About me
You may feel capable and organised in many areas of life, yet food can feel like the one place things quietly unravel. You might start the day with good intentions, only to find that by evening you're eating in a way that doesn't match what you truly want. Afterwards comes frustration, guilt, or the familiar promise to "start again tomorrow."
Over time this becomes exhausting. Food begins to take up far more mental space than you'd like. You may find yourself constantly thinking about what you should or shouldn't eat, trying to regain a sense of control, or wondering why something that feels straightforward for others feels so complicated for you.
Struggles with food rarely come down to willpower. For many people — particularly those with ADHD, or those who have always felt wired a little differently — eating becomes closely connected with dopamine, emotional regulation, and the pressures of daily life. Food can become a way to manage understimulation, decompress after a demanding day, or soothe a nervous system that rarely gets to slow down.
These patterns often go unrecognised for years because they are so easily mistaken for a lack of discipline. In reality, many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and deeply self-aware — people who have spent a long time trying to fix things on their own before realising something deeper might be going on.
I specialise in working with adults who experience binge eating, emotional eating, or a constant preoccupation with food. Many appear composed and successful on the outside, yet privately feel worn down by how much energy food and eating take up.
I also support people navigating the psychological side of weight-related medical interventions — including GLP-1 medications or life after bariatric surgery. These treatments can shift the physical experience of hunger or fullness, but they don't always reach the emotional relationship with food that developed over many years.
Therapy offers space to explore that side of the experience — making sense of long-standing patterns around eating, body image, identity, and coping. Many people find it quietly powerful simply to talk about these things without judgement or assumptions about what they should be doing.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based work with eating difficulties. Rather than focusing on rules or control, we work together to understand what's driving the patterns you find yourself in — exploring emotional triggers, nervous system regulation, the role of dopamine and stimulation, and the ways food may have become linked with comfort, relief, or escape.
The goal isn't perfection. It's a steadier, more compassionate relationship with food — one built on self-understanding rather than willpower, and on curiosity rather than shame.
Clients often tell me they value having a space where their relationship with food is understood in context — not reduced to dieting advice or simplistic fixes. Our patterns around eating usually make sense when we take the time to really look at them.
If you're considering reaching out, you're welcome to arrange a short introductory call to talk about what's been happening and whether working together feels like the right fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
- ADHD & Eating Disorders (BEAT)
- Counselling the Bariatric Patient (NEDDE)
- Rapid Transformational Therapy (Marissa Peer Method)
- Eating Disorder Master Practitioner (National Centre for Eating Disorders)
- Obesity Practitioner (National Centre for Eating Disorders)
- Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner (Guild of Energists)
- Diploma in Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching (Institute of Health Sciences)
- PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Belfast Cognitive Therapy Centre)
I have over 13 years of experience as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and for the last six years, have specialised in working with eating disorders. I have a particular interest in working with Binge Eating Disorder.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Pre/Post Bariatric Counselling
- Emotional Eating
- Disordered Eating
- Bulimia
Therapies offered
Fees
£95.00 per session
Additional information
If you'd like to find out more about working with me, please see my website for further details and book a free 30 minute discovery call.
Further information
If you're interested in my support in overcoming your issues with food, please book a discovery call via the link on my website, where we can have a discussion to ensure we're a good fit for each other. I also work with emotional eating, bulimia and pre/post-bariatric clients. Unfortunately, I am not accepting referrals for anorexia.
I work with clients online throughout the UK and Ireland
