Eating Disorder Treatment in Sheffield
Specialist, multi-disciplinery support in Sheffield
Ease your relationship with food
When worries about food take over, it can take joy out of life. You might feel hopeless, like you’ve tried everything, or that things will never get better.
Many people worry that their struggles with food aren’t “serious enough”. Ask yourself:
- Does your relationship with food stop you from living the way you’d like to?
- Do you use restriction, bingeing, or purging to cope with stress, block out emotions, or manage self-esteem?
- Does food, weight, or control dominate how you think and feel?
If any of these sound familiar, you are in the right place.
I work with you to understand your relationship with food and what keeps these patterns going, so eating can begin to feel more balanced and sustainable. Together we’ll explore triggers, develop safer ways to cope with intense emotions, and work towards changes that feel manageable.
Before we begin, we’ll assess how your eating is affecting your health and what support you need.
I hold specialist training in eating disorders through the National Centre for Eating Disorders. My work follows a structured, three-phase integrative approach that addresses both psychological and nutritional needs, with multidisciplinary support from clinicians such as nutritionists or your GP when appropriate.
What if it’s not a real eating disorder?
Your feelings are real, and that’s enough. I’m not here to diagnose you, I’m here to work with what’s happening.
I have an eating disorder, but I don’t want therapy to only focus on that. Is that possible?
Yes. An eating disorder may be part of what is happening, but it is not the whole picture.
We will work towards a bigger plan while staying flexible about what needs attention in each session. Some weeks that may be the eating disorder; other weeks it may be relationships, trauma, grief, neurodivergence, self-esteem or overwhelming emotions.
The focus can shift depending on what feels most important, while we still keep your goals in mind.
I have had eating disorder therapy before, but it felt like too much. Will I have a say in how we work?
Yes. You choose whether to be here, and you will have a say in what we focus on and the pace we work at.
We can look at what was difficult about therapy before and what made it feel unmanageable. Therapy will still feel difficult at times, but we will work through it together, taking into account what you like, what matters to you and what helps you feel able to keep going.
We will keep checking in about how the work is affecting you and adjust the approach where needed, while keeping your goals in mind.
I now eat fairly “normally”, but I still struggle with the thoughts and feelings. Can therapy still help?
Yes. Eating more regularly does not always mean that the eating disorder thoughts have gone away.
You may already have useful tools and a good understanding of what you are “supposed” to do, but still feel trapped by anxiety, guilt, body-image difficulties, rigid rules or constant thoughts about food.
We will build on the tools you already have rather than starting again. We can focus on what is still difficult, what keeps pulling you back into old patterns, and how to make life feel less dominated by food and your body.
I still have questions
You are welcome to get in touch by email. I offer a no-cost 30-minute initial consultation by telephone, Zoom or face to face.
This gives us an opportunity to talk briefly about what is happening for you and, consider whether my service is right for you and discuss what the next steps may involve.
Get in touch using the WhatsApp link, by text or by email.
Eating difficulties I work with
Overeating and Bingeing
Restrictive Eating
Bulimia
ARFID
Mixed Picture
Body Image
What does eating disorder therapy look like?
What will therapy for disordered eating look like?
Assessment phase
An initial session, followed by two 90-minute assessment sessions, to understand your relationship with food, what’s keeping you stuck, and to agree a plan for working together.
Core therapy phase
Weekly sessions focused on shifting the patterns that maintain disordered eating. This may include working with triggers, increasing flexibility around eating, addressing self-esteem, and developing ways to manage difficult emotions and stress.
Maintenance and recovery phase:
As things become more stable, sessions focus on maintaining progress and planning for future challenges around food.
Some clients continue weekly therapy to explore other difficulties, while others move to less frequent sessions.
Throughout therapy:
- Progress monitoring using a simple app or document to track patterns and change
- Optional between-session support
- Access to multidisciplinary support when appropriate
We usually plan to work together for three months or more, reviewing progress after the assessment phase.
