Hello – I’m glad you’re here
Meet Your Therapist
I’m Mel. A therapist working with adults who are navigating a difficult relationship with food, their body, their health, their sense of self, with others…
My job isn’t to have all the answers, or to hand you a plan and watch you follow it. It’s to sit with you while you find your own — and to make that process feel a little less lonely and a lot more possible.
I work with adults who are struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or a difficult relationship with food and their body. That might look like restriction, bingeing, purging, over-exercising, or simply an exhausting mental battle with every meal. It might also look like feeling completely disconnected from your body, unable to trust it — or yourself.
I’m a counsellor and therapist working with adults who are navigating a difficult relationship with food, their body, and themselves. This page is my attempt to give you a real sense of who I am before we even speak.
I believe you are already the expert of yourself
Therapy is a space and relationship where you can bring all of you, unfiltered, messy and complex, so that you can have room to be. And then go from there. This process can help you to untangle things, maybe reconnect with or rediscover yourself. It can be a brave space, where you have the opportunity to explore the parts of yourself that feel broken, overwhelming or confusing. To find acceptance, understanding and then ways to move forward authentically.
I specialise in working with folks exploring difficult relationships with food, body, identity or health, who want to develop a more peaceful and connected relationship with themselves. Do you long for a relationship with yourself that is based in belonging, trust and respect?
My practice is grounded in the values of body autonomy & liberation, non-diet approach, fat positive & weight inclusive care and that ultimately you are the expert of you. I am neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ and open-relating affirming. I bring these values into my work with disordered eating and eating disorders, as well as holding you at the centre of that work, with your desires and goals. I am also passionate about creating more accessible spaces for men and neurodivergent folks to explore support for eating disorders and body image struggles.
One of the ways that I like to think of the therapy process is as a string of lights, where each of the little lights comes on over time. These seemingly insignificant little bulbs may feel small and frustrating at the time, because of the desire for that big fix. And as you work through the process, you’ll be able to connect to the lights twinkling behind you, building up in strength around you and illuminating the paths in front. Maybe at some point you connect with the idea that you are the source of that power.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training is rooted in a person-centred approach, establishing a way of being in this work that cements listening with compassion and respect at its core. In a world that can often feel rife with rules and shoulds, a person-centred space offers somewhere for you to explore you. In your own time, in your own way. With acceptance, change can happen within the right conditions that honour and support you. Therapy is one way in life to explore your sense of self and relationship with the world with those conditions.
I hold a Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, with additional training in Nutrition Counselling, Non-Diet Approaches and Body Image. I am also continuing to explore professional development in topics such as neurodivergence, trauma, addiction and eating disorders. I have completed an MSc in Human Nutrition. Prior to embarking on my Counselling training, I was a Nutritionist, working 1:1 with folks and running group workshops to support more peaceful relationships with food and body. Since 2015, I have been a HCPC Registered Paramedic, working in various roles and environments within the community, which is where my love for person-centred spaces, being alongside and access to quality care began.
- Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- MSc Human Nutrition
- Applying Intuitive Eating & Non-Diet Approaches in Practice (Advanced Counsellor Skills).
- BSc Paramedic Practice
Not sure where to start? That’s okay
Reach out and let’s talk about it. We can figure out the format, the frequency and everything else together.