I believe eating disorders often serve important emotional, protective, sensory, relational, or survival functions. While they can cause significant distress and harm, they do not arise “out of nowhere,” and I do not believe people should be reduced to symptoms, behaviours, or compliance markers.

My approach is collaborative, autonomy-focused, and grounded in empathy. I prioritise building trust and rapport, because feeling safe, respected, and understood matters. I recognise that people exist within complex realities — including neurodivergence, trauma, oppression, chronic illness, financial stress, cultural expectations, and systemic harm — and these realities shape both distress and recovery.

I am open to non-traditional and harm minimisation approaches where appropriate, particularly when rigid or coercive treatment models have caused harm or failed to account for a person’s capacity, needs, and lived experience. I believe recovery is rarely linear, and that there is space for uncertainty, ambivalence, and grey areas.

I reject shame-based, compliance-driven, and coercive approaches to care. Instead, I aim to support people in reconnecting with their own values, agency, needs, and internal wisdom at a pace that feels sustainable and respectful.