Body image is how you think, feel, percieve and act with your body - not just how it actually looks. It includes your thoughts ("I hate my stomach"), feelings (shame, anxiety, pround. etc) and behaviours (avoiding mirrors, body checking, wearing only certain clothes.)

Body image exists on a spectrum from deeply negative to genuinely positive, and most people fall somewhere in the middle. 

It's shaped by personal experience, social and political environment, trauma, diet culture, media, comment from others and mental health - which means it can also be reshaped with the right support

Body positivity encourages loving your body all the time, which sounds great but can feel impossible and even pressuring when you're struggling.

Body neutrality shifts the focus away from appearance entirely—your body is not an ornament to admire, but a vessel to live in.

Body respect is the most accessible goal: treating your body with care and dignity even when you don't love how it looks.

As a body image dietitian, I help you work toward whichever feels most authentic and sustainable for you—there's no "right" way to relate to your body.

Many people don't realise that dietitians—especially those trained in eating disorders, HAES, and intuitive eating—do much more than meal planning.

Eating is a very "embodied" experience and the experience of having a body can strongly tied to food choice and and eating practice

I help you explore how diet culture, food rules, and weight stigma have shaped your body image.

We work on identifying triggers (like comparison, comments, or clothing), building practical coping tools, challenging internalised beliefs, and reconnecting with your body through nourishment and gentle movement.

Body image work is deeply intertwined with how you eat, so addressing both together creates lasting change.

Our relationship with body comes in a spectrum:

• Body dissatisfaction
• Body respect
• Body appreciation
• Body acceptance
• Body peace
• Body confidence
• Body love

The goal isn't to achieve body love (though some people get there, and that's wonderful), nor it's the only goal.

No matter it's body respect or body confidence can be a meaningful goal - being able to treat your body with care regardless of how you feel about its appearance.

This means: not letting body dissatisfaction control your life, having tools to manage difficult moments, making nourishment and movement choices from self-care rather than punishment, and reconnecting with the parts of yourself that aren't about how you look.

We'll collaborate to define what "healed body image" means for you—because your recovery goals should reflect your values, not some prescribed outcome.

Not at all. While I specialise in binge eating disorder and disordered eating, body image struggles affect people across the spectrum—whether you're dealing with chronic dieting, post-pregnancy body changes, life transitions, trauma, or simply years of absorbing damaging cultural messages.

If body dissatisfaction is affecting your mental health, relationships, or quality of life, that's enough reason to seek support. You don't need to meet any diagnostic criteria to deserve compassionate, skilled body image counselling.

Honestly? It varies—and that's not a cop-out answer. Some people notice shifts in how they relate to their body within a few months, while deeper healing typically unfolds over 6-12 months or longer, depending on how entrenched the struggles are and what else is happening in your life.

The goal isn't to rush through it, but to build sustainable tools and self-awareness that last beyond our sessions. I'm here to support you at whatever pace feels right, whether that's weekly sessions initially or ongoing check-ins as you maintain progress.