Beyond The Bathroom Scale
United Kingdom, Leicester
Beyond The Bathroom Scale is a specialist mental health service on a mission to prevent the development of eating disorders by offering early intervention to people with disordered eating and negative body image.
Main Services:
CPD Workshops for professionals , Printable and fillable therapy workbooks, Coaching for body image and disordered eating, Online therapy (coming soon)
Offering a self-help mobile app and digital therapy resources, Beyond The Bathroom Scale aims to:
• Intervene before disordered eating develops into a full-blown eating disorder
• Support people with the underlying causes of disordered eating, such as trauma.
• Educate and raise awareness of the dangers of diet culture and weight stigma in healthcare via awareness campaigns on social media
The coaching programme has been developed with paying clients over the last five years. By the end of 2021, the mobile app version of the programme went live on Google Play and Apple App Store.
The demand for online, interactive self-help resources will continue to grow as funding is cut for NHS services and in-person private therapy remains expensive and inaccessible for many people.
NHS-funded eating disorder programmes focus on addressing clinical symptoms and weight management. This can lead to many patients being denied access to the programmes, as they are considered not meeting the clinical referral criteria, despite struggling with disordered eating and body image. Moreover, these programmes often fail to address eating disorders’ underlying trauma and other psychological issues.
This makes the resources offered by Beyond The Bathroom Scale® unique in the market, more inclusive and accessible. Everyone is worthy of support, no matter what their current BMI is or how severe their symptoms are.
Over the next few years, Beyond The Bathroom Scale plans to open a private therapy practice offering 1-1 therapeutic interventions for various eating disorders and underlying issues, including trauma.