dispelling. What a privilege to contribute to the conversation during Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
@bpsofficial.bsky.social #eatingdisorders #EDAW
www.bps.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
www.bps.org.uk/news/eating-...
Eating Disorders are surrounded by harmful myths that need dispelling. What a privilege to contribute to the conversation during Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
@bpsofficial.bsky.social #eatingdisorders #EDAW
Eating Disorders are surrounded by harmful myths that need dispelling. What a privilege to contribute to the conversation during Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
@bpsofficial.bsky.social #eatingdisorders #EDAW
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New research project ☺️
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New research project ☺️
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
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Concerns about how allowing assisted dying for terminal conditions will affect those with anorexia.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Assisted dying bill amendment aims to close potential ‘anorexia loophole’
Exclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their lives
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Concerns about how allowing assisted dying for terminal conditions will affect those with anorexia.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Please find our latest paper on NGT feeding under restraint in England - the impact on parents and how nursing staff can support them.
journals.rcni.com/nursing-chil...
journals.rcni.com/nursing-chil...
Nasogastric tube feeding under physical restraint: understanding the effects on parents and how to support them
Nasogastric tube feeding under physical restraint: understanding the effects on parents and how to support them
journals.rcni.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Please find our latest paper on NGT feeding under restraint in England - the impact on parents and how nursing staff can support them.
journals.rcni.com/nursing-chil...
journals.rcni.com/nursing-chil...
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Take a read of our latest coproduced commentary on unmet need in eating disorders treatment. Great to collaborate with @agnesayton.bsky.social of course
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Addressing Unmet Needs in Eating Disorders Requires Systemic Change and Co‐Production: A Commentary on Ali et al. (2024)
The treatment gap for eating disorders varies significantly across healthcare systems owing to structural, cultural, and systemic barriers. A recent systematic review by Ali et al. highlighted this d...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Take a read of our latest coproduced commentary on unmet need in eating disorders treatment. Great to collaborate with @agnesayton.bsky.social of course
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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'An in depth look at Eating Disorders in boys & men' from @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
bit.ly/Eating-disor...
Recognise symptoms/presentations of #eatingdisorders in males
Describe disordered eating behaviours for weight loss and muscle-building
Identify medical complications of eating disorders
bit.ly/Eating-disor...
Recognise symptoms/presentations of #eatingdisorders in males
Describe disordered eating behaviours for weight loss and muscle-building
Identify medical complications of eating disorders
An in depth look at Eating Disorders in boys and men
bit.ly
January 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
'An in depth look at Eating Disorders in boys & men' from @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
bit.ly/Eating-disor...
Recognise symptoms/presentations of #eatingdisorders in males
Describe disordered eating behaviours for weight loss and muscle-building
Identify medical complications of eating disorders
bit.ly/Eating-disor...
Recognise symptoms/presentations of #eatingdisorders in males
Describe disordered eating behaviours for weight loss and muscle-building
Identify medical complications of eating disorders
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We live in surreal times. Doctors having to write to the Prime Minister opposing assisted suicide.
Please engage with the parliamentary process. Someone’s life may depend on it. ourdutyofcare.org.uk/declaration/
Please engage with the parliamentary process. Someone’s life may depend on it. ourdutyofcare.org.uk/declaration/
Have you signed the ODOC Declaration yet?
Please support the ODOC declaration of resistance to assisted suicide and euthanasia in the UK and beyond.
ourdutyofcare.org.uk
January 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We live in surreal times. Doctors having to write to the Prime Minister opposing assisted suicide.
Please engage with the parliamentary process. Someone’s life may depend on it. ourdutyofcare.org.uk/declaration/
Please engage with the parliamentary process. Someone’s life may depend on it. ourdutyofcare.org.uk/declaration/
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Here's a list of UK clinical psychologists on Bluesky.
We have loads to offer in these dark times-
*to support deeper listening & understanding
*to hold in mind wider contexts that influence physical & mental health
*to hold space for 'both-and' thinking
Let's keep connecting
go.bsky.app/T8w5B8U
We have loads to offer in these dark times-
*to support deeper listening & understanding
*to hold in mind wider contexts that influence physical & mental health
*to hold space for 'both-and' thinking
Let's keep connecting
go.bsky.app/T8w5B8U
January 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here's a list of UK clinical psychologists on Bluesky.
We have loads to offer in these dark times-
*to support deeper listening & understanding
*to hold in mind wider contexts that influence physical & mental health
*to hold space for 'both-and' thinking
Let's keep connecting
go.bsky.app/T8w5B8U
We have loads to offer in these dark times-
*to support deeper listening & understanding
*to hold in mind wider contexts that influence physical & mental health
*to hold space for 'both-and' thinking
Let's keep connecting
go.bsky.app/T8w5B8U
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📢 Join us for the EDCRN launch webinar!
🗓 13th Jan 2025
⏰ 12:00–14:00 GMT
💻 Online via Teams
💡 Key Topics:
✨ EDCRN vision & motivations
✨ Insights from caregivers & lived experience
✨ How services can get involved
✨ Q&A session
📩 Register now: forms.office.com/e/ZuHS2fbFGm
🗓 13th Jan 2025
⏰ 12:00–14:00 GMT
💻 Online via Teams
💡 Key Topics:
✨ EDCRN vision & motivations
✨ Insights from caregivers & lived experience
✨ How services can get involved
✨ Q&A session
📩 Register now: forms.office.com/e/ZuHS2fbFGm
January 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Free talk on adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) from Dr. Nicholas Westers, Associate Professor (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Understand the nature of NSSI and differentiate it from suicidal behaviour, and recognise warning signs and associated risk factors.
bit.ly/Nicholas-Wes...
Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) explained - Basic Concepts
bit.ly
January 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Free talk on adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) from Dr. Nicholas Westers, Associate Professor (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Understand the nature of NSSI and differentiate it from suicidal behaviour, and recognise warning signs and associated risk factors.
bit.ly/Nicholas-Wes...
Leaving here for myself and all my fellow #dclinpsy trainees, for all the rough patches whilst completing this doctorate, times that make you lose sight, times that make you miss what you left behind, doubt the journey or yourself. 🌱
January 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Leaving here for myself and all my fellow #dclinpsy trainees, for all the rough patches whilst completing this doctorate, times that make you lose sight, times that make you miss what you left behind, doubt the journey or yourself. 🌱
I’m not going to lie, it’s a little tricky to pick the flow back up on this app, having left so many meaningful contacts and reflections on Twitter. If you feel your transition is being smooth and positive and have tips, please throw them my way 😊
December 12, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I’m not going to lie, it’s a little tricky to pick the flow back up on this app, having left so many meaningful contacts and reflections on Twitter. If you feel your transition is being smooth and positive and have tips, please throw them my way 😊
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Published today (Open Access) Dr Emily Shipwright's powerful study conducted at Plymouth University on the long-term adverse effects after ECT. In the words of one participant “The Procedure Went Well, but You’ve Killed the Patient” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Published today (Open Access) Dr Emily Shipwright's powerful study conducted at Plymouth University on the long-term adverse effects after ECT. In the words of one participant “The Procedure Went Well, but You’ve Killed the Patient” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Let’s start afresh on this app 😊
I hope the clinical psychology community finds me on here too, let’s reconnect.
Bluesky alg do your thing 💫📮🖇️ #clinicalpsychology #psychology
I hope the clinical psychology community finds me on here too, let’s reconnect.
Bluesky alg do your thing 💫📮🖇️ #clinicalpsychology #psychology
December 8, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Let’s start afresh on this app 😊
I hope the clinical psychology community finds me on here too, let’s reconnect.
Bluesky alg do your thing 💫📮🖇️ #clinicalpsychology #psychology
I hope the clinical psychology community finds me on here too, let’s reconnect.
Bluesky alg do your thing 💫📮🖇️ #clinicalpsychology #psychology