Eating Disorder Therapy in London
With a National Award (BACP) for clinical excellence in counselling and psychotherapy service, our Director, Maggie Morrow, leads a team of highly skilled eating disorder therapists in London. We can help you gain relief and address the causes and challenging symptoms of eating disorders.
Finding the right therapist shouldn’t feel like another burden. With over 30 years of expertise, our Clinical Directors can personally recommend a therapist best suited to help you deal effectively with eating disorder issues.
We offer therapy rooms in Central London, the City of London and online therapy options.
How Can KlearMinds Help You Overcome an Eating Disorder?
At KlearMinds, we understand that an eating disorder can feel overwhelming, exhausting, and isolating. Whether you’re struggling with restrictive eating, bingeing, purging, obsessive thoughts about food, or a constant battle with body image, our expert therapists can help you break free from unhelpful cycles and rediscover a much better relationship with food — and with yourself. We use a blend of proven, evidence-based therapy approaches tailored to your unique experiences, symptoms, and the underlying issues driving them. Together, we’ll help you build practical tools to manage triggers, strengthen self-worth, and approach life with greater resilience.
A KlearMinds Eating Disorder Counsellor can help you:
- Understand how the root causes of your eating disorder may be holding you back from change
- Identify practical steps to address those causes and build a healthier relationship with food and your body
- Recognise behaviours and thought patterns that are fuelling your symptoms — and learn how to change them
- Challenge negative beliefs and inner criticism, replacing them with balanced, compassionate self-talk
- Discover strategies to reduce the power of urges and prevent harmful behaviours from taking over
- Rebuild a sense of self-worth, fulfilment, and joy that isn’t defined by eating or appearance
- Develop a personalised toolkit to maintain progress and safeguard your long-term emotional and physical wellbeing
Eating Disorder Therapy Reviews
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Annette Wozniak
Clinical Psychologist
MA Clinical Psychology, BA (Hons) Psychology, HDEd, BA, HCPCAnnette holds over 17 years experience.
Amanda James
Psychotherapist & Counsellor
Dip Therapeutic Counselling, PG Dip Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Adv Dip, BACPAmanda holds over 13 years experience.
Carmen O’Connor
Psychotherapist and Counsellor
MA Integrative Psychotherapy, BA (hons), Certs, UKCPCarmen holds over 14 years of experience.
Judy Harrison
Psychotherapist, Couples Therapist
PG Dip Psychotherapy, Dip Mediation, Mindfulness Meditation Cert, Cert Psychotherapy, UKCP, BACPJudy holds over 25 years experience.
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Understanding Your Eating Disorder
When an eating disorder becomes a central focus in your life, it can feel all-consuming, confusing, and difficult to put into words. Understanding what’s happening is often the first step toward recovery. An eating disorder is more than just being careful about what you eat or wanting to be healthy. While many people have concerns about food or body image from time to time, an eating disorder becomes a problem when:
- It dominates your thoughts, emotions and daily decisions
- It affects your relationships, work, studies or social life
- It interferes with your ability to live life freely
- It stops you from enjoying life or feeling at peace with yourself
Eating disorders can affect both your mind and body. You might feel anxious around food, experience guilt or shame after eating, or find yourself caught in rigid rules and rituals. Physically, you might notice significant changes in weight, energy levels, or appetite. Some people experience digestive issues, disrupted menstrual cycles, or other health problems. They don’t define you, but they may be a sign that it’s time to reach out for the support you need.
When we’re struggling with an eating disorder, our thoughts can become rigid, self-critical, and preoccupied with food, weight or appearance. These patterns can reinforce harmful behaviours, making it harder to see a way out. It can feel like a vicious cycle, where the more you try to control, the more trapped you feel. But with the right help, this cycle can be broken, and a healthier, freer life is possible.
Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders can impact both physical health and emotional well-being, often shaping the way a person thinks, feels and behaves around food and body image. While no two experiences are exactly the same, there are patterns and warning signs that tend to appear. Below are some of the common symptoms people experience when struggling with an eating disorder:
- Ongoing preoccupation with food, calories, weight, or body shape
- Restricting food intake or following rigid food rules
- Skipping meals or avoiding entire food groups
- Binge eating episodes, sometimes followed by feelings of guilt or shame
- Purging behaviours such as self-induced vomiting, laxative use, or excessive exercise
- Strong fear of weight gain or changes in body shape
- Feeling out of control around eating
- Significant weight changes or fluctuations
- Avoiding social situations involving food or eating in public
- Physical effects such as fatigue, digestive problems, dizziness, or missed periods
- Low self-esteem and self-worth linked to appearance
- Difficulty concentrating, anxiety, or depression connected to eating habits
4 Common Types of Eating Disorders
Bulimia Nervosa
- Key signs: Binge eating followed by purging behaviours such as vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, or misuse of laxatives/diuretics
- Emotional impact: Guilt, shame, intense fear of weight gain, and preoccupation with body image
- Health risks: Tooth enamel erosion, acid reflux, dehydration, digestive irritation, and dangerous electrolyte imbalances (can lead to heart complications)
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
- Key signs: Regular episodes of eating large amounts of food quickly, often when not hungry, followed by guilt or shame
- Difference from bulimia: No purging behaviours after bingeing
- Health risks: Increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity-related conditions
Anorexia Nervosa
- Key signs: Extremely low body weight, fear of weight gain, distorted body image, and severe restriction of food intake
- Behaviours: Excessive exercise, purging, obsessive thoughts about food, and avoiding eating in public
- Health risks: Bone loss, infertility, organ damage, and potentially life-threatening complications
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Key signs: Avoiding or restricting foods due to texture, taste, smell, or fear of choking/vomiting — not because of body image concerns
- Impact: Nutrient deficiencies, weight loss, poor growth in children, and dependence on supplements or tube feeding
- Common in: Children, but can affect all ages
If you recognise these symptoms in yourself or someone you care about, our eating disorder counselling in London can provide compassionate, evidence-based treatment for recovery. We help clients build a healthier relationship with food, body, and mind.
Take the First Step Towards Overcoming an Eating Disorder
Frequently Asked Questions
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How long will therapy take?
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The length of therapy for an eating disorder varies for each person. It depends on factors such as the type and severity of your eating difficulties, how long you’ve been struggling, and what you’d like to achieve from therapy.
Some people begin to notice small but meaningful improvements within the first few sessions, especially as they learn practical tools to manage difficult thoughts, emotions, and behaviours related to food, body image and control. For others, especially when difficulties have been present for a longer time, therapy may take more sessions to explore and address underlying emotional causes, such as perfectionism, self-criticism, or difficulties with self-esteem and control.
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What happens in the first therapy session?
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How do I know if I have an eating disorder?
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What is the difference between an eating disorder and eating issues/disordered eating?
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Can you have an eating disorder without being underweight?
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Get a Therapist Recommendation
Free Consultation: Get in touch for a personal recommendation OR to arrange a free telephone consultation with Maggie Morrow, Award Winning Therapist & KlearMinds Director.
Money back guarantee: 95% of our recommendations are successful. However, if your first appointment doesn’t feel like the right match – let us know. Based on your feedback, we can recommend a free appointment with a different therapist or if you prefer, you can request a refund.
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Our Locations
Our Therapy Rooms are near:
Mayfair – Soho – Harley Street – Covent Garden
Our Therapy Fees
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Professional Accreditations and Associations
Our hand-selected therapists have trained in the UK’s most respected institutions. They hold a minimum of 8 and up to 30 years clinical experience within the NHS, private and/or charitable sectors. They are registered with:
