Sustainable Health and Excelling Performances

Working with highly specialized care for eating problems, body image and compulsive exercise are some of my core commitments.

Sustainable Health and Excelling Performances

For seven years, more than 1,000 schoolgirls of different ages were studied over time in the Uppsala area, aiming to identify risk- and protective factors for the development of eating disorders. The work led to a doctoral dissertation in 2000. The work with problems related to food, eating, weight, body shape, and exercise has been a central part of my work and commitment ever since. I   also work with issues related to achievements in sports, performing arts and professional performances.

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Specialist competence and treatment programs in mental illness specifically linked to eating disorders, performance problems and safe and sustainable development environments..

Eating disorders

Eating disorders are associated with great suffering and many limitations in daily life. Here is over 20 years of experience working with different types of eating disorders. You can get help with assessing your problems and difficulties as well as tailored treatment with CBT according to current evidence. There is a special focus on elite sports, which is why you as a high-level athlete can have treatment problems related to food, eating, exercise and weight.

Eating disorders, sports and exercise

Are you worried about gaining weight? Do you feel fat and dissatisfied with your body? Are you trying to control weight by being very careful about what you eat? Do you train too much? Are there days when you are constantly preoccupied with food? If this apply to you, you may be suffering from an eating disorder.

Health and the Elite Athlete

There has been a long-lasting notion that athletes are healthy, strong, and invulnerable, at all levels, both physically and mentally. Traditionally, sport psychology has mainly focused on performance enhancement, primarily for the healthy athlete.

Fatigue, overtraining and recovery

Long-term stress-related ill health and fatigue in the general population are commonly discussed since it contributes to physical and mental health problems with disabling consequences for sufferer. This mainly applies to professionals and focus of the discussions are often on the work environment, leadership, collegial climate and workload in relation to recovery.

Telepsychological services

Telepsychology is the provision of behavioral and mental health care services using technological modalities in addition to face-to-face therapy. This means that assessment, counseling, and psychological treatment with CBT takes place via video link (so-called telemedicine/telehealth). This means that you meet Dr. Klara Edlund online, either integrated in an already ongoing treatment (e.g., when you are unable to come into the office for a face-to-face session) or you carry out the entire treatment online.

Performance Blocks

In the work with performance psychology, there are a number of athletes reporting difficulties linked to performing what used to be automatic movements. Athletes often describe this as a mysterious and sudden loss of an ability or skill that was previously automatic. This phenomenon is called Performance blocks, but has also previously been called Loss movement syndrome, yips or twisties.

Non-Accidental Abuse in Sport

The level of knowledge about abuse in sport is high. It shows that athletes are subject to abuse in sport. Children are particularly vulnerable and their experiences can have lifelong consequences. Abuse in sport includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse, together with neglect (lack of care).

Psychological treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT, can be briefly described as a psychological treatment method based on learning theories, emotion theories, and cognitive psychology. Characteristic of working with CBT is that it is an active collaboration between patient and psychologist where you together in a structured way identify thoughts, feelings and behaviors that contribute to perpetuating problems in everyday life.

Dr. Klara Edlund

Science
October 12, 2022

Depression, loneliness, perfectionistic concerns, risky alcohol use and physical activity and sleep quality in Swedish university students. Results from the SUN-study.

Previous research shows that sleep quality may interact with some other predictors of depression, such that poor sleep could strengthen…
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October 5, 2022

Dr. Klara Edlund talks to Swedish TV about the problem of influencers delivering advice on mental health problems to others. This can put people in need for professional help in harms way

The youtuber and influencer Therése Lindgren is often approached by her followers who share stories about their lives and health.…
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September 26, 2022

Body dissatisfaction, compulsive exercise and alcohol use can increase the risk of depression among Swedish university students.

The overall aim of the SUN-study is to advance the knowledge about mental health problems and musculoskeletal pain in university…
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