The Eating Disorder Therapist

HARRIET FREW
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Overcome disordered eating and find peace with food.

  1. 15h ago

    Breaking Negative Eating Patterns and Remembering your True Self with Dr Susan Simpson

    If you would like the discount flyer to get hold of Dr. Susan's book - Breaking Negative Eating Patterns and Remembering your True Self - please email harriet.frew@gmail.com Today, I have a guest on the show and I'm talking to Dr. Susan Simpson. Dr Susan is a clinical psychologist, Advanced Schema Therapy Trainer-Supervisor and Director of Schema Therapy Training Scotland. She has more than 25 years’ experience working with people with eating disorders and is particularly interested in approaches that look beyond symptoms to understand and support the whole person. She specialises in working with people for whom first-line eating-disorder treatments have not been sufficient, as well as those who may benefit from a broader approach alongside established treatment. Her work explores the emotional needs, coping patterns, self-critical processes, trauma-related responses and experiences of disconnection that can sit beneath difficulties with food and body image. Her approach is trauma-informed and neurodivergence-affirming. Susan provides training in Schema Therapy, including specialist training in Schema Therapy for eating disorders, across Europe and Australia. She is also a clinician-researcher involved in international studies examining the effectiveness of Schema Therapy for eating disorders and related difficulties. She has published and presented widely on the application of Schema Therapy across a range of clinical populations. Susan is co-author of Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders and The Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy. Her latest book, Breaking Negative Eating Patterns and Remembering Your True Self: A Self-Help and Support Book, translates these ideas into an accessible and compassionate resource for people experiencing eating difficulties, as well as for families, supporters and clinicians. In the episode today, Susan is going to talk about schema therapy and how it can really support clients to change. She will explore how it looks beyond symptoms and focuses on deeper healing. She will dive into the different aspects of the therapy, and how it really supports someone to step into their authentic, wise, integrated self, becoming much more connected with the heart, love and compassion rather than being stuck in survival and the old ways of coping. I hope that you find it helpful. To find out more about Dr. Susan's work: - Schema Therapy Scotland Nourished Clinic     🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/     #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #drsusansimpson #schematherapy #schemas

  2. 1d ago

    How to Stop Food Noise (Without a GLP-1)

    In this episode, I discuss how to stop food noise without using a GLP-1 medication. Time slots: 1. Physical hunger 1.40 2. Mental hunger 3.19 3. Emotional hunger 4.27 4. Managing physical hunger 6.00 5. Managing mental hunger 6.56 6. Managing emotional hunger 8.20 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/   #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #foodnoise #relationshipwithfood #glp1 #glp1medication

  3. 2d ago

    Therapist Explains 7 Reasons Why Neurodivergent People are Vulnerable to Eating Disorders

    In this episode, I discuss why neurodivergent people are vulnerable to developing eating disorders and disordered eating. Time slots: 1. Feeling wrong 1.09 2. The critical voice 2.09 3. Repetitive thoughts 3.47 4. Special interests 5.12 5. Sensory issues 6.22 6. Mood and mental health 8.19 7. Isolation 10.16 8. Vulnerabilities to eating disorders and disordered eating 11.33 9. You can recover 12.08 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/       #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #autismawareness #adhdawareness #relationshipwithfood

  4. 3d ago

    Therapist Shares Psychological Tool in Eating Disorder Recovery | The MANTRA flower

    In this episode I talk about the Maudsley Model for Anorexia Nervosa Treatment in adults, focusing specifically on the MANTRA flower as a psychological tool for change. Time slots: 1. The valued nature of anorexia (identity (2.38) and pro-anorexia beliefs (3.30)) 2. Thinking styles (inflexible thinking (4.19) and excessive detail focus (5.01)) 3. Social and emotional mind (difficulties with emotions (5.40) and difficulties with relationships (7.30)) 4. How others keep anorexia going (enabling (8.14) and high expressed emotion (9.19)). 5. The New Maudsley Animal Model 10.10 6. Finding healthier ways of coping 11.46 I hope that you find it helpful. 🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/     #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #mantraflower #maudsleymantra #maudsleyanorexianervosa #maudsleyhospital

  5. 4d ago

    5 Practical Tips to Help When Someone Comments on your Food in Eating Disorder Recovery

    In this episode I talk about dealing with other people commenting on your food. Time slots: 1. Your vulnerable spot 00.48 2. The matrix of diet culture 3.11 3. Projection 4.58 4. Set boundaries 6.03 5. Stay in your own lane 8.27. I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/   #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #foodcomments #dontcomment

  6. 5d ago

    My Journey to Becoming a Therapist

    In this episode I talk about my journey to becoming a therapist. Time slots: 1. It wasn't in the life plan 0.51 2. Off to university 1.54 3. Western Australia 2.31 4. Masters in Nutrition 5.32 5. Back home on the farm 6.22 6. Volunteering 7.59 7. Prisoners' Families Helpline 9.10 8. Counselling training 10.44 9. NHS Eating Disorder Service 12.40 10. Private work 15.16 11. Follow your dreams 16.44 I hope that you find it helpful.   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/   #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #therapist #therapisttalks #therapisttraining #therapistadvice

  7. 6d ago

    Atypical Anorexia Nervosa Therapist Question and Answer Session

    In this episode I respond to questions about atypical anorexia nervosa. Time slots: 1. Why ATYPICAL anorexia? 0.25 2. Why isn't it acknowledged? 3.05 3. I don't feel sick enough 4.41 4. Getting a diagnosis 5.28 5. Should I be worried? 8.05 6. GLP-1s and atypical anorexia 8.40 7. Getting help 10.29 I hope that you find it helpful. 🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/     #HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #atypicalanorexia #atypicalanorexiarecovery #atypicalanorexianervosa #anorexiarecovery #anorexianervosarecovery

  8. Oct 28

    The Dark Side of Slimming Clubs with Jaimie O'Connor.

    Today, I have a guest on the show and I'm talking to Jaimie O' Connor. Jaimie is a Policy PhD student looking at how weight-loss groups (such as Slimming World and Weight Watchers) are regulated, whether that regulation is being adhered to, at least, well enough to prevent harm. Over three years, she's interviewed ex customers and ex workers, along with people who work for the overseeing regulatory bodies to gather this information in a scoping review. In this episode today, Jaimie talks about: - How the slimming group business model is designed for weight loss failure, with all responsibility on the individual, so ensuring a life long bondage to the groups. How the eating disorder safeguard in the enrolment process is simply a tick box exercise. The problem of food morality in these groups. How it amplifies diet culture messages and doesn't serve people. The horror of slimming group testimonials drenched in diet culture, weight stigma and fat phobia. How slimming groups have repositioned themselves around GLP-1s whilst keeping their members locked in. And finally - what about regulation of these groups? Is it working? What is anyone doing about it? I hope that you find it helpful. You can find Jaimie at 'This Is Why You're Hungry' on Substack https://substack.com/@jaimoraiand Tiktok, where she posts all of the opinionated angry commentary that she's not academically allowed to put into her thesis!   🌐 If you're looking for more support in your recovery journey, you can explore my work here: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/ Share your thoughts in the comments below. 📱 Food Freedom App: https://studio.com/apps/harriet/freedomfood 🎙 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-disorder-therapist/id1499476074   🔔 Subscribe to YouTube for weekly eating disorder recovery support, therapy insights, and real conversations about food and healing: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist?sub_confirmation=1 Online Courses: Fitness Lovers Guide to Food Freedom https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/radical-self-care-and-building-your-thriving-eating-disorder-therapy-practice   Breaking Free From Bulimia: https://food-freedom-coach.teachable.com/p/intuitive-eating-beginners-course4  Professional Training:  Eating Disorders Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html Body Image Training: https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html 📲 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist/   ------------------------------#HarrietFrew #TheEatingDisorderTherapist #EatingDisorderRecovery #anorexianervosa #atypicalanorexia #DisorderedEating #osfed #FoodFreedomJourney #BingeEatingRecovery #MentalHealthSupport #FoodObsessions #BodyImageHealing #RecoveryIsPossible #EmotionalEating #InnerHealing #TherapyInsights #copingstrategy #copingstrategies #eatingdisorders #bulimiarecovery #bingeeating #psychology #therapist #bulimiarecovery #bulimianervosa #bulimia #selfworth #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #bodyacceptance #self-trust #trustyourself #recoveryjourney #quasirecovery #recoveryjourney #regulareating #recoveryhacks #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #copingstrategies #copingmechanisms #bodyimage #bodyimagehealing #bodyimageissues #jaimieoconnor #slimmingclubs #weightwatchers #slimmingworld

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Overcome disordered eating and find peace with food.

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  • Creator
    HARRIET FREW
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    561
  • Rating
    Clean
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