Therapist, Psychotherapeutic counselling (level 5), MBACP, AdV member Addiction Professionals, MNCPS accred. National Centre For Eating Disorders
I am an eating disorder specialist. I trained with the National Center for Eating Disorders and work with clients to improve their relationship with food and exercise and body image. I use both my personal and professional experience to help clients find recovery and thrive in life. I use both counselling and coaching skills to support clients on their journey.
A number of our Clinical Psychologists are experienced in the NHS and private practice with helping people effectively live with and overcome eating disorders. We draw from evidence based therapies including; CBT, ACT, CFT, SFT, DBT, EMDR, systemic, narrative, psychodynamic and others.
For the first time in human existence, we are suffering from consuming too much, rather than too little. I have experienced substantial weight loss myself. We tend to eat for the benefit of our taste-buds rather than our nutritional needs, and/or eat for comfort rather than our health; short-term tasty pleasures have long-term consequences. Which you know.
Finding peace with your body and food is a true struggle in the times and culture we inhabit. Whether you are struggling with full-on eating disorders such as anorexia, binge eating disorder (BED), or bulimia, or have a hard time finding a connection to your body and eating, there are tools and support for you. We have multiple resources including cognitive, trauma-based, somatic, and experiential therapies to begin the path of creating and walking in a loving healthy relationship with food and with your body. There are no one-size-fits-all approaches as eating disorders are most often the symptom rather than the root. Changing behaviors allow us to begin to see the power of 'embodiment' and how truly free and powerful you are to become......yourself.