Testimonials

Testimonial from P.

I’ve been working with Nicola for a while now, and she has been brilliant. She has a way of helping me see things from a different perspective and encouraging me to unpick the thoughts and behaviours that lie behind my relationship with food and myself. At times it’s been a little uncomfortable, but in the best possible way – because it’s helped me really understand why I do what I do, rather than just focusing on the surface. Once I recognised the reasons behind my behaviour, it meant I could address it and make changes with support mechanisms Nicola taught me.

I’ve really enjoyed this process, I’ve learned so much about myself, and as a result, positive changes have followed naturally. For example, I’ve lost 2 stone in 7 months – not because Nicola made me focus on weight, but as a side effect of improving my self-awareness, mindset, and overall wellbeing.

Nicola combines professionalism with genuine care, and I always feel heard and supported. I’m so grateful for her guidance and would highly recommend her to anyone who wants to explore their patterns more deeply and make lasting change.

Testimonial from B.S.

When I first started working with Nicola over a year ago, my relationship with food and body image had completely broken down. It was affecting every part of my life. I was stuck in a constant loop of food obsession, restriction, guilt, and shame, with no idea how to manage the intrusive thoughts or the crushing lack of self-esteem.

From our very first session, Nicola gave me something I hadn’t felt in a long time—hope. With a calm, compassionate presence and just the right amount of challenge, she helped me work through difficult conversations and eye-opening moments. I was finally able to voice things I’d kept buried for years, and the relief was profound.

I wasn’t looking for someone to fix me—I needed someone to walk beside me while I learned how to heal myself. That’s exactly what Nicola did.

Now, I feel more confident than I ever have. I understand my triggers and have developed a deep sense of self-awareness that helps me navigate tough days—which are thankfully much fewer now. Working with Nicola has been genuinely life-changing, and I’m so grateful for her support, insight, and kindness.

Testimonial from E.W.

I struggled with an ED since Covid and had never really recovered until I started with Nicola

She’s so understanding and kind but also knows exactly how to encourage you to challenge it and break the cycle

She’s non-judgement and really understands the thought process that your going through- she’s taught me skills that I will use for the rest of my life and not just for EDs

Thank you so much Nicola- I would not be where I am without you!

Testimonial from M.C.B

I was very ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I had an eating disorder but starting my sessions with Nicola it made me aware that a lot of people have many different phobias around food.
Nicola’s approach is full of kindness and understanding. I have seen many therapists in Belgium and Italy but only Nicola was really able to understand my eating disorder and my emetophobia.  
She explained to me the vicious cycle of anxiety and phobia, so together we were able to accept and then change my way of thinking.
The EMDR really helped to decrease the fear and the memory of traumatic events around food.
Now I can deal with food anxiety so much better, I am still working on it but my life has really changed, food is not so scary anymore and I can get on with my daily routine without anxiety around food. “

Testimonial T.E

Nicola was great. My eating disorder was fairly complex and dated back longer than I had realised. She helped me to understand the things that I was doing were detrimental to myself and why I was doing it. She was really easy to talk to, and this made opening up effortless. The advice that I received was honest, non judgemental, and allowed me to get to the route cause of my issues. Would highly recommend.

Testimonial from N.C

After 50 years of binging at moments of stress, going to countless slimming clubs, losing weight then always putting on more afterwards I decided to ask for professional help and started counselling with Nicola. With her help & guidance and with coping strategies put into place I have completely turned my food disorder around. I am eating more than I would at a slimming club but have been slowly losing weight (nearly 3 stone so far) and with far fewer cravings than I had before. If you, like me, have any type of food disorder and have had no meaningful help from the medical profession I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Nicola to start a new way of thinking about food – after all, she has turned my life around.

Testimonial from T.C.

I went to Nicola to try to understand more about my eating habits and how I could change these to feel better about myself. I found the sessions supportive but equally challenging. The sessions helped me to understand the ‘why’ and the when’ of my eating patterns and to differentiate between the times when I ate for comfort and the times when I should eat because my body needed the food for sustenance. As the sessions progressed, I gained a greater understanding of how the body works, the importance of regular eating, and the negative impact irregular eating and withholding food can have on my body. What I have come away with is a realisation that I am very much in control of my eating habits and I now well equipped to maintain this for many years to come.

Testimonial by S.O

I found everything about the sessions helpful, especially the fact we didn’t just have to focus on the eating aspect, we looked beyond that with each session. I found the hot cross bun technique and workbook extremely useful each day when my head would take over and make me think I needed food as a comfort. I was in a very bad place when I first started the therapy whereas now I have a better outlook on ‘diets’ and feel so much better within myself and have way more energy. I found the whole block of sessions extremely helpful and wouldn’t change a thing other than the time slots as I always made us run over.

Testimonial by Amy. B.

I have suffered with an eating disorder for over 16 years, but with Nic’s encouragement, support and patience, recovery has started to feel truly possible. It has been a difficult journey but with her support and guidance, I have moved from a place of feeling utterly trapped and without hope, to a place where life is now bigger than the illness. Slowly, I feel able to find more and more of myself again, and to develop tools and strategies which have helped me to help myself.

Something that I have appreciated about Nic’s approach is that she sees the person and not just the illness or the number on the scales, and has encouraged me to reach towards, and be motivated by my own personal goals and dreams.

She has gently guided me in gaining insight and understanding into my struggles with food and weight, and empowered me with the skills I have needed to face things that I am most scared of. These are skills I feel comforted in the knowledge that I will have for life, and bit by bit they are allowing me to gain freedom from fears I have never really thought that I could defeat.

Thank you Nic. Although I still have some of my journey to complete, I finally have the faith and confidence that I will get there, and feel grateful every day for the new freedom I am discovering along the way.

Testimonial by L.P.

I have worked with Nicola on and off now for a long time now, and I find her very easy to talk to.

It is clear that she has a lot of experience in working with people with eating disorders, as she is very knowledgeable around the subject.

I find Nicola to be very encouraging and motivating, she believes that everyone can recover and never seems to give up on anyone. It is also very reassuring to hear that she has witnessed people recovering from their Eating Disorders, because it is easy to give up hope when you have suffered with an Eating Disorder for a long time.

Also, I would add that Nicola is not scared to say things as they are! At first I hated this, but now I realise that this can be really helpful. Eating Disorders can be very sneaky and need this approach sometimes.

Nicola has been especially helpful during the panedemic and being able to have weekly video appointments has been a lifeline.