Why do I need to go and see a counsellor or psychotherapist if I want to lose weight? I don’t have a mental health problem, I don’t have anything dis…

New Year resolutions abound at this time of year and many of them focus on weight loss. But good resolutions and a desire to lose weight so often lea…

I guess that we all know people who have lost weight with a particular diet club or method only to have all the weight slowly creep back on again. “I…

So often when we have disordered eating patterns we become estranged from our bodily sensations – or they become something we seek to conquer and sup…

Emotional Eating is, for many Women, a coping mechanism for dealing with difficult and uncomfortable feelings or emotions in their everyday lives. It…

It’s a challenge to separate binge eating from over-eating, but they are not the same thing. Binge eating disorder is probably on one of the least un…

Anorexia is often misunderstood. The drive to protect this 'state' of being by the sufferer often causes confusion and disbelief in others. It’s a de…

Counsellor Ian Beardsall answers the question, "what causes eating disorders?" but is there really one single answer?

This is a brief summary, from my point of view as a psychotherapist specialising in treating people with eating disorders, of what can happen in the…