Eating Disorders Counselling in Bovingdon
I am a person-centred Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). There are times in life when people can experience unmanageable or emotionally overwhelming feelings and behaviours or maybe a trauma that may persist even if there is support from friends and loved ones. I encourage my clients to fully explore their experiences and help them accept who they are and what is out of their personal control, so they can better understand their current situation and improve their lives.
I am a person-centred Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). There are times in life when people can experience unmanageable or emotionally overwhelming feelings and behaviours or maybe a trauma that may persist even if there is support from friends and loved ones. I encourage my clients to fully explore their experiences and help them accept who they are and what is out of their personal control, so they can better understand their current situation and improve their lives.
Hello and Welcome, Life can indeed be difficult at times. Many are struggling with mental health in ways that are no longer manageable. Our past and present hurts, our unprocessed feelings can rise to the surface. We find ourselves thinking, feeling and acting in ways that do not reflect who we want to be. Some of us have Grief, Trauma or Addiction that we just can’t seem to work through. As a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist with a PHD(Hon), Master Degree and EMDR(Accredited), I've seen thousands come through my door, with various presenting issues and undergo genuine transformation, healing and leave with hope for the future.
Hello and Welcome, Life can indeed be difficult at times. Many are struggling with mental health in ways that are no longer manageable. Our past and present hurts, our unprocessed feelings can rise to the surface. We find ourselves thinking, feeling and acting in ways that do not reflect who we want to be. Some of us have Grief, Trauma or Addiction that we just can’t seem to work through. As a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist with a PHD(Hon), Master Degree and EMDR(Accredited), I've seen thousands come through my door, with various presenting issues and undergo genuine transformation, healing and leave with hope for the future.
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Maybe we feel fear, anger, confusion or just a sense of detachment from who we feel we used to be or could be; sometimes it is only symptoms (such as addictions, eating disorders, OCD) which we can identify.
We will explore your past and present life in order to identify and understand current difficulties. We will utilise verbal retelling, somatic exploration, chair work, writing, creativity and we will utilise our relationship to give us insight into your others.
I offer short term (12-20 sessions), open ended & single event process (4-6 longer sessions).
Maybe we feel fear, anger, confusion or just a sense of detachment from who we feel we used to be or could be; sometimes it is only symptoms (such as addictions, eating disorders, OCD) which we can identify.
We will explore your past and present life in order to identify and understand current difficulties. We will utilise verbal retelling, somatic exploration, chair work, writing, creativity and we will utilise our relationship to give us insight into your others.
I offer short term (12-20 sessions), open ended & single event process (4-6 longer sessions).
My background includes specialist work in CAMHS, adult psychological services and eating disorders, supporting both young people and adults.
Therapy means different things to different people. For some, it's about changing a particular behaviour or learning to better manage emotions. For others, it's a space to unpack experiences and gain deeper understanding. Sometimes it's all of these—or something else entirely. My strength lies in helping clients explore, reflect and make sense of their inner world. I aim to create a space that’s safe, accepting, and non-directive, so we can work together to understand why you feel, think, or behave the way you do. Through insight, we can uncover new ways of relating to yourself and others, helping you move toward the life you want.
My background includes specialist work in CAMHS, adult psychological services and eating disorders, supporting both young people and adults.
Therapy means different things to different people. For some, it's about changing a particular behaviour or learning to better manage emotions. For others, it's a space to unpack experiences and gain deeper understanding. Sometimes it's all of these—or something else entirely. My strength lies in helping clients explore, reflect and make sense of their inner world. I aim to create a space that’s safe, accepting, and non-directive, so we can work together to understand why you feel, think, or behave the way you do. Through insight, we can uncover new ways of relating to yourself and others, helping you move toward the life you want.
Navigating today's world doesn't get any easier, does it? Social media tells us how to look and feel and yet many of us can end up feeling shamed and inadequate. We may have goals we want to achieve yet it's all too easy to feel discouraged, out of control, and feel we will never get there. Sometimes the only thing we feel we can have control over is our eating or other addictions. But this usually leads into a downward spiral. What my clients have found is that by joining me in a course of psychological therapy they can unravel the twists and turns they have found themselves in.
Navigating today's world doesn't get any easier, does it? Social media tells us how to look and feel and yet many of us can end up feeling shamed and inadequate. We may have goals we want to achieve yet it's all too easy to feel discouraged, out of control, and feel we will never get there. Sometimes the only thing we feel we can have control over is our eating or other addictions. But this usually leads into a downward spiral. What my clients have found is that by joining me in a course of psychological therapy they can unravel the twists and turns they have found themselves in.
I have been working as a clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist since 1993.
I work with both, individuals and couples.
I am a qualified Clinical psychologist, Sexologist and psychotherapist.
I have been working as a clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist since 1993.
I work with both, individuals and couples.
I am a qualified Clinical psychologist, Sexologist and psychotherapist.
I have worked extensively with clients in public and private healthcare, and hold specialist expertise in treating eating disorders, trauma, and in somatic therapies.
I am a warm and experienced clinical psychologist and EMDR therapist in training. I believe change and healing is possible for everyone, and that therapy can be a powerful resource that can help facilitate this process. Whether you are hoping to overcome a particular difficulty, make sense of or explore certain life experiences, or are simply curious about how therapy can help, you are most welcome to get in touch. I believe the right form of therapy can make a true difference and can be an empowering experience. I welcome clients from all walks of life and consider it a privilege to walk alongside someone as their therapist.
I have worked extensively with clients in public and private healthcare, and hold specialist expertise in treating eating disorders, trauma, and in somatic therapies.
I am a warm and experienced clinical psychologist and EMDR therapist in training. I believe change and healing is possible for everyone, and that therapy can be a powerful resource that can help facilitate this process. Whether you are hoping to overcome a particular difficulty, make sense of or explore certain life experiences, or are simply curious about how therapy can help, you are most welcome to get in touch. I believe the right form of therapy can make a true difference and can be an empowering experience. I welcome clients from all walks of life and consider it a privilege to walk alongside someone as their therapist.
I am qualified to support those with Eating Disorders, trauma, anxiety and depression plus many other difficulties that can present themselves.
Is life not quite what you expected? Are you having difficulty with relationships, work or family troubles? Perhaps addictions or eating difficulties are how you are coping? From time to time we all run into obstacles or feel dissatisfied with life.
I am qualified to support those with Eating Disorders, trauma, anxiety and depression plus many other difficulties that can present themselves.
Is life not quite what you expected? Are you having difficulty with relationships, work or family troubles? Perhaps addictions or eating difficulties are how you are coping? From time to time we all run into obstacles or feel dissatisfied with life.
Orri is an online and in person Specialist Treatment Service for individuals aged 13 and over who are looking for support with eating disorders and co-occurring conditions (such as depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, etc).
Orri takes a flexible, stepped approach to treatment so that every person’s programme is appropriate to their individual needs and evolves with them over time. Our goal is always to heal the whole person by addressing the underlying causes of the eating disorder. Everyone’s recovery looks different, so our programmes recognise and reflect that.
Orri is an online and in person Specialist Treatment Service for individuals aged 13 and over who are looking for support with eating disorders and co-occurring conditions (such as depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, etc).
Orri takes a flexible, stepped approach to treatment so that every person’s programme is appropriate to their individual needs and evolves with them over time. Our goal is always to heal the whole person by addressing the underlying causes of the eating disorder. Everyone’s recovery looks different, so our programmes recognise and reflect that.
Within my therapy practice, Soleada Studio, I support teens (14+) and adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, eating disorders, disordered eating, body image concerns, and low self-esteem.
My therapeutic approach centres on creating a safe, supportive space where you can explore your inner world and the different “parts” of yourself with curiosity and compassion. As an integrative therapist, I draw on evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs, helping increase self-awareness and create meaningful, lasting change.
Within my therapy practice, Soleada Studio, I support teens (14+) and adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, eating disorders, disordered eating, body image concerns, and low self-esteem.
My therapeutic approach centres on creating a safe, supportive space where you can explore your inner world and the different “parts” of yourself with curiosity and compassion. As an integrative therapist, I draw on evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs, helping increase self-awareness and create meaningful, lasting change.
I also have a master practitioner diploma in eating disorders.
My area of interest and expertise is eating disorders, body dysmorphia, depression and all anxiety disorders such as health anxiety, social anxiety and generalised anxiety. I offer individual sessions based on each client's needs. I work with a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), DBT and Acceptance Commitment ACT.
I also have a master practitioner diploma in eating disorders.
My area of interest and expertise is eating disorders, body dysmorphia, depression and all anxiety disorders such as health anxiety, social anxiety and generalised anxiety. I offer individual sessions based on each client's needs. I work with a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), DBT and Acceptance Commitment ACT.
Kat Hurst Counselling and Psychotherapy
Psychotherapist, MBACP Accred
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
In addition, I have comprehensive experience working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, offering tailored support to address the emotional and psychological aspects of their challenges.
Hello, my name is Kat and I am an anxiety and trauma focused therapist and clinical supervisor. I support clients who have experienced any kind of anxiety such as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, PTSD, low self-esteem, depression and/or any kind of trauma or abuse, such as physical, sexual, psychological, neglect, etc. I work from a gendered perspective with women and girls and those who identify as female only from the age of 14 and above. I work in an integrative way with clients using a phased approach to recovery. I will offer you the space to talk and be truly heard about matters that are causing you distress.
In addition, I have comprehensive experience working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, offering tailored support to address the emotional and psychological aspects of their challenges.
Hello, my name is Kat and I am an anxiety and trauma focused therapist and clinical supervisor. I support clients who have experienced any kind of anxiety such as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, PTSD, low self-esteem, depression and/or any kind of trauma or abuse, such as physical, sexual, psychological, neglect, etc. I work from a gendered perspective with women and girls and those who identify as female only from the age of 14 and above. I work in an integrative way with clients using a phased approach to recovery. I will offer you the space to talk and be truly heard about matters that are causing you distress.
As a family and couples psychotherapist I believe that relationships, both past, present and future, are important resources for healing psychological difficulties and improving emotional health. I work with both individuals, couples and families to help people think through their connections and help to improve their lives. Using a range of systemic approaches, including attachment, narrative and solution focused ideas, I aim to offer clients a different way of looking at their problems, and support them to create new ways of communicating and create meaning within their relationships.
As a family and couples psychotherapist I believe that relationships, both past, present and future, are important resources for healing psychological difficulties and improving emotional health. I work with both individuals, couples and families to help people think through their connections and help to improve their lives. Using a range of systemic approaches, including attachment, narrative and solution focused ideas, I aim to offer clients a different way of looking at their problems, and support them to create new ways of communicating and create meaning within their relationships.
I am also an accredited eating disorders specialist.
I draw from Psychodynamic Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, CBT, CFT, ACT, TA, DBT, CBT-E and more to tailor my approach to your unique needs. As a trauma-informed therapist, with both clinical and personal experience of intimate relationship abuse, I have an in-depth knowledge of how trauma can affect your life, your feeling of safety, and physical health.
I am also an accredited eating disorders specialist.
I draw from Psychodynamic Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, CBT, CFT, ACT, TA, DBT, CBT-E and more to tailor my approach to your unique needs. As a trauma-informed therapist, with both clinical and personal experience of intimate relationship abuse, I have an in-depth knowledge of how trauma can affect your life, your feeling of safety, and physical health.
I also have a Master Practitioner Diploma in Eating Disorders, including nutritional interventions, a BSc(Hons) in Fitness and Health, and I am a Certified Intuitive Eating Therapist.
I specialise in eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns, which can include treating co-existing difficulties, eg. over-exercising, low self-esteem, OCD and trauma. CBT, DBT, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, schema therapy, mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing inform my practice, to meet individual needs.
I also have a Master Practitioner Diploma in Eating Disorders, including nutritional interventions, a BSc(Hons) in Fitness and Health, and I am a Certified Intuitive Eating Therapist.
I specialise in eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns, which can include treating co-existing difficulties, eg. over-exercising, low self-esteem, OCD and trauma. CBT, DBT, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, schema therapy, mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing inform my practice, to meet individual needs.
It can be difficult to get help, or even know where to start. In the midst of life's challenges, finding the right support is crucial. Whether you're facing specific issues like anxiety or depression stemming from a chronic health condition, or simply seeking personal growth, I am here to guide you.
It can be difficult to get help, or even know where to start. In the midst of life's challenges, finding the right support is crucial. Whether you're facing specific issues like anxiety or depression stemming from a chronic health condition, or simply seeking personal growth, I am here to guide you.
Healthyminds4u is a growing service, we have a specialist in Eating Disorders and a specialist working with fostered young people 16+.
We will help you work through past traumas, identify and modify patterns of behaviours, change limiting beliefs, and we will help you identify and build on positive qualities, to help you move towards a brighter future.
Healthyminds4u is a growing service, we have a specialist in Eating Disorders and a specialist working with fostered young people 16+.
We will help you work through past traumas, identify and modify patterns of behaviours, change limiting beliefs, and we will help you identify and build on positive qualities, to help you move towards a brighter future.
Ranging from trauma, eating disorders, self harm and suicide ideation to weight management and sports performance and plenty of areas between those.
I want to help everyone I work with build a life worth living. Whether that’s because life is not what you want it to be due to trauma, specific mental health challenges, you are just wanting to have a place to explore your ways of thinking. Life can throw us one of its many curveballs, it’s okay to be overwhelmed, left feeling confused and stuck because by it as we “did everything how we were meant to.” I hold the belief that everyone is OK and the relationship built between Therapist and Client holds the key to creating change for the better. I want to help give you back your power to control and enjoy your life to its fullest.
Ranging from trauma, eating disorders, self harm and suicide ideation to weight management and sports performance and plenty of areas between those.
I want to help everyone I work with build a life worth living. Whether that’s because life is not what you want it to be due to trauma, specific mental health challenges, you are just wanting to have a place to explore your ways of thinking. Life can throw us one of its many curveballs, it’s okay to be overwhelmed, left feeling confused and stuck because by it as we “did everything how we were meant to.” I hold the belief that everyone is OK and the relationship built between Therapist and Client holds the key to creating change for the better. I want to help give you back your power to control and enjoy your life to its fullest.
Through my private practice, The Accepted Self, I specialise in supporting people with eating disorders and offer online therapy available UK-wide.
I specialize in treating eating disorders such as Bulimia, Binge Eating, Anorexia, and body image concerns. My approach is evidence-based and tailored to your needs. I can help you to thrive and gain resilience in a world of high pressure, perfectionism, diet culture and fat phobia. Specialist supervision available for clinicians.
Through my private practice, The Accepted Self, I specialise in supporting people with eating disorders and offer online therapy available UK-wide.
I specialize in treating eating disorders such as Bulimia, Binge Eating, Anorexia, and body image concerns. My approach is evidence-based and tailored to your needs. I can help you to thrive and gain resilience in a world of high pressure, perfectionism, diet culture and fat phobia. Specialist supervision available for clinicians.
Are you living with an eating disorder?
I have a passion for working with parts of self, helping clients to understand and gain control over their internal critic. This work is very powerful and can help with self confidence, anxiety, depression, eating disorders and many more issues. I offer a very relaxed, personal therapy space with a very down to earth way of being and working.
Are you living with an eating disorder?
I have a passion for working with parts of self, helping clients to understand and gain control over their internal critic. This work is very powerful and can help with self confidence, anxiety, depression, eating disorders and many more issues. I offer a very relaxed, personal therapy space with a very down to earth way of being and working.
Nearby Eating Disorders Counsellors Searches for Bovingdon
- Amersham
- Berkhamsted
- Chesham
- Chorleywood
- Harpenden
- Kings Langley
- London Colney
- Radlett
- Rickmansworth
- Shenley
- St Albans
- Watford
Eating Disorders Counsellors
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviours, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behaviour affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counselling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioural disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behaviour, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognise they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behaviour has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.