Support with Eating, Weight & Body Concerns

Difficulties around eating, weight, and body image are often complex and deeply personal. They can be shaped by emotional experiences, relationships, trauma, stress, cultural messages, and patterns developed over time. For some people, food and weight become a way of coping; for others, a source of distress, control, or conflict.

These concerns may include disordered eating, eating disorders, struggles with weight management, or living in a larger body and navigating the emotional, physical, and social impact of obesity. Whatever brings you here, support can offer a space to explore these experiences with care, respect, and without judgement.

You might recognise these difficulties if you…

• Feel preoccupied with food, eating, weight, or body shape

• Experience cycles of restriction, bingeing, or loss of control around food

• Use food as a way of coping with emotions or stress

• Feel shame, guilt, or distress related to eating or your body

• Have a complicated or painful relationship with your body

• Are managing health concerns linked to weight alongside emotional strain

How therapy can help

Therapy offers a space to explore the emotional, relational, and psychological aspects of eating and weight concerns, rather than focusing solely on behaviour or willpower. The work is collaborative and paced, recognising that change is rarely linear and that safety, trust, and understanding are central.

Support can help you develop a more compassionate relationship with your body, understand patterns around eating and weight, and address underlying experiences that may be contributing to distress.

Approaches that may help with eating and weight concerns

The following approaches are often helpful when working with eating disorders, weight management, and obesity:

• Psychotherapy
  Explores deeper emotional patterns, attachment, identity, and experiences that shape relationships with food and body.

• Counselling
  Offers a supportive space to talk openly about eating, weight, and body concerns without judgement.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  Can help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours around food, eating, and self-image.

• Mindfulness-Based Approaches
  Support awareness, emotional regulation, and a more compassionate relationship with food and the body.

• Body-Based Approaches
  Help reconnect with bodily cues, regulation, and safety, particularly when the body feels like a source of distress or disconnection.

(Where appropriate, therapeutic work may sit alongside medical, nutritional, or multidisciplinary support.)

Therapists who work with eating and weight concerns

Therapists supporting people with eating disorders and weight-related difficulties

Finding the right support

Concerns around eating and weight can carry a great deal of shame and isolation. Reaching out for support is not a failure, but a step towards understanding and care.

You are welcome to explore therapist profiles above, or to get in touch if you would like help finding support that feels safe, respectful, and appropriate for your needs.