The goal of this work is self-acceptance and a quieter, kinder confidence in your own skin. A place where your sense of worth no longer rises and falls with a mirror, a photo or a number, and where you can move through your day feeling more like yourself.
Body image struggles are rarely about the body itself. They are about self-worth, and that is where therapy can make a lasting difference.
Most people who come to me describe some version of the same exhausting loop. Checking mirrors, avoiding photos, changing outfits again and again. Comparing your body to strangers on the street or to squares on a screen. Rules about food that started as "being healthy" and quietly took over. A low, steady voice that says your worth depends on how you look, and gets louder on the days it hurts most. If any of that is familiar, you are not alone, and it is not something you have to keep carrying on your own.
Body image is not a fixed trait. It is a relationship you have with yourself, shaped by experience, culture and emotion, and it can be understood and reworked in therapy. With time, most clients notice more steadiness, more confidence and more room to live by what actually matters to them.
How I can help
My doctoral research focused specifically on body image and its psychological impact, and I've spent my clinical career building on that work. Alongside my private practice, I see body image clients at The Body Image Treatment Clinic on Harley Street, a specialist multidisciplinary clinic for body image and eating difficulties.
That means the therapy you'll receive isn't generic. It's grounded in the specific mechanisms that keep body image distress alive, such as attention bias, comparison, safety behaviours, avoidance and internalised standards, and in what actually helps people step out of them.
My approach
My Professional Doctorate research (University of East London, 2025) explored how women's body image evolves across life and cultures. My clinical approach is built on that research. Read about my research
I work integratively, drawing on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychodynamic and existential approaches, and adapting them to body image and self-perception.
In practice, that looks like:
- CBT for body image: mapping the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that maintain distress (mirror checking, body checking, avoidance, comparison), and building practical experiments that loosen their grip.
- Psychodynamic work: understanding how early relationships, attachment and past experiences shaped the meaning your body carries today, so that change reaches beneath the surface.
- Existential reflection: making room for the bigger questions of identity, meaning, worth, mortality and freedom that body image concerns so often press up against.
The pace is yours. Some sessions are structured and skills-focused; others are slower and more reflective. What stays constant is a warm, non-judgemental space and a genuine curiosity about your particular story.
What we can work on together
- Persistent body dissatisfaction and appearance-focused thinking
- Mirror and body checking, or avoidance of mirrors, photos and social settings
- Comparison with people around you or online
- Appearance anxiety, social anxiety linked to body
- Disordered eating patterns, over-exercising, food rules
- Body-related shame, low self-worth and identity concerns
- Body image changes after illness, pregnancy, or life transitions
Credentials
- HCPC Registered Counselling Psychologist, Registration No. PYL046133
- Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (with a research focus on body image)
- Senior Counselling Psychologist at Robur Clinic
- Recognised provider with Aviva, Bupa, Vitality and WPA
Frequently asked questions
What is body image therapy?
Body image therapy is a form of psychological therapy that helps you understand and change the way you think, feel and behave in relation to your body and appearance. It combines evidence-based techniques with a compassionate, reflective space to explore the roots of body dissatisfaction, disordered eating patterns, appearance anxiety and low self-worth.
Who is body image therapy for?
It can help anyone struggling with persistent negative body thoughts, mirror or body checking, avoidance of social situations, comparison, disordered eating, exercise compulsion, or a sense that your appearance defines your worth. It's suitable for adults of all genders and body types, whether or not you have a formal diagnosis.
How long does body image therapy take?
This depends on your goals and history. Some people notice meaningful shifts within 8–12 sessions, while deeper work may benefit from longer-term therapy, particularly where body image concerns are linked to trauma, identity or long-standing patterns. We review progress together throughout.
Do you offer online body image therapy in the UK?
Yes. I see clients online across the UK and internationally, and in person in London a few times a year. Online therapy is confidential and just as effective for body image work as in-person sessions for most people.