Programme Overview

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Our 6-week early intervention programme is designed to promote positive body image and support individuals experiencing body image anxieties and early mental health challenges linked to self-perception. The programme is suitable for anyone struggling with thoughts, feelings, beliefs, habits, or triggers connected to body image.

Parents/carers — or participants over the age of 18 accessing the programme independently — receive weekly workshops via email, allowing sessions to be completed flexibly from the comfort of home. Each workshop combines psychoeducation and coaching through an engaging animated video and accompanying workbook activities to support reflection and learning.

Participants also have the opportunity to attend interactive peer support group sessions led by a trained body image coach, alongside optional 1:1 coaching sessions if additional support is desired.

We do not currently deliver face-to-face programmes directly within schools. Instead, schools, parents, carers, and other professionals can refer individuals to us, and we work with young people either in their own safe space online or within an appropriate private space in school. All under-18s must be supervised by a parent or guardian throughout participation.

Before starting the programme, all participants complete safeguarding, GDPR, and coaching agreement documentation to ensure the service remains within the scope of body image support and psychoeducation. Our work focuses on body image anxieties and emotional wellbeing. We do not provide eating disorder treatment, medical monitoring, diagnosis, or clinical intervention.

Participants who are experiencing eating disorder symptoms — including restriction, purging, significant weight changes, or other clinically concerning behaviours — must be under the care or monitoring of appropriate statutory or clinical services such as a GP, CAMHS, an eating disorder team, or a dietitian. Once appropriate clinical support is in place, we can work alongside those services to provide complementary coaching and psychoeducational support around body image and self-concept, where it is safe and appropriate to do so.

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Our programme supports young people experiencing:

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• Body Image anxieties

• Early onset mental health difficulties related to body image

 

Programme Components

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1. Weekly Animated Workshops (6–8 hours total)

• Accessed individually at home (supervised if under 18)

• Featuring engaging avatar-based animations

• Interactive exercises to reinforce learning

• Some topics include:

  • Core beliefs and inner dialogue

  • Building healthy habits

  • Mental health awareness

  • Social pressures and identity

• Participants complete a Journey Planner workbook, provided

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2. Peer Support Groups (optional)

• Cohort size: max 10 participants

• Focus on discussion, accountability, and wellbeing

• Topics include workshop journey planner content, social media pressures, limiting beliefs, and more

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3.1:1 Support (optional and recommended)

• Body Image Coaching for additional support

 

Safeguarding & Accessibility

• Induction and assessments are made to ensure the participant is able to engage safely with us as a non-clinical service. Safeguarding, GDPR and a coaching contract are completed ensuring that a safe plan is set in place to safeguard participant’s wellbeing should they need it and that the participant has clinical support where needed.

• Under 18s: A responsible adult must be present in the same or next room during sessions

• Programme workshops 1-1’s and peer support groups are delivered entirely online.

• Participants can access sessions and workshops flexibly to fit their schedule

 

Inductions & post programme steps

• Pre-programme 1:1 induction call via phone or Teams to assess any associated risk factors as well as protective factors

• Post workshops chat to offer additional support where needed

 

                                                                                                                  Programme Benefits

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• Promotes recovery from body dissatisfaction and anxieties

• Lived experience-led approach

• Flexible for busy family and schedules

• Supports neurodiverse and vulnerable young people

• Reusable resources for continued learning

• Safe, structured, and engaging online delivery

 

Costs & Funding

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Fully funded for West Yorkshire
Outside West Yorkshire:

• Full programme: £305 per person (we offer discounts to those on low income)

• Fully funded spaces available—contact us to check eligibility​

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Contact

📧 hello@bodyimagecoach.co.uk