Carole holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and is a member of the BACP.  She has wide experience of working with clients both in private practice and for a number of organisations and charities. She has been working in the field of disordered eating since 2007 and been involved in both group work and one to one counselling.

I am based in Biggleswade, where I practice from my home office.  With ten years experience working with groups of both sexes exploring their eating disorders I am now facilitating UYE groups and one to one sessions.

I have trained with Julia Buckroyd for UYE, the National Cetre for Eating Disorders, Lighterlife, TA101 and 'Working with the Overweight and Obese Clients' at the Berne Institute, CBT with Christine Padetsky and EFT for Eating Disorders amongst others.

Deanna has a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling July 1999 University of Hertfordshire.  She is Teacher trained in Further Education. Her Counselling experience includes extensive short term work within the NHS (Hospital Occupational Health, Ambulance Service, PCT) and Private Employment Agencies. Medium to long term work also part of her Private Practice since 2000.  She has recently led groups following Julia Buckroyd’s model of Stepped Care for Weight Management Programme for the NHS and also Understanding Your Eating.

Group rates £100-£120 (depending on numbers) per module  - 4 x 1½ hours weekly.

One-to-one rate £40 per 1 hour session

Sheila is a Chartered Psychologist (registered Health Psychologist with the Health Professions Council) and Psychodynamic Counsellor (BACP member) based in Birmingham city centre. Her health psychology work entails providing psychological support for clients with physical health problems, or those who wish to make lifestyle changes to improve their health or reduce stress and anxiety or depression using CBT and mindfulness based cognitive therapy. In addition, she provides short term and long term counselling services.

Sheena is a fully qualified counsellor, holding a Diploma in Counselling, an Advanced Diploma in CBT methods (Warwick) and an NLP practitioner’s certificate. She is an accredited counsellor with the BACP and has worked in schools and private practice for the last ten years. She has both personal and professional experience of working with disordered eating and looks forward to welcoming you onto the “Understanding your Eating” programme to help explore your relationship with food, emotions and behaviour.

I am a counsellor and psychotherapist and have been working in the field for over 20 years. I have worked with people on hugely different issues and I have seen that looking at our relationship to food and eating is best done by looking at the whole person. I am keen to support people to feel more in control of their eating and to have a better relationship with themselves in general. In a group setting we can hear that our struggles are not peculiar to ourselves and can begin to envisage changes in ourselves.

Ann Mold had been working with over eating and running psycho-educational courses since 2007. She is accredited with the BACP and also has considerable experience in training, community education and teaching. Ann Brings a depth of knowlege and experience to her groups as she has over 30 years experience in a variety of listening, helping and training work.

 I struggled with eating disorders for twenty years, and through my interest in Susie Orbach's 'Fat is a Feminist Issue' and my work as a diet counsellor and behaviour breakthrough teacher, have been free of these for the last eighteen years. I found Julia Buckroyd's programme to be very similar to what had worked for me, and I feel thrilled to work within what is now a well researched field.
I am a fully qualified counsellor and a member of the BACP. I also trained in the USA as a bodyworker in 1985, and in my work I invite a better connection to our bodies. Gradually, we can learn to trust our body without using food as a barrier to life and living.

Jo is Head of Counselling Cand Clinical Services at Letchworth Centre. She is an accredited Psychotherapist, Psychosexual therapist  and clinical supervisor who has worked with children, couples and families for 30 years both in private practice and in the NHS.  Her special area of interest is disordered eating and obesity control. Jo also works extensively with social services with child protection issues and is retained by the East of England ambulance service  as a psychotherapist to their staff.  A trained nurse and health visitor, she brings a systemic approach to her work.

Sue is an accredited member of BACP the professional organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists.  She has over 30 years experience of working with individuals and families to resolve problems in their personal lives.  As well as running Understanding Your Eating groups she has worked with Julia Buckroyd on a groupwork project offering longer term psychological support for very overweight clients.  Sue has also had further training on the nutritional aspects of obesity and has a keen interest in working with clients with weight management difficulties. 

She is able to offer individual appointments in several geographic locations and a flexible approach depending on circumstances. Do get in contact for an initial chat.

Fees will vary depending on where I am working but will be between £45 and £55.

Deborah is a qualified counsellor with an advanced Diploma in Counselling and recently gained her BACP Accreditation. She has been practising Counselling for nearly 10 years in both her own private practise and with a number of registered agencies.

'After originally studying in Business and Marketing at University and working in the Business Sector I knew I wanted a change of direction and to work more with people. I tried volunteering in a local parenting charity, loved it so much I became their Co-ordinator and then began studying counselling to support me in this work. My passion for counselling and wanting to help people understand why they behave (and eat) they way they do, led me to Julia's 'Understanding your Eating Programme'. I found this insightful yet simple programme offered people in distress a way to understand their eating which led them to a more healthy and enjoyable relationship with food.' I trained as a facilitator to enhance my knowledge and am really looking forward to making this programme available to people in N Ireland.'

Dr Julie Waumsley is a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist and holds a Diploma in Counselling. She leads the psychology and counselling degree programme at the University of Northampton and has research interests in many areas, including exercise, eating patterns and work-life balance. Julie recently chaired the BPS Obesity Working Group, examining psychological issues and obesity. Julie has carried out applied work with clients presenting with various issues, including eating disorders.

I am a qualified and experienced counsellor specialising in disordered eating.  I came into counselling after a career spanning nursing, homeopathy and acting and have a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, a Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling, and have been specialising in disordered eating for some years.

Because I personally have felt helpless around food I am passionate about helping others to live a happy fulfilling life, comfortable in their body mind and spirit and at ease communicating this to others.

Alice came into the counselling profession after a career in teaching English and study skills to international students at the University of St Andrews. She trained at the Universityof Abertay Dundee and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Most of her counselling experience has been in the voluntary sector, working with people struggling with alcohol addiction, an issue that overlaps in several ways with problem eating. She recently joined Mensana, a private counselling service in St Andrews.

I trained to be a Group Leader on this course for personal reasons - it identified an area of my life I wanted to get to understand more. Like many women I have been on and off diets since my mid teens. I have always known that basically if I want to loose weight then I need to eat less. But I wanted to get to the core of the problem and to understand my relationship with food. Now I have accomplished this for myself I am keen to work with others who are interested in looking closely at themselves and address their eating patterns.

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work under the BACP code of ethics. As well as being fully trained and accredited By Relationships Scotland (formerly known as Relate Scotland), I am also qualified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and training and personal development.

Maxine is a qualified counsellor with a Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the University of Wales, with a background in nursing. A registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, she has worked with a wide range of issues including those surrounding food and its connections with our emotions.

I am a professionally trained and qualified counsellor, and a member of BACP (www.bacp.co.uk). I like the Understanding your Eating programme because it is not about diets. It enables clients to understand what food and eating mean in the context of their lives. This understanding will give you the power to make informed choices about your eating behaviour. Please phone or e-mail me if you'd like to chat about attending my group - I look forward to hearing from you.

I am a professionally trained and qualified counsellor and counsellingsupervisor with 10 years experience. I am also a member of the BritishAssociation of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).

I work with people to:

• Build self esteem
• Increase confidence
• Focuson you
• Develop tools to deal with stress
• Relationship difficulties
• Releasing past experiences
• Reduce anxiety, depression and feelingsof panic
• Support through bereavement and abusive experiences.

I believe that if you take care of yourself then you can take care of others.

Post Grad Dip Counselling, MBACP

I am a fully qualified therapeutic counsellor who loves food. However, through the UYE programme, I understand the connection between emotions and how they affect what you eat. Conversely, how emotions can result in over eating to the detriment of a healthy lifestyle, resulting in being over-weight and low self-esteem.

If this sounds like you, call me to discuss if the programme can help change the way you view food, allowing you to take charge of your life.

Zoe Connor is a registered dietitian with 10 years experience of helping adults and children with all sorts of diet related issues in the NHS, privately, and abroad. She is based in Shipston on Stour, South Warwickshire, and is looking forward to helping you ‘understand your eating’ in her group sessions. You can contact Zoe on zoe@zoeconnor.co.uk, or on 07733378651. Read more about Zoe’s qualifications and experience on her website zoeconnor.co.uk

I am a chartered clinical psychologist and group analyst but I would define myself as an integrative psychotherapist. I trained and then worked in Italy and England within a variety of specialised NHS services.

I am once again stationed mainly in Northern Mexico, where I have a private practise but I am also aiming to build connections between Mexico and Europe as this work is a ubiquitous problem that requires awareness of culture and individual feelings yet has a collective centre that embodies anyone who has ever struggled with their weight and possibly never understood their relationship with food.

Dr Rachel Leiper, has been qualified as a General Practitioner for 14 years. She has developed increasing interest and experience in treating obesity and eating disorders recently being awardeda Masters degree in Nutritional Medicine from the University of Surrey. Her practice, working with men and women of all ages who are struggling to develop a natural relationship with food and weight has led her to study with Professor Buckroyd to help patients and clients gain new insights into their eating behaviour.

She is married with 3 sons and has recently moved to Pennsylvania in the USA.