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Conversations with Eating Disorders By Holly

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Welcome

Young woman standing on grass holding a picnic basket on a sunny day.

If you’ve found your way here, your relationship with food may feel confusing, overwhelming, or harder than you ever expected it to be.


You might feel stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand, exhausted by the constant mental noise around eating and your body, or quietly carrying shame about something that feels difficult to explain. 


Perhaps part of you wants things to change. Perhaps another part feels afraid to let go. Or perhaps you’re here because someone you care about is struggling, and you’re unsure how best to help.


Wherever you’re starting from, you are not alone in this. You do not need a diagnosis or a certain level of severity to deserve support.

Making Sense of What's Happening

Eating struggles are rarely just about food.


Often, they begin as ways of coping. As protection. As something that once helped you manage feelings that felt overwhelming, painful or unsafe.

Over time, what started as protection can begin to feel relentless. It can feel as though there are two voices inside you. 


One loud, critical, impulsive or demanding. 


The other quieter. Sometimes so quiet it’s hard to know what you think or feel anymore. Sometimes it’s just a small sense that something isn’t quite right, or that you’re tired of fighting.


In our work together, we gently make space for both.

Not to battle or shame the eating disorder. And not to rush you into letting it go. But to understand what it has been doing for you, what it has been protecting you from, and why it has felt necessary.


From there, we begin to strengthen your own voice at a pace that feels safe. The part of you that might long for a little more steadiness, a little more freedom, or simply some relief. That part does not have to be loud to matter.

The Heart Behind My Work


Hello, I’m Holly.


I’m a counsellor, a mum, and someone who has lived through the push and pull of an eating disorder myself.

I hold a background in psychology, specialist training in schema therapy for eating disorders, an MA in Clinical Counselling, and I am a registered member of the BACP. But more than anything, my work is grounded in person-centred values.


My connection to this work is not abstract. I understand how consuming and complex that inner world can feel. My lived experience does not mean I assume I know your story. It means I sit beside you with respect, steadiness and a deep belief that recovery is possible for everyone.




What working with me might look like


This is a space where every part of you is welcome. The part that wants change. The part that feels afraid. The part that still clings to the eating disorder. Nothing is demonised or pushed away.

Instead, we look honestly at what is happening and why. We take time to understand what these patterns have been trying to protect you from, and slowly begin to discover other ways of meeting those needs.


You do not have to arrive ready to change everything. You do not have to be certain. We begin wherever you are.


If you choose to reach out, you will be met with warmth, curiosity and a steady presence. This is a space where your voice matters.


When you feel ready, I invite you to get in touch.

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