The Eating Disorder Therapist

In this episode I talk about dealing with other people commenting on your food. Time slots: 1. Your vulnerable spot 00.48 2. The matrix of diet culture 3.11 3. Projection 4.58 4. Set boundaries 6.03 5. Stay in your own lane 8.27. I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here:  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.c...

In this episode I talk about my journey to becoming a therapist. Time slots: 1. It wasn't in the life plan 0.51 2. Off to university 1.54 3. Western Australia 2.31 4. Masters in Nutrition 5.32 5. Back home on the farm 6.22 6. Volunteering 7.59 7. Prisoners' Families Helpline 9.10 8. Counselling training 10.44 9. NHS Eating Disorder Service 12.40 10. Private work 15.16 11. Follow your dreams 16.44...

In this episode I respond to questions about atypical anorexia nervosa. Time slots: 1. Why ATYPICAL anorexia? 0.25 2. Why isn't it acknowledged? 3.05 3. I don't feel sick enough 4.41 4. Getting a diagnosis 5.28 5. Should I be worried? 8.05 6. GLP-1s and atypical anorexia 8.40 7. Getting help 10.29 I hope that you find it helpful. 🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you...

Today, I have a guest on the show and I'm talking to Jaimie O' Connor. Jaimie is a Policy PhD student looking at how weight-loss groups (such as Slimming World and Weight Watchers) are regulated, whether that regulation is being adhered to, at least, well enough to prevent harm. Over three years, she's interviewed ex customers and ex workers, along with people who work for the overseeing regulator...

In this episode I talk about how to have a happy Halloween in eating disorder recovery. Time slots: 1. Be intentional 0.43 2. No restriction 2.33 3. Regular eating 3.01 4. 100% permission to eat 4.17 5. Managing thoughts 5.47 6. Self-care practices 7.24 7. Be proud of your wins 8.40 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore m...

In this episode I talk about 7 emotional triggers for binge eating. Time slots: 1. Boredom 2.22 2. I've blown it thinking 3.58 3. Overbusyness 5.58 4. Empathy without limits 7.47 5. Saying yes, when you need to say no 9.18 6. Feeling guilty 11.06 7. Body image triggers 12.28 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work h...

In this episode I talk about how the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating can help in eating disorder recovery. Time slots: 1. Reject the diet mentality 1.20 2. Honour your hunger 2.02 3. Make peace with food 3.28 4. Challenge the food police 4.23 5. Discover the satisfaction factor 5.03 6. Feel your fullness 5.54 7. Cope with emotions with kindness 6.41 8. Respect your body 8.00 9. Move to feel the...

In this episode I talk about 8 psychological facts about anorexia nervosa, not often talked about outside the therapy room. Time slots: 1. Externally validated self 0.35 2. Sensitivity and neurodivergence 1.48 3. Simplifies life 2.59 4. The Mount Everest achievers 3.52 5. The grief of losing it 5.07 6. Communication to others 6.11 7. Never sick enough 7.21 8. Ambivalence around change 7.58 9. Heal...

In this episode I talk about how to cope with feeling full on an eating disorder recovery journey. Time slots: 1. Hunger and regular eating. 0.47 2. Record keeping to monitor your cues. 3.17 3. Changing your thoughts around fullness. 6.38 4. Riding the fullness wave. 8.29 5. The importance of pleasure and self-care. 10.08 6. Bonus point. Wearing comfortable clothes. 11.49 I hope that you find it h...

In this episode I talk about starting out on an eating disorder recovery journey. Time slots: 1. Acknowledging your starting point. 0.39 2. Getting support around you. 2.13 3. Understanding the psychology 5.29 4. Working on motivation for change 9.40 5. Taking your first action step 13.19 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can exp...

Today, I have a very special guest on the show. I am talking to Carolyn Costin. Carolyn is a world renowned, sought-after eating disorder clinician, author, and international speaker.  Recovered herself, Carolyn recognised her calling after successfully treating her first eating disorder client in 1979. Carolyn was first to publicly say that people with eating disorders can become fully recovered....

In this episode I discuss how 2026 culture glamorises eating disorders and disordered eating. Time slots: 1. Thinspiration/fitspiration 0.52 2. Gym culture 2.06 3. The romanticising of the waif 3.33 4. Before and after shots 4.29 5. GLP-1 misuse 5.57 6. Wellness culture 7.36 7. Discipline that becomes self-sabotage. I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your r...

In this episode, I discuss 9 psychological insights about bulimia. Time slots: 1. The restrict/binge/purge cycle 1.09 2. The emotional world of the bulimic 3.04 3. This will be the last time 5.16 4. Rejection of needs 6.51 5. Not good enough 7.45 6. Physical impact 9.30 7. Neurodivergence - ADHD 11.01 8. First diagnoses 12.04 9. Shame/secrecy 13.02 I hope that you find it helpful. Breaking Free Fr...

In this episode, I discuss 9 signs of anorexia nervosa. Time slots: 1. Psychological coping strategies - not about weight/shape primarily 0.46 2. How anorexia 'helps' people cope 1.29 3. Eating, exercise, purging, GLPs 3.16 4. Body image distortion 3.51 5. Physical changes 4.29 6. Emotional changes 5.03 7. Ego-syntonic nature 5.32 8. Maintenance cycles 6.16 9. Get help sooner rather than later. 7....

In this episode, I discuss 3 ways to heal your childhood trauma in eating disorder recovery. Time slots: 1. Reality, not fantasy 1.45 2. Projection and early relationships 7.09 3. Emotional triggers 10.55 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here:  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts...

In this episode, I discuss 7 signs that your weight has become your worth and how to break free. Time slots: 1. Conditional confidence. 0.50 2. Ruined days by a number 1.24 3. Avoidance of social events 2.08 4. Moral labels 2.37 5. Obsessive tracking 3.44 6. Compensatory punishment 4.32 7. Diminished self-value 5.17 8. Breaking free 6.24 to the end.   I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you'r...

In this episode, I discuss 9 learnings from the Minnesota Starvation Study. Time slots: 1. Starvation and food obsession 1.04 2. Psychological and emotional decline 1.33 3. Cognitive function and concentration 2.06 4. Social isolation and irritability 2.31 5. Basal metabolic rate 3.00 6. Physical symptoms 3.24 7. Libido 3.54 8. Rehabilitation period 4.17 9. Full recovery takes time 5.18 I hope tha...

Today, I have a guest on the show and I'm talking to Dori Lewis. Dori is a licensed psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and co-founder of Elemental Psychedelics. She is also the owner of Reflective Healing Centre in Fort Collins, Colorado, a psychotherapy group practice and licensed healing centre specialising in psychedelic-assisted therapy, including ketamine and psilocybin, as well as integra...

In this episode, I discuss the 5 main ways that an eating disorder can be a psychological coping strategy. Time slots: 1. Glimmers of self worth 2.04 2. Distracts and numbs from difficult emotions 3.20 3. Control mechanism 4.14 4. Communication to others 5.11 5. Identity 6.10 I hope that you find it helpful. 🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work he...

In this episode, I discuss the 7 subtle signs of disordered eating in 2026. Many people do not realise that their eating is disordered, as the signs can be subtle but still remain very damaging. I talk through the seven signs that I see inside the therapy room. Time slots: 1. Clean eating 2.09 2. Time restricted eating 4.33 3. GLP-1 use 7.14 4. The restrict-overeat cycle 10.06 5. Earning food thro...

In this episode, I talk about my 7 step plan for reintroducing forbidden foods, with ease, without feeling guilty and obsessed with them. Time slots: 1. Face reality of what's working (or not) 1.11 2. Make a list of your foods 2.33 3. Planning and regular eating 5.09 4. Visualise success ahead 7.33 5. Mindfulness and ceremony 9.03 6. How to cope with feeling full 9.57 7. Repeat, repeat, repeat 11....

In this episode, I discuss the pros and cons of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBTe) for eating disorders. This is a therapy created by Professor Christopher Fairburn and his team in Oxford. It is often used in NHS services in treating eating disorders in the UK. It is an enhanced and specialist form of CBT, specifically for treating eds. Time slots 1. Directive therapy 1.16 2. Limited sessions 3.09...

4 common mistakes loved ones make in supporting someone struggling with an eating disorder. I make reference to the New Maudsley Animal Model which uses animal metaphors to explain ways of supporting helpfully. Animals to avoid: the rhino (overly directive); kangaroo and joey (over-caring); jellyfish (anxious) and ostrich (avoiding). Animals to aim to be: the dolphin (listening, empathetic, alongs...

In this episode, I share 6 transformative secrets from my eating disorder recovery journey. Time slots: 1. Relationship with food. 0.35 2. Slowing down. 2.32 3. Healing childhood wounds 4.49 4. Body image healing 7.33 5. Self-worth 9.29 6. Bigger picture thinking 13.14 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: ...

Purging through self-induced vomiting is a compensatory strategy for eating. It is a disordered coping mechanism that people use to control weight, manage emotions and relationship with food. In this episode, I share 9 tips on how to stop purging and eliminate this behaviour, to improve mental and physical wellbeing. I hope that you find it helpful. Time slots Pros and costs 0.58 Set a goal 4.58 L...