Primary Health Network (PHN) and Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) staff play a vital role in the early identification and treatment of eating disorders. Through the Upskilling Project, InsideOut offers a variety of options for PHN and IAR staff to improve their knowledge and confidence in screening and referring people with eating disorders. All offerings through the Upskilling Project are free for PHN and IAR clinical staff!
We know that there can be long wait times for people wanting to seek support for eating disorders. To address this, InsideOut has launched the eClinic, providing any Australian struggling with disordered eating access to InsideOut's free eTherapies.
These eTherapies can be used as a waitlist intervention before a client starts face-to-face sessions or employed as an adjunt to ongoing treatment for co-occurring issues.
As an IAR or PHN staff member, you have access to additional options on the eClinic, including referring a client to InsideOut for support. When creating your Health Professionals eClinic account, remember to select 'Initial Assessment and Referral' or 'Primary Health Network' as your workplace, to unlock these additional options.
Brief BEeT is a brief, 4 session supported online eTherapy for binge-eating. The program is aimed at people who might be experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of binge-eating disorder and/or bulimia nervosa.
Brief BEeT is available to clients as a pure self-help option, or a trained clinician can monitor or guide a client through the eTherapy.
The SkillED program is a self-paced, 11-module program for people experiencing restrictive or binge eating symptoms. SkillED consists of 5 'core' Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) sessions, with the remaining 6 modules able to be completed in order or in any order the client chooses. Each session takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. All sessions are highly interactive, featuring psychoeducation about eating disorder symptoms, self-monitoring skills and practical tools to manage emotions and eating patterns.
The SupportED program is designed to help caregivers feel less overwhelmed and stressed by providing practical skills to support recovery. Clients can follow through the 5-module program from anywhere and at their own pace within the 3-month access period. Each session will take 60 minutes to complete. All sessions are highly interactive, providing information about available resources and treatment options, plus practical skills around how to provide support at mealtimes, strategies for avoiding and responding to conflict, and how carers can care for their own physical and mental health needs.
As PHN and IAR clinicians, you can refer your clients to InsideOut if you would like them to be guided through Brief BEeT but have not completed the guided training yourself. Referring your client to InsideOut means one of our clinical experts will conduct an intake assessment, liaise with the client's GP and guide them through Brief BEeT. If Brief BEeT is not the right eTherapy, clinicians will refer to a more appropriate eTherapy or treatment option.
If you have any questions about the upskilling project, eClinic, eLearnings or eTherapies, please get in touch by emailing inside-out.clinical@sydney.edu.au
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