Rosewall Juliet - Heal Your Relationship with Food

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CONTENTS

MEET THE AUTHORS

DR JULIET ROSEWALL

Juliet Rosewall is a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist currently working in an NHS Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders service in London. She has experience in the assessment and treatment of eating-related problems in young people and adults, and has worked in the field of mental health, in both research and clinical roles, for the last 20 years.

Juliet trained at the University of Canterbury, in New Zealand. Following the completion of her PhD and clinical psychology training in 2009, Juliet worked at an eating disorders service and child and adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. She moved to the UK in 2010 and, since this time, has worked with adults with eating disorders and, more recently, children and adolescents in both general mental health and eating disorder settings. As well as her clinical work, Juliet is research active, and trains and regularly supervises others in their clinical practice.

Juliet strongly believes in providing specialised evidence-based psychological treatments through utilising a warm and compassionate approach. She is passionate about working collaboratively with those she treats, in order to bring about meaningful change to their eating behaviours and body image. She believes that there is hope for those who are struggling with an eating problem and it is fully possible to move towards a valued life that is not ruled by food, eating or appearance.

AMY CHISHOLM

Amy Chisholm is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council in the UK. Amy has worked in adult mental health for eighteen years, and the field of eating disorders for seventeen years. Amy has worked since 2012 in specialist eating disorders services for adults in the UK in both the National Health Service (NHS) and a private capacity. Amy worked for a number of years in a large specialist eating disorders service in London as a Clinical Psychologist, offering individual therapy and supervising junior colleagues. Amy also specialises in treatment of trauma-related problems, and works in specialist NHS trauma services for adults.

Amy is originally from New Zealand and trained at the University of Canterbury. In 2008 she completed her Master of Arts in Psychology and in 2009 her Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology. Since this time Amy has also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy through the University of Otago in New Zealand. She has also completed her two-year training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy and is registered with the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy in the UK.

Amy enjoys working with people experiencing eating problems, having repeatedly seen the power of noticing and breaking destructive cycles of eating that people naturally fall into. Amy whole-heartedly believes that change is possible and loves to help people find new ways of seeing things, new ways of doing things, and new ways of relating to themselves that will help them be free to live the life they truly want to live.

MAUREEN MOERBECK

Originally from Australia, Maureen graduated with an honours degree in Nutrition & Dietetics in 2003 and moved to the UK in 2006. She is a registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), the London Eating Disorders Dietitians Group, The Centre for Mindful Eating, and the Health At Every Size (HAES) community.

She works for an NHS Eating Disorders Service in London and has worked with adult and adolescents in outpatient, day patient and inpatient settings. In addition, Maureen has her own private practice called Mindful Nutrition Practice, where she supports clients with eating disorders and disordered eating. She also works for BEAT (the UKs national eating disorders charity) as a Clinical Associate Trainer where she delivers training to schools.

Whilst working for the NHS, she has completed a Diploma in Sports Nutrition with the International Olympic Committee, a Graduate Certificate in Public Health, has trained in mindful eating and has recently become a qualified meditation teacher.

Maureen studied Nutrition & Dietetics with the hope of being able to support clients with eating disorders in their work towards recovery. After eight years of working as a dietitian in a variety of clinical settings, she moved towards specialising in eating in 2011 and has been practising in this setting since then.

Maureen is passionate about helping people throughout their journey of recovery. This includes helping clients return to normal eating, debunking nutrition and diet culture myths, rediscovering their own internal cues and improving their relationship with food and their body using a Non-Diet and HAES approach.

INTRODUCTION

Food. It is a part of all of our lives and a basic need for survival. It is necessary for our growth and strength. It is also a part of how we enjoy life and connect with others. Despite this, many people struggle with their relationship with food and can develop all-consuming problems with this vital aspect of life.

Eating problems can take many different forms. You may constantly want to diet, or find yourself focused on clean eating or weight loss, despite this focus making you unhappy and preoccupied. Or you may have issues with eating past comfortable fullness, feeling out of control when you eat, or finding that you eat in response to emotions. Other people use extreme behaviours to manage feelings of fear or guilt about eating, such as vomiting, driven exercise, misusing laxatives or taking diet pills. Often these eating problems start in an effort to feel better about some aspect of life but few people feel happy about being so preoccupied with eating! Not to mention the physical and psychological consequences that can be a result.