About me
I'm a specialist eating disorder therapist, with training through the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford, and currently Psychological Services Lead at a private eating disorder clinic.
I support people towards a life where food feels less loaded, and where sense of worth isn't tied to what they eat or how their body looks.
I have navigated that road myself, and I am incredibly grateful that I can look back now and use my experience to support the recovery journeys of others. My lived experience shapes how I understand and relate to the people I work with, and I never lose sight of the real, lived experiences of my clients.
My expertise and passion lies in supporting people to navigate and recover from eating disorders and body distress, and helping people to see that if things have started to feel harder than they used to - with food, body image, or exercise, that there is a way out.
I work with all eating disorders including ARFID, binge eating disorder, bulimia, anorexia, orthorexia (where a fixation on 'healthy' eating spirals into anxiety, rigid rules, and a reduced quality of life), and disordered eating.
As part of that, and also in their own right, I work with underlying conditions, and can also offer support with:
• Body image difficulties including body dysmorphia
• Perfectionism, and the pressure of always pushing yourself but never feeling like it's enough
• Self-criticism
• Anxiety, including health anxiety and social anxiety
• Low mood and depression
• Autism and ADHD
How I can help
You're the expert in your own story, and I don't believe one approach fits everyone. Every individual deserves personalised support, and lasting change comes from therapy that’s flexible to you - built on a strong, honest relationship between us. Sessions are collaborative - I bring clinical experience, you bring insight into your life.
My style is warm, exploratory, and practical. I'll be with you at every step, and I'll also gently challenge when it's needed.
My training spans several evidence-based methods, and I draw on these flexibly depending on what you need - including CBT-E, the specialist approach recommended as first-line NHS treatment, alongside compassion focused therapy, and CBT-AR for ARFID.
If you've been through a CBT-E pathway before and felt it didn't quite fit, that's okay; part of my job is finding what actually works for you.
I believe wholeheartedly that recovery is possible, whatever your history and however long you've been struggling. If the way you think and feel about food, your body, or yourself is getting in the way of living your life, then I would love to help.
My goal is to work together to understand where your patterns come from and what keeps them going, so they start to have less hold over how you live.
Get in touch
I see clients online across the UK, with face-to-face sessions from my practice in Sale, South Manchester for those within Greater Manchester and the North West. If any of this resonates, I'd love to help - you're welcome to get in touch using the contact details on this profile to ask a question or arrange an initial conversation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m a specialist eating disorder therapist with experience across national charities, the NHS, and, most recently, as Psychological Services Lead at a private eating disorder daycare clinic.
- Psychological Services Lead at a private eating disorders daycare clinic
- MSc Psychology
- Dip. Couns.
- Specialist eating disorders training
- CBT-E
- CFT-E
- Ongoing NHS and private clinical experience
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) National Training Programme
- Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders
- Autism and Eating Disorders
- Autism Bedfordshire
- Early Intervention for Eating Disorders
- Kings College London
- Regular ongoing training in safeguarding and in working with vulnerable adults
Member organisations
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 per session
Additional information
Appointments are £90 per session. There's no minimum commitment - we'll review your progress regularly and agree together what's right for you going forward.
When I work
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Further information
Therapy is weekly or fortnightly, depending on what works for you and for what fits into your life.
Sessions are for 50 minutes per session, and if you require a longer session time, then we can build this into your plan.
Contact me to check current availability - a waiting list is available when fully booked.
