As a counsellor who helps those with eating disorders and weight management, and as Eating Disorders Awareness Week commences on 26 February, I felt…

There are plenty of commonly known, recognised and talked about adverse health issues connected with bulimia, which may affect those with the illness…

Historically, the perception has been that eating disorders have mainly been synonymous with women, you only need to look at the research and statist…

Eating is one of our innate survival drives that initiates appetite, resulting in the intake of food. Like breathing and reproduction, these drives a…

In 2015, 58% of women and 68% of men were overweight or obese. In 2015/2016... over one in three children in year six were measured as obese or overw…

Having recently attended a training course on anger, I became fascinated by the notion of shame as underlying anger/rage, personality disorders and o…

It is Eating Disorders Awareness Week from 27th February to 5th March 2017, and there is still stigma attached to those who suffer with an eating dis…

Suffering from an eating disorder can lead to a secretive and very lonely place where it feels there is no way out. There may be moments of wanting…

What is self-harm? It is an intentional act of inflicting harm to oneself. The self-harming behaviour we are most familiar with is cutting. This invo…

With Eating Disorders Awareness Week beginning on the 27th of February 2017, what better time to highlight the plight of those eating disorder suffer…

Food is a complicated issue yet so many of us get stuck in the fight to control what we take in; balanced with the energy we burn through exercise. T…

The first 12 step group, alcoholics anonymous (AA), was founded in 1935 by two American men who found a way of tackling their alcoholism. Since these…