You might be feeling…
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Exhausted by the constant mental noise around food, weight, or control
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Unsure whether you’re “ready” for recovery — or frightened of what change might mean
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Ashamed, conflicted, or worried you won’t be understood
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High-functioning on the outside, but struggling privately
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Wanting support, but afraid of being pushed too fast
If any of this resonates, this space is for you.
You don’t need to be certain.
You don’t need to have the “right” words.
You just need to be willing to have a gentle conversation.
Who this support is for
I work with adults (18+) who are medically stable and experiencing any form of eating disorder or disordered eating, including:
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Anorexia
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Bulimia
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Binge eating disorder
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Restrictive eating
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Purging behaviours
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Long-standing disordered eating patterns
I also work with those supporting someone with an eating disorder, giving you space to resource yourself so that you are better able to make the right decisions for yourself and the person you are caring for.
This support is particularly helpful if you:
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Feel stuck or ambivalent about recovery
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Want a calm, compassionate approach
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Have tried other support and found it overwhelming
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Need emotional support to fully contemplate eating disorder recovery
N.B. If you are currently at high medical risk, I will help you think about appropriate next steps and additional support.
How I work
My approach is gentle, trauma-informed, and choice-led.
I don’t push, demand, or rush change.
Instead, we focus on safety, understanding, and emotional support — creating the conditions where change becomes possible.
Sessions will include:
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Emotional support and space to be heard
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Understanding the role your eating disorder plays in your life
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Working with anxiety, fear, control, and self-criticism
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EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to enable you to be free to be you and to trust that's ok
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Techniques and methods used within the NICE recommended treatments for eating disorders such as MANTRA and CBT-E
Everything is collaborative. You remain in control of the pace and focus.
What sessions are like
People often worry therapy will feel intense, exposing, or overwhelming.
In reality, sessions are:
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Calm and supportive
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Non-judgmental
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Grounded and steady
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Focused on what feels manageable for you
You don’t have to talk about anything you’re not ready to explore - but we might use EFT or tapping, a very gentle technique, to find out whether it's possible to become ready.
We work with what’s present, gently and respectfully.
Sessions are offered online, so you can access support from a place that feels safe.
ABOUT TLC
Meet Tanya — your steady, expert companion.
Tanya is an Advanced EFT Practitioner and Mental Health Nurse with over three decades supporting people through eating disorders and other emotional issues. TLC blends the depth of EFT with evidence-informed approaches such as MANTRA and CBT-E.
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Trauma-informed and choice-led — you stay in control
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Gentle work with ambivalence, fear and self-criticism
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Deep understanding of the roots beneath the eating disorder
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Online sessions from wherever feels safe to you
I offer calm, compassionate online support for adults who are medically stable and living with eating disorders or disordered eating. I also offer sessions for carers of people with an eating disorder both in order that they can resource themselves and so they can resolve anything they need to that might be impacting their loved one.
30+
Years in mental health
100%
Online & confidential
FREE
Initial enquiry call
1:1
Personalised support
RECOVERY SUPPORT
Support shaped around where you are today.
Every person’s recovery is different. Choose the entry point that feels right, and we’ll move forward together, gently.
Hope, one gentle step at a time.
Awareness
Noticing the patterns, naming what’s happening — without judgement.
Seeking Support
Noticing the patterns, naming what’s happening — without judgement.
Building Community
Connecting with people and resources that understand the journey
Recovery Resources
EFT, MANTRA and CBT-E informed tools — applied at your pace.
Continued Growth
Rebuilding trust with your body and your life, one steady step
Success Stories
Real recoveries. Real people.
"Tapping with Tanya was transformational!"
Beth, Hertfordshire
"That was weird! I'm not sure what I was so worried about - I don't feel scared any more"
Sandra, Bedfordshire
"I didn't realise the roots of my eating disorder went so deep. Now I can choose how I act and change what I do"
Katie, Yorkshire
"I appreciate you - I don't have food noise any more"
Carina, New Jersey, USA
"I felt like a raw open wound. Now the skin has grown back and I feel calm"
Julia, London
"Wow! I feel so different! And it was easy"
Andrew, Surrey
"I'll be forever grateful to Tanya for her support following my major depressive crisis. My challenges felt overwhelmingly huge, and I'd regularly go more than 24 hours without eating. Her calm and kind approach helped me build trust, make sense of what had happened to me and start to take small steps towards recovery."
A. F. (Male 30s)
"Thank you so much for all your support. I have explored and cleared so much whilst working with you and EFT. I now (almost!) accept and believe in myself and understand more about why I respond to things in the way I do. I now have the choice to respond differently"
J.P. (Female 50s)
"Tanya asks questions which uncover some important beliefs that have been holding me back. We then use EFT to reduce their intensity so I am freer to be me.
She is compassionate, kind, wise and thoughtful and I feel totally safe exploring whatever emotional territory I need to explore with her"
R.S. (Female 70s)
V.L. (Female 30s)
"I have had a severe eating disorder for 15 years with 5 admissions to eating disorder units.
I completely trust you to challenge me when I need challenging, whilst remaining totally compassionate and kind. As anyone who has had anorexia will know, recovery can take a long time partly because of the need to restore weight, but I'm doing it! And even though I'm not there yet and have very hard days, I know you are there giving me space to understand and move through what's hard and notice the brilliant moments of energy and living life along the way. "
"Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction"
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EFT for Eating Disorders
Online Session
Compassionate, trauma-informed support for adults living with eating disorders or disordered eating. Every session is tailored to your pace and goals.
Suitable for medically stable:
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Anorexia
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Bulimia
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Binge Eating Disorder
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ARFID
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Restrictive or disordered eating
What You'll Gain:
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Emotional support
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EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
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Anxiety & self-criticism support
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Recovery guidance at your own pace
EFT Group Support
Small Online Groups
Connect with others in a supportive, confidential environment while benefiting from guided EFT sessions.
Group Features:
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Onine support
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For anyone, not just those with an eating disorder
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Safe and structured sessions
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Lower cost support
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Stand-alone or alongside 1:1 sessions
Mentoring for EFT practitioners
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EFT Mentoring
I am also an EFT mentor, approved by EFT International. If you are an EFT practitioner I can offer you mentoring in EFT for eating disorders or other EFT work. Please email me to discuss booking a session: welcome@tlceatingdisordersupport.com
Tap Your Trauma Away
My book which can give you a flavour of my work
- although not with people who had an eating disorder
Childhood trauma and abuse can have an impact long into adulthood. In this book the author tells the stories of four women who address the effects of their childhood experience using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques or tapping) and Matrix Reimprinting. With a Foreword by Karl Dawson, EFT Founding Master and Creator of Matrix Reimprinting, this book is written for you if you have been through your own trauma in your childhood and are looking for release; and it's for anyone who is intrigued by EFT and Matrix and wants an insider view on a typical EFT/Matrix journey and how the techniques are used to enable people to reduce the intensity of the negative effects of their past.
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What is EFT?
EFT, also known as tapping, stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques.
It's sometimes described as emotional acupuncture, but it doesn't involve needles!
Research suggests that it's possible to calm the brain’s threat response through tapping with your fingers on your hand, head and upper body. When this happens, it becomes easier to think more clearly, process emotions, and respond differently to difficult situations. This may sound unlikely - you have to experience it to know what it feels like and if it's for you! However there is now a lot of research indicating its effectiveness. Energy Psychology Research | ACEP
EFT is versatile. It can be used as a self help tool - even 5 or 10 minutes of tapping on your own in the moment can be beneficial. Or it can be the focus of a whole therapeutic session. This means that for someone with an eating disorder it can be used in the moment of a binge or when it feels too difficult to eat, or it can be used with a practitioner to explore and create freedom from the roots, the maintaining experiences and the beliefs connected to the eating disorder.
EFT for eating disorders is increasingly used to help reduce the emotional intensity that drives disordered eating patterns.