Eating Disorders Counselling in Carshalton
Hello, I am Marijke. I have many years of experience in working with different people from all walks of life. First as a social worker, and in the past few years as a psychotherapeutic counsellor. I work with adults, young people and couples. I can help you work through areas in your life where you feel “stuck” and where you experience problems, like anxiety and depression, addiction, phobias, Post Traumatic Stress, feelings of low self-worth and low self-esteem, or problems in your relationship.
Hello, I am Marijke. I have many years of experience in working with different people from all walks of life. First as a social worker, and in the past few years as a psychotherapeutic counsellor. I work with adults, young people and couples. I can help you work through areas in your life where you feel “stuck” and where you experience problems, like anxiety and depression, addiction, phobias, Post Traumatic Stress, feelings of low self-worth and low self-esteem, or problems in your relationship.
Is it difficult for yourself to connect to your emotions and feelings? Sometimes it is complicated to find a link to enable us express freely. Unintentionally, we can create a habit in which we suppress, run away, deny or manipulate our emotions. It is normal to try to push away feelings of discomfort like stress, fear or pain; but there are tools you can learn to help you cope with these emotions in a healthy way. Instead of denying, distracting yourself, manipulating or disconnecting, you can accept, observe, acknowledge and connect deeply with your feelings.
Is it difficult for yourself to connect to your emotions and feelings? Sometimes it is complicated to find a link to enable us express freely. Unintentionally, we can create a habit in which we suppress, run away, deny or manipulate our emotions. It is normal to try to push away feelings of discomfort like stress, fear or pain; but there are tools you can learn to help you cope with these emotions in a healthy way. Instead of denying, distracting yourself, manipulating or disconnecting, you can accept, observe, acknowledge and connect deeply with your feelings.
I have worked over 25 years with adults, adolescents, couples, and families who feel stuck in repeating emotional or relational patterns shaped by trauma, loss, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, or family conflict. Many struggle with relationships, identity, emotional regulation, or life transitions. Using an attachment based approach, informed by RECBT, systemic family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and psychoanalytic thinking, I offer a consistent therapeutic relationship where clients build insight, process difficult experiences, strengthen resilience, and create healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
I have worked over 25 years with adults, adolescents, couples, and families who feel stuck in repeating emotional or relational patterns shaped by trauma, loss, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, or family conflict. Many struggle with relationships, identity, emotional regulation, or life transitions. Using an attachment based approach, informed by RECBT, systemic family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and psychoanalytic thinking, I offer a consistent therapeutic relationship where clients build insight, process difficult experiences, strengthen resilience, and create healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
Highly experienced, I offer a safe, non-judgemental and creative space to explore personal or relationship concerns. Psychotherapy can help you to cope better with difficult experiences, to change your behaviours & attitudes, to resolve your problems and to develop resources for a more enriching life. Relational or couples counselling can help you repair relationships blighted by vicious arguments, affairs, mistrust, sexual issues, control, boredom or a deadening growing apart. Working with me can set your relationship back on course for better, more fulfilling times; or it can ease the difficulties of a breakup.
Highly experienced, I offer a safe, non-judgemental and creative space to explore personal or relationship concerns. Psychotherapy can help you to cope better with difficult experiences, to change your behaviours & attitudes, to resolve your problems and to develop resources for a more enriching life. Relational or couples counselling can help you repair relationships blighted by vicious arguments, affairs, mistrust, sexual issues, control, boredom or a deadening growing apart. Working with me can set your relationship back on course for better, more fulfilling times; or it can ease the difficulties of a breakup.
Life can feel overwhelming at times—whether from anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, cultural pressures, or simply feeling “stuck.” Counselling offers a confidential, non-judgemental space to slow down, reflect, and begin making sense of things.
Like the Japanese art of kintsugi—where broken pottery is repaired with gold—therapy can help us see that our cracks are part of our story. Healing doesn’t mean erasing what has happened, but instead finding new strength and meaning in the patterns we may have carried for too long. With support, those places of pain can become places of resilience, authenticity, and growth.
Life can feel overwhelming at times—whether from anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, cultural pressures, or simply feeling “stuck.” Counselling offers a confidential, non-judgemental space to slow down, reflect, and begin making sense of things.
Like the Japanese art of kintsugi—where broken pottery is repaired with gold—therapy can help us see that our cracks are part of our story. Healing doesn’t mean erasing what has happened, but instead finding new strength and meaning in the patterns we may have carried for too long. With support, those places of pain can become places of resilience, authenticity, and growth.
Face to face and online, I have helped many clients recover from anxiety disorders, depression and self-esteem issues. I have helped clients with abandonment and rejection fears work on relationship issues so that they are able to live in harmony with others. We will work together with your presenting issues and we will also journey into your past to see if we can get to the root of why you feel the way you do and together we will work through any triggers so that your life becomes more manageable. There is nothing more enlightening than self discovery and becoming a more confident version of yourself is extremely empowering.
Face to face and online, I have helped many clients recover from anxiety disorders, depression and self-esteem issues. I have helped clients with abandonment and rejection fears work on relationship issues so that they are able to live in harmony with others. We will work together with your presenting issues and we will also journey into your past to see if we can get to the root of why you feel the way you do and together we will work through any triggers so that your life becomes more manageable. There is nothing more enlightening than self discovery and becoming a more confident version of yourself is extremely empowering.
Hello and thank you for reading my bio. My name is Dr Ivanka Ezhova and I am a Registered Clinical Psychologist. I have 15 years extensive international experience of clinical practice, multidisciplinary research and education across the United Kingdom, France, and Bulgaria.
I founded Psychology Centre London where I am currently performing psychological diagnostic assessments and providing online specialist psychological interventions to English, French and Bulgarian-speaking clients internationally and preparing psychology reports for personal injury cases.
Hello and thank you for reading my bio. My name is Dr Ivanka Ezhova and I am a Registered Clinical Psychologist. I have 15 years extensive international experience of clinical practice, multidisciplinary research and education across the United Kingdom, France, and Bulgaria.
I founded Psychology Centre London where I am currently performing psychological diagnostic assessments and providing online specialist psychological interventions to English, French and Bulgarian-speaking clients internationally and preparing psychology reports for personal injury cases.
I have particular experience in working with Stress and Anxiety, Trauma, Relationship issues, Depression, Panic attacks, Low Self-Esteem, Anger issues, Grief, Bereavement, abuse, Cultural and Gender issues, Eating disorders, Dysmorphia, Bulimia.
When the present is painful and the way forward uncertain, we may need to be heard and supported in order to see what is happening for us and around us, so that we can find greater understanding and joy in our lives . I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist and an Accredited Member of the BACP and of EMDR Europe with 17 years experience. I have been working successfully with a great variety of issues, working in Private Practice, in the NHS, as well as with Sutton Counselling and Goldsmiths University. I work with Adults, older teenagers, and couples. www.nicolerolls.co.uk
I have particular experience in working with Stress and Anxiety, Trauma, Relationship issues, Depression, Panic attacks, Low Self-Esteem, Anger issues, Grief, Bereavement, abuse, Cultural and Gender issues, Eating disorders, Dysmorphia, Bulimia.
When the present is painful and the way forward uncertain, we may need to be heard and supported in order to see what is happening for us and around us, so that we can find greater understanding and joy in our lives . I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist and an Accredited Member of the BACP and of EMDR Europe with 17 years experience. I have been working successfully with a great variety of issues, working in Private Practice, in the NHS, as well as with Sutton Counselling and Goldsmiths University. I work with Adults, older teenagers, and couples. www.nicolerolls.co.uk
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My Name is Caroline Jench. I am a Gestalt Psychotherapist trained at the Gestalt Therapy Institute in Cracow and hold an MA in Clinical Psychology from SWPS University in Warsaw. I am a member of the EAGT (European Association of Gestalt Therapy), and UKAGP (United Kingdom Association for Gestalt Practitioners). I gained my professional experience working in neurological and psychiatric facilities as well as within the private sector in Warsaw, Paris and now London. My work is supported by regular professional supervision.
My Name is Caroline Jench. I am a Gestalt Psychotherapist trained at the Gestalt Therapy Institute in Cracow and hold an MA in Clinical Psychology from SWPS University in Warsaw. I am a member of the EAGT (European Association of Gestalt Therapy), and UKAGP (United Kingdom Association for Gestalt Practitioners). I gained my professional experience working in neurological and psychiatric facilities as well as within the private sector in Warsaw, Paris and now London. My work is supported by regular professional supervision.
Welcome, if you or someone you know is going through a difficult time in life, perhaps struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, stress, or depression.
My specialities include: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Body Image concerns and Weight Management. Using evidence based approaches accredited by the British Psychological Society for working with these issues. I can help people change their habits whilst transitioning off GLP-1's like Mounjaro, & Ozempic, with targeted support, habit & mindset change.
Welcome, if you or someone you know is going through a difficult time in life, perhaps struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, stress, or depression.
My specialities include: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Body Image concerns and Weight Management. Using evidence based approaches accredited by the British Psychological Society for working with these issues. I can help people change their habits whilst transitioning off GLP-1's like Mounjaro, & Ozempic, with targeted support, habit & mindset change.
I am an integrative, relational psychotherapist and registered dietitian. The therapeutic services I offer are neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirmative, gender inclusive and weight neutral. I currently offer individual therapy sessions and food/eating support services, online, and also some in person (in Edinburgh).
I will also be offering couples therapy sessions later on in 2026 that will be inclusive of neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ couples too .
I am an integrative, relational psychotherapist and registered dietitian. The therapeutic services I offer are neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirmative, gender inclusive and weight neutral. I currently offer individual therapy sessions and food/eating support services, online, and also some in person (in Edinburgh).
I will also be offering couples therapy sessions later on in 2026 that will be inclusive of neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ couples too .
Over the past year, I’ve specialised in CBT for eating disorders, supporting clients to change unhelpful patterns around food, shape, and weight, and develop a healthier relationship with themselves.
My ideal client feels overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, or struggles around food and body image. They often criticise themselves, feel not good enough, or stuck in exhausting cycles they don’t fully understand. They want clarity, tools to manage emotions, and a more balanced relationship with themselves. Most of all, they want to feel more in control, more present, and like themselves again.
Over the past year, I’ve specialised in CBT for eating disorders, supporting clients to change unhelpful patterns around food, shape, and weight, and develop a healthier relationship with themselves.
My ideal client feels overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, or struggles around food and body image. They often criticise themselves, feel not good enough, or stuck in exhausting cycles they don’t fully understand. They want clarity, tools to manage emotions, and a more balanced relationship with themselves. Most of all, they want to feel more in control, more present, and like themselves again.
I hold a Masters in counselling and have undergone other training in eating disorders and compassion focused therapy.
There are many difficulties in life that can feel overwhelming at times. Life circumstances or internal struggles can leave us feeling as if we are not getting what we should out of life and we want to be able to move forward. In all circumstances I believe passionately in the power of therapy to help enact positive change. The tools and skills you could learn with me can enable you to feel that you can live the rest of your life free from what has been holding you back. We would do this together working at your pace and always being in partnership.
I hold a Masters in counselling and have undergone other training in eating disorders and compassion focused therapy.
There are many difficulties in life that can feel overwhelming at times. Life circumstances or internal struggles can leave us feeling as if we are not getting what we should out of life and we want to be able to move forward. In all circumstances I believe passionately in the power of therapy to help enact positive change. The tools and skills you could learn with me can enable you to feel that you can live the rest of your life free from what has been holding you back. We would do this together working at your pace and always being in partnership.
I am a licensed Psychotherapist (MSc) who works with adults (18+) and specializes in relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, coping with grief and loss, and eating disorders.
As a person-centered therapist, I believe that the relationship facilitates healing. Here, you are offered a space where you are heard in a way that is non-judgmental, genuine, and compassionate. You're allowed to have a voice, an opinion, and be human -something that isn't often graced to us in our daily lives.
I am a licensed Psychotherapist (MSc) who works with adults (18+) and specializes in relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, coping with grief and loss, and eating disorders.
As a person-centered therapist, I believe that the relationship facilitates healing. Here, you are offered a space where you are heard in a way that is non-judgmental, genuine, and compassionate. You're allowed to have a voice, an opinion, and be human -something that isn't often graced to us in our daily lives.
I can support you and your loved ones to overcome a wide range of difficulties, with particular expertise in working with: anxiety, OCD, phobias, eating disorders (including Anorexia, ARFID Bulimia), depression and low mood, neurodiversity (Autism and ADHD), and physical health conditions.
I have over 23 years of experience working in the NHS, specialising in mental health. This has allowed me to gain extensive experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, siblings and parents to overcome a wide range of psychological, emotional and behavioural difficulties. I also have a very experienced Family Therapist working alongside me, who is able to work with family and relational difficulties, and a number of other Clinical Psychologists with a huge amount of experience working alongside me, so we are able to help with most difficulties.
I can support you and your loved ones to overcome a wide range of difficulties, with particular expertise in working with: anxiety, OCD, phobias, eating disorders (including Anorexia, ARFID Bulimia), depression and low mood, neurodiversity (Autism and ADHD), and physical health conditions.
I have over 23 years of experience working in the NHS, specialising in mental health. This has allowed me to gain extensive experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, siblings and parents to overcome a wide range of psychological, emotional and behavioural difficulties. I also have a very experienced Family Therapist working alongside me, who is able to work with family and relational difficulties, and a number of other Clinical Psychologists with a huge amount of experience working alongside me, so we are able to help with most difficulties.
I specialise in working with clients who struggle with their body image, have disordered eating or an eating disorder, self-criticism and feel overwhelmed by their emotions and uncertainty.
Hello, I'm Laura, a therapist who works with people who’ve learned to cope by pushing themselves, over thinking or trying to stay in control. Rather than just focusing on symptoms, we’ll look at the bigger picture; the patterns that may have developed over time, the triggers that activate them, and the factors that keep you stuck.
In therapy, we focus on building emotional tolerance, managing your inner critic and helping you develop a more compassionate, realistic relationship with yourself.
I specialise in working with clients who struggle with their body image, have disordered eating or an eating disorder, self-criticism and feel overwhelmed by their emotions and uncertainty.
Hello, I'm Laura, a therapist who works with people who’ve learned to cope by pushing themselves, over thinking or trying to stay in control. Rather than just focusing on symptoms, we’ll look at the bigger picture; the patterns that may have developed over time, the triggers that activate them, and the factors that keep you stuck.
In therapy, we focus on building emotional tolerance, managing your inner critic and helping you develop a more compassionate, realistic relationship with yourself.
I have extensive experience working with difficulties such as the impact of trauma, eating disorders, personality difficulties, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem.
Hello. Are you struggling with the impact of traumatic or difficult experiences in your life? Feeling frightened, sad, stuck in unhelpful patterns of thinking about yourself or relating to others? Therapy could help you to move forward in your life. My priority in working with you would be to help you to understand how the feelings, thoughts or behaviours that you are struggling with now are linked to experiences in your life. We would then think about how you can develop new ways of being, that fit more with how you want your life to be. I have over 20 years experience of working with people struggling with various concerns.
I have extensive experience working with difficulties such as the impact of trauma, eating disorders, personality difficulties, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem.
Hello. Are you struggling with the impact of traumatic or difficult experiences in your life? Feeling frightened, sad, stuck in unhelpful patterns of thinking about yourself or relating to others? Therapy could help you to move forward in your life. My priority in working with you would be to help you to understand how the feelings, thoughts or behaviours that you are struggling with now are linked to experiences in your life. We would then think about how you can develop new ways of being, that fit more with how you want your life to be. I have over 20 years experience of working with people struggling with various concerns.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected?
You may be wrestling with relationship tension, a difficult relationship with your own body that makes intimacy feel impossible, or persistent worries that nothing will get better.
Perhaps you’ve tried to shoulder it all on your own because turning to friends or family feels too risky.
If body‑image concerns and challenges around emotional and sexual connection are weighing you down, you don’t have to face this alone-you’re not broken. Let’s create a supportive space where you can explore these feelings and move toward greater confidence and a deeper connection.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected?
You may be wrestling with relationship tension, a difficult relationship with your own body that makes intimacy feel impossible, or persistent worries that nothing will get better.
Perhaps you’ve tried to shoulder it all on your own because turning to friends or family feels too risky.
If body‑image concerns and challenges around emotional and sexual connection are weighing you down, you don’t have to face this alone-you’re not broken. Let’s create a supportive space where you can explore these feelings and move toward greater confidence and a deeper connection.
During my time as an NHS psychologist I have worked with clients with a wide range of issues such as eating disorders, complex trauma, mood disorders, OCD, bereavement and others.
Just as no two people are the same, no two therapeutic relationships or interventions can be the same. I pull on different therapeutic modalities at different times, but I most commonly use: CBT formulation and tools, Psychodynamic, Schema-informed and Person-Centred modalities.
During my time as an NHS psychologist I have worked with clients with a wide range of issues such as eating disorders, complex trauma, mood disorders, OCD, bereavement and others.
Just as no two people are the same, no two therapeutic relationships or interventions can be the same. I pull on different therapeutic modalities at different times, but I most commonly use: CBT formulation and tools, Psychodynamic, Schema-informed and Person-Centred modalities.
I have experience working with people with a variety of psychological and emotional difficulties across NHS, voluntary sector, and private services, and I have specialist expertise in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma.
I'm a qualified Counselling Psychologist and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist. I believe everybody can benefit from therapy - whether to address a specific problem or to explore and make sense of experiences, relationships, or facets of identity. I appreciate the importance of cultural factors and the context a person lives in and aim to offer a welcoming and safe therapeutic environment to clients from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life. I currently work remotely and offer online therapy sessions in English und auf Deutsch.
I have experience working with people with a variety of psychological and emotional difficulties across NHS, voluntary sector, and private services, and I have specialist expertise in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma.
I'm a qualified Counselling Psychologist and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist. I believe everybody can benefit from therapy - whether to address a specific problem or to explore and make sense of experiences, relationships, or facets of identity. I appreciate the importance of cultural factors and the context a person lives in and aim to offer a welcoming and safe therapeutic environment to clients from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life. I currently work remotely and offer online therapy sessions in English und auf Deutsch.
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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.