Recovery Coaching

A Carolyn Costin Institute Eating Disorder Coach assists clients to achieve their treatment goals in real-life situations, providing support, and appropriate challenges, and serves as both a role model and guide.

Coaching is an important aspect of an overall strategy for treating individuals with eating disorders. In essence, coaches provide a crucial aspect of treatment by accompanying clients in everyday situations and providing exposure and response prevention.

The Carolyn Costin Institute is the first to offer a sophisticated, thorough, rigorous certification program. They train coaches on how to best support a client and their treatment team to assist them to make the necessary day-to-day behaviour changes necessary for recovery.

The Eating Disorder Recovery Coach’s role is a valuable addition to an individual’s treatment team. While other services may focus on understanding the underlying causes of an eating disorder or processing past trauma, recovery coaching supports clients to implement practical recovery skills to achieve the treatment goals set with their psychologist or dietitian.

A Recovery Coach is there to support clients to challenge and change their eating disorder thoughts and behaviours in the here and now. This work with clients is goal orientated and present-focused. 

As a Recovery Coach, Sandi shares her lived experience of recovering from an eating disorder and practical strategies that supported her recovery, with a view to increasing your motivation and creating hope that recovery is possible. She offers practical support to identify and eat fear foods, eat in restaurants and cafes, grocery shop, cook meals and shop for clothes. Sandi also offers the valuable service of support outside of sessions via email or text.