Eating Disorders Counselling in East Molesey
I am an integrative trauma-informed psychotherapist, and began my career working in the field of eating disorders and addiction (both substance and process).
Other qualifications include a Diploma in Eating Disorder Skills from the National Centre for Eating Disorders, where I am a member of their clinical team. I have been a qualified EMDR practitioner since 2008, and have trained with Pia Mellody at the Meadows, Arizona. This led to facilitating trauma reduction programmes both in the UK and Switzerland.
I am an integrative trauma-informed psychotherapist, and began my career working in the field of eating disorders and addiction (both substance and process).
Other qualifications include a Diploma in Eating Disorder Skills from the National Centre for Eating Disorders, where I am a member of their clinical team. I have been a qualified EMDR practitioner since 2008, and have trained with Pia Mellody at the Meadows, Arizona. This led to facilitating trauma reduction programmes both in the UK and Switzerland.
I am a professionally trained Psychotherapist and Counsellor working at The Practice East Molesey and Weybridge with adults and young people aged 16+. I understand that entering therapy can be a daunting prospect. My aim is to create a rewarding and nurturing experience to help you heal. I work with a variety of presenting issues including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, abuse and relationship challenges and dynamics. Whatever your reasons for accessing therapy I focus on developing a strong therapeutic relationship and offer a non-judgmental, compassionate space to help you discover and understand what is happening for you.
I am a professionally trained Psychotherapist and Counsellor working at The Practice East Molesey and Weybridge with adults and young people aged 16+. I understand that entering therapy can be a daunting prospect. My aim is to create a rewarding and nurturing experience to help you heal. I work with a variety of presenting issues including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, abuse and relationship challenges and dynamics. Whatever your reasons for accessing therapy I focus on developing a strong therapeutic relationship and offer a non-judgmental, compassionate space to help you discover and understand what is happening for you.
It may be that you have something specific you want to talk about, you may want to calm the negative thoughts that are going around your head or you may be looking to find help for someone you care about. Perhaps when you just want someone who will listen to you, a space to off-load where there is no worry about saying the wrong thing, the fear of being judged or where feeling like you are being an imposition. I am here to help you when you are ready to take the next step.
It may be that you have something specific you want to talk about, you may want to calm the negative thoughts that are going around your head or you may be looking to find help for someone you care about. Perhaps when you just want someone who will listen to you, a space to off-load where there is no worry about saying the wrong thing, the fear of being judged or where feeling like you are being an imposition. I am here to help you when you are ready to take the next step.
I have ten years of experience working in CAMHS specialist services, with trauma and eating disorders, the NSPCC and in primary and secondary schools.
Hello. As a highly experienced therapist with 20 years’ experience of working with children, adolescents, and families, I appreciate the challenges life can bring. I am a qualified systemic family psychotherapist and drama therapist, with many other trainings to enhance what I can offer you. Therapy can be an opportunity to explore, manage and move on from difficult feelings and experiences. My aim is to provide you with a safe and confidential space to manage your feelings in a non-judgmental environment.
I have ten years of experience working in CAMHS specialist services, with trauma and eating disorders, the NSPCC and in primary and secondary schools.
Hello. As a highly experienced therapist with 20 years’ experience of working with children, adolescents, and families, I appreciate the challenges life can bring. I am a qualified systemic family psychotherapist and drama therapist, with many other trainings to enhance what I can offer you. Therapy can be an opportunity to explore, manage and move on from difficult feelings and experiences. My aim is to provide you with a safe and confidential space to manage your feelings in a non-judgmental environment.
I work with individuals/couples who struggle with depression isolation loneliness loss bereavement attachment separation and abandonment family conflicts life transition child related issues adoptive parents and adoptee issues eating disorders food issues health related issues and illness neurodegenerative disease in the family cross-cultural issues
Hello, I am Aldona. You are here so maybe it means you are thinking about counselling or psychotherapy. Investing in mental health is as important as physical. Anybody can benefit from therapy no matter what age or gender you are. It can be very rewarding because it helps you be the person you want to be. In these times of uncertainty, uneasy economic and political situation; isolation, bereavement and also historic emotional issues could be experienced more frequently and intensively. Difficulties experienced for a prolonged time can lead to somatic problems. “A good life is a process, not a state of being" (Carl Rogers)
I work with individuals/couples who struggle with depression isolation loneliness loss bereavement attachment separation and abandonment family conflicts life transition child related issues adoptive parents and adoptee issues eating disorders food issues health related issues and illness neurodegenerative disease in the family cross-cultural issues
Hello, I am Aldona. You are here so maybe it means you are thinking about counselling or psychotherapy. Investing in mental health is as important as physical. Anybody can benefit from therapy no matter what age or gender you are. It can be very rewarding because it helps you be the person you want to be. In these times of uncertainty, uneasy economic and political situation; isolation, bereavement and also historic emotional issues could be experienced more frequently and intensively. Difficulties experienced for a prolonged time can lead to somatic problems. “A good life is a process, not a state of being" (Carl Rogers)
I tailor my approach to suit each particular individual's circumstances and issues. I have over 25 years post qualification experience in psychotherapy and counselling and I see people with a range of issues and work both short and long term.
I tailor my approach to suit each particular individual's circumstances and issues. I have over 25 years post qualification experience in psychotherapy and counselling and I see people with a range of issues and work both short and long term.
Whether you are looking for support or trying to make sense of your life, I'm here to help. During the sessions you are given the space needed to wonder, reflect and explore new ways/perspectives about yourself, gaining insight in order to make positive changes. My strengths as a therapist include showing compassion, empathy, patience and sensitivity to create a safe environment to explore difficult feelings freely.
Whether you are looking for support or trying to make sense of your life, I'm here to help. During the sessions you are given the space needed to wonder, reflect and explore new ways/perspectives about yourself, gaining insight in order to make positive changes. My strengths as a therapist include showing compassion, empathy, patience and sensitivity to create a safe environment to explore difficult feelings freely.
We can all have difficulties in everyday life and encounter problems that we simply find hard to cope with alone. You may feel worried, anxious, low, confused, isolated or may be experience difficulties in relationships. You may be suffering from feelings of low self esteem or low self confidence. You may have been diagnosed with anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, or maybe you are just feeling sad. When these feelings and thoughts persist and become overwhelming it may be difficult to know which way to turn.
We can all have difficulties in everyday life and encounter problems that we simply find hard to cope with alone. You may feel worried, anxious, low, confused, isolated or may be experience difficulties in relationships. You may be suffering from feelings of low self esteem or low self confidence. You may have been diagnosed with anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, or maybe you are just feeling sad. When these feelings and thoughts persist and become overwhelming it may be difficult to know which way to turn.
It takes courage to reach out and ask for support when you're feeling low. I offer a safe, non-judgemental space to reflect on your personal experiences, develop self-awareness and make the changes you are looking for to obtain a more fulfilling life.
Whether you are in a transitional period of life, such as considering a career change, retirement, empty nesting, coming to terms with the loss of a loved one, trying to re-discover yourself after a relationship break down, navigating life as a single parent, or maybe you are feeling stuck and want to make some changes. Whatever your circumstance, I am here for support and guidance.
It takes courage to reach out and ask for support when you're feeling low. I offer a safe, non-judgemental space to reflect on your personal experiences, develop self-awareness and make the changes you are looking for to obtain a more fulfilling life.
Whether you are in a transitional period of life, such as considering a career change, retirement, empty nesting, coming to terms with the loss of a loved one, trying to re-discover yourself after a relationship break down, navigating life as a single parent, or maybe you are feeling stuck and want to make some changes. Whatever your circumstance, I am here for support and guidance.
I am fully qualified Integrative Relational Counsellor. This means that I draw upon a variety of skills and approaches depending on what your needs and personality requires. Above all else, I believe that it is the relationship between you and I that will offer the best opportunity for change. I see clients with a wide range of issues and rest assured no matter how big or small the problem seems to you, you will be treated with warmth and respect. Some of the challenges I work with include: Anxiety, Depression, General low mood, Bereavement, Low self-confidence and self-esteem and stress. This list is by no means exhaustive.
I am fully qualified Integrative Relational Counsellor. This means that I draw upon a variety of skills and approaches depending on what your needs and personality requires. Above all else, I believe that it is the relationship between you and I that will offer the best opportunity for change. I see clients with a wide range of issues and rest assured no matter how big or small the problem seems to you, you will be treated with warmth and respect. Some of the challenges I work with include: Anxiety, Depression, General low mood, Bereavement, Low self-confidence and self-esteem and stress. This list is by no means exhaustive.
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I have a special interest of helping adults who have unhelpful coping strategies that keep them stuck, such as eating too much or too little; drinking too much; withdrawing into themselves; &/or working harder to activate perfectionist & self-destructive behaviours. Perhaps you're questioning who you are as you struggle with such feelings & question if you'll ever feel better? Perhaps you struggle to find the right words to talk about how you're feeling & shut down if others ask how you are? You don't know where else to turn, struggle on & feel afraid of what may happen if you're not okay. You are exhausted & want things to change.
I have a special interest of helping adults who have unhelpful coping strategies that keep them stuck, such as eating too much or too little; drinking too much; withdrawing into themselves; &/or working harder to activate perfectionist & self-destructive behaviours. Perhaps you're questioning who you are as you struggle with such feelings & question if you'll ever feel better? Perhaps you struggle to find the right words to talk about how you're feeling & shut down if others ask how you are? You don't know where else to turn, struggle on & feel afraid of what may happen if you're not okay. You are exhausted & want things to change.
I have extensive experience of working with people with disordered eating, trauma, low self-esteem, and interpersonal and emotional difficulties; however, I am interested in developing a shared understanding of your difficulties and help you manage these, rather than specific diagnoses.
You might have a sense that something isn’t quite right — perhaps you notice repeating the same patterns in relationships, feeling drawn to similar kinds of people, or responding in ways you don’t fully understand. We can get stuck in ways of relating that happen outside of our awareness, shaped by what we’ve learned about ourselves and others over time. Therapy offers a space to explore these patterns, understand what you bring into your relationships, how you respond to others, and why certain dynamics feel harder to shift. Over time, this can open up more choice in how you respond and relate, in ways that feel more like you.
I have extensive experience of working with people with disordered eating, trauma, low self-esteem, and interpersonal and emotional difficulties; however, I am interested in developing a shared understanding of your difficulties and help you manage these, rather than specific diagnoses.
You might have a sense that something isn’t quite right — perhaps you notice repeating the same patterns in relationships, feeling drawn to similar kinds of people, or responding in ways you don’t fully understand. We can get stuck in ways of relating that happen outside of our awareness, shaped by what we’ve learned about ourselves and others over time. Therapy offers a space to explore these patterns, understand what you bring into your relationships, how you respond to others, and why certain dynamics feel harder to shift. Over time, this can open up more choice in how you respond and relate, in ways that feel more like you.
I am a Senior Accredited BACP and UKCP Accredited clinical psychotherapist offering psychotherapy and DBT to men, women and adolescents. My specialist areas include emotional dysregulation, OCD and personality disorders online and in Surrey and London. I have completed a PhD and MSc at the University of Roehampton, alongside British Isles DBT Intensive Training and MBCT Training. I have a wealth of experience in NHS, forensic and private settings, including the Priory Group, and work alongside psychiatrists and mental health teams in Surrey and London.
I am a Senior Accredited BACP and UKCP Accredited clinical psychotherapist offering psychotherapy and DBT to men, women and adolescents. My specialist areas include emotional dysregulation, OCD and personality disorders online and in Surrey and London. I have completed a PhD and MSc at the University of Roehampton, alongside British Isles DBT Intensive Training and MBCT Training. I have a wealth of experience in NHS, forensic and private settings, including the Priory Group, and work alongside psychiatrists and mental health teams in Surrey and London.
I bring over 30+ years of experience in Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, and Life Coaching, serving individuals of all ages and addressing a wide range of challenges. My extensive background includes roles in Psychiatric Hospitals, Day Programs, Residential Treatment Centres, and Out-Patient Therapy Agencies. I have the privilege of working with children, adults, couples, families, and groups, both within organisational settings and in private practice. My diverse experiences have equipped me to handle any situation with professionalism and compassion, as I believe that no issue is too strange or difficult to address.
I bring over 30+ years of experience in Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, and Life Coaching, serving individuals of all ages and addressing a wide range of challenges. My extensive background includes roles in Psychiatric Hospitals, Day Programs, Residential Treatment Centres, and Out-Patient Therapy Agencies. I have the privilege of working with children, adults, couples, families, and groups, both within organisational settings and in private practice. My diverse experiences have equipped me to handle any situation with professionalism and compassion, as I believe that no issue is too strange or difficult to address.
We provide interventions for a wide variety of mental health conditions and difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, personality disorders and eating disorders, all of which can have a hugely debilitating effect on our lives and the lives of people around us.
We understand that mental health is unique to each individual and that we can all develop psychological difficulties at different points in our lives. We offer both individual and group therapy options and we work with families, carers, education systems and employers to ensure that each individual receives individualised and holistic care.
We provide interventions for a wide variety of mental health conditions and difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, personality disorders and eating disorders, all of which can have a hugely debilitating effect on our lives and the lives of people around us.
We understand that mental health is unique to each individual and that we can all develop psychological difficulties at different points in our lives. We offer both individual and group therapy options and we work with families, carers, education systems and employers to ensure that each individual receives individualised and holistic care.
You’re the one holding it all together for everyone else. But when it’s quiet, food becomes your secret comfort and your source of shame. You’re ready for something to change. On the outside, you look like you’re managing it all. But inside, food takes up far too much space: the overthinking, the overwhelming urges and the all too familiar regret. You’ve read the books, followed the plans, even white knuckled your way through 'just one more try', yet the cycle keeps pulling you back. It’s exhausting. Part of you longs for peace: to feel at home in your body, to eat without overthinking, and to stop this tug of war once and for all.
You’re the one holding it all together for everyone else. But when it’s quiet, food becomes your secret comfort and your source of shame. You’re ready for something to change. On the outside, you look like you’re managing it all. But inside, food takes up far too much space: the overthinking, the overwhelming urges and the all too familiar regret. You’ve read the books, followed the plans, even white knuckled your way through 'just one more try', yet the cycle keeps pulling you back. It’s exhausting. Part of you longs for peace: to feel at home in your body, to eat without overthinking, and to stop this tug of war once and for all.
I treat eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia and obesity, and addictions such as to nicotine, cannabis, gambling, sex, chocolate, tea and coffee.
In addition to my specialisation in eating disorders and addictions, I see patients with many kinds of psychological problems: depression, school problems, sexual difficulties, inhibitions, anxiety...My office is in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, and in Cambridge, UK. I have patients all over the world, by video conference, telephone and email.
I treat eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia and obesity, and addictions such as to nicotine, cannabis, gambling, sex, chocolate, tea and coffee.
In addition to my specialisation in eating disorders and addictions, I see patients with many kinds of psychological problems: depression, school problems, sexual difficulties, inhibitions, anxiety...My office is in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, and in Cambridge, UK. I have patients all over the world, by video conference, telephone and email.
Zoë specialises in working with addiction, eating disorders and trauma and has extensive experience of helping people through difficult life transitions.
Her MSc in Addiction Psychology and Counselling has enabled her to effectively work with clients suffering from addictive disorders and codependency. In addition, she is trained in Trauma Reduction work, through the PIT Model (Post Induction Therapy) developed by Pia Mellody.
Zoë specialises in working with addiction, eating disorders and trauma and has extensive experience of helping people through difficult life transitions.
Her MSc in Addiction Psychology and Counselling has enabled her to effectively work with clients suffering from addictive disorders and codependency. In addition, she is trained in Trauma Reduction work, through the PIT Model (Post Induction Therapy) developed by Pia Mellody.
I have held senior roles including Clinical Director of an Eating Disorders service and offer weekly therapy as well as structured trauma work and private intensives for deeper therapeutic engagement.
You may look successful, capable and in control from the outside, yet privately struggle with intimacy, sexuality or relationship patterns that feel confusing or difficult to change. Perhaps you find yourself caught in cycles of compulsive sexual behaviour, sexual anxiety, shame, painful intimacy, erectile difficulties, changes in desire, or relationships that repeatedly leave you feeling disconnected or alone. Often these difficulties are rarely isolated issues. They are shaped by biological factors, psychological history, attachment patterns, cultural context, and lived experience.
I have held senior roles including Clinical Director of an Eating Disorders service and offer weekly therapy as well as structured trauma work and private intensives for deeper therapeutic engagement.
You may look successful, capable and in control from the outside, yet privately struggle with intimacy, sexuality or relationship patterns that feel confusing or difficult to change. Perhaps you find yourself caught in cycles of compulsive sexual behaviour, sexual anxiety, shame, painful intimacy, erectile difficulties, changes in desire, or relationships that repeatedly leave you feeling disconnected or alone. Often these difficulties are rarely isolated issues. They are shaped by biological factors, psychological history, attachment patterns, cultural context, and lived experience.
Eating disorders, working with trauma including ptsd, self-harm, addiction, shame.
What you share will always be confidential, and met with understanding, compassion and empathy. Creating a safe, calm space where each individual is supported in their journeys of understanding, healing and growth. Working collaboratively with each client, I have an innate sensitivity, and the capacity to think clearly and be curious with clients as they seek to understand themselves.
Short-term/long-term work focusing on specific issue(s), providing tools to understand what causes these problems and how to move towards managing/resolving them.
Therapy offers an opportunity to develop invaluable self-awareness and self-care.
Eating disorders, working with trauma including ptsd, self-harm, addiction, shame.
What you share will always be confidential, and met with understanding, compassion and empathy. Creating a safe, calm space where each individual is supported in their journeys of understanding, healing and growth. Working collaboratively with each client, I have an innate sensitivity, and the capacity to think clearly and be curious with clients as they seek to understand themselves.
Short-term/long-term work focusing on specific issue(s), providing tools to understand what causes these problems and how to move towards managing/resolving them.
Therapy offers an opportunity to develop invaluable self-awareness and self-care.
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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.