Many of the adults who find their way to my practice have a previous history of an eating disorder and are now being advised to follow a medical diet for another health condition.
When you’ve worked hard to heal your relationship with food, being told to restrict, track, weigh, measure or remove foods can feel frightening, exhausting or like old patterns are at risk of returning. You may feel caught between protecting your physical health and protecting your recovery. This is where I can help.
What sort of disordered eating do I work with?
- Binge eating
- Emotion based eating
- Restrictive eating
- Arfid (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) (adults)
- Concerns, guilt, shame and other difficult emotions around food and eating
What sort of disordered eating do I not work with?
- Active anorexia nervosa. This is because multidisciplinary team support is best practice
- Artificial feeding such as nasogastric or peg feeding
- Active diagnosed eating disorders where you have no psychological support
Difficulties with eating take many forms, often not fitting into one neat category or another. If you don’t recognise your particular issues in the lists above, please don’t let that put you off, just get in touch and I will be able to assess if I am able to help.