Hampshire
Julia Cole
I am a Senior Accredited MBACP Counsellor and Psychosexual Therapist. I have been trained as a counsellor for over 25 years. I am currently a full time therapist for the Royal Navy, and have a private practice based near Portsmouth. I am also a freelance writer on relationship and sexual issues. I am the author of six books on personal and relationship concerns.
I have a special interest in the links between disordered eating and relationship issues, with special reference to the attachments we make in adulthood. Disordered or emotional eating can often stem from how we relate to others, sometimes those from our past, and even our relationship to our own bodies. Using the UYE programme, I aim to offer a chance for people to explore, understand and take action on their approach to eating that they find difficult or upsetting. I offer one-to-one sessions during the evenings in my comfortable counselling room. Contact me to discuss arrangements for an initial session.
juliacole@dsl.pipex.com
07771 555328
Burrswood
Burrswood has developed a range of formats that incorporate the 'Understanding Your Eating' programme. These include opportunities to access the service as a Hospital inpatient, a resident in our Guest House or as a weekly visitor for Outpatient services. Further information on each of these pathways is available by searching for Understanding Your Eating on our website.
admissions@burrswood.org.uk
01892 865988
www.burrswood.org.uk
It is my pleasure to integrate disordered eating into my counselling
practice. Disordered eating is from the lens of overeating, controlled
eating, and binge eating.
Does this sound like your pattern of eating?
I have been drawn to this work as a common theme emerged from
working with my clients. On top of the emotional distress clients and I
work towards understanding, I often hear clients say “my esteem is low
because I hate how I look – I am overweight, I am fat.” This narrative is
linked to being loved, and loveable; valued, and valuable, productive,
and successful.
I have long held the belief that how and why you eat has been linked to
your emotional heritage. Professor Julia Buckroyd has endorsed this
thinking and her work follows decades of research into why people eat
the way they do.
I know from personal experience that diets fail is because they are
restrictive and shaming and very much focussed on the food you eat.
Restriction and shame are the very things that bring clients to
counselling and the associated emotions are projected into whichever is
the diet of choice. Can you see how counterproductive this can be if you
have experienced disruption in your emotional background?
Working with me on Understanding Your Eating, you will experience a
different approach, with no focus on what you eat. The emphasis is
entirely on you and how and why you eat the way you do. Working in
small groups for safety and more personal attention to give you the best
experience, we will explore your journey through your eating patterns
and what that is doing for you. It is a structured programme that requires
your commitment in the group and outside of it and to forego any desire
to restrict and control your eating.
If this sounds like something that would be refreshing and innovative to
you, please get in touch.
www.kathy-ellis.com
07576911726
Kathyellis289@gmail.com
Location: Gosport Hampshire
