NUTRITION COUNSELLING

NUTRITION COUNSELLING: INTUITIVE EATING, NON-DIET NUTRITION AND HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE (HAES)

Are you ready to trust your body, quit obsessing about food, and finally let go of dieting? My work as a Registered Nutritionist is centred on a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach to your health. If you've been struggling for years with your relationship with food and exercise, I’m here to remind you that it is possible to make peace with food, to find ease and joy once again when it comes to eating. As a certified intuitive eating counsellor, I can help you return to your body’s innate wisdom relating to hunger, fullness, and satisfaction. Together, we’ll work towards rejecting strict rules and beliefs you may have about food, relearn how to eat according to your body’s cues around hunger and fullness, uncover how to move and care for your body outside of what diet culture prescribes and regain a life free from dieting.

 COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

EXISTENTIALIST PSYCHOTHERAPY, PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING, ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITTMENT THERAPY (ACT)

I work with my therapy clients on a range of issues, such as generalised anxiety disorder, depression and low mood, stress and burnout, body image struggles, disordered eating, gender identity and sexuality, grief and bereavement, obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder. My pluralistic approach is client-led and integrative, informed primarily by Humanistic, Existentialist and Feminist Therapy, and my primary toolkit is Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT). ACT is a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy that is based on Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Valued Action. Acceptance involves neutralising and unhooking ourselves from rigid, self-critical and self-limiting thoughts. We learn to desensitise ourselves from difficult emotions and sensations. Mindfulness asks us to increase contact with the present moment, cultivate non-judgemental awareness to the flow of attention, and learn to become more compassionate to ourselves and others. Valued Actions is a method by which we can clarify what we really want our lives to be about, to identify and take steps towards these decisions and to create a life of purpose, passion and alignment.

BODY AFFIRMING MOVEMENT

ECHELON AND BODY AFFIRMING MOVEMENT

echelon is a body-affirming indoor cycling studio in the heart of dublin city. we get on the bike not to shrink ourselves, but to take up space and celebrate our here-and-now bodies. in the dark, covered in sweat, we recognise our capacities and our strength. all bodies, in all their diversity of size, shape, fitness level, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and age are welcome.

Clients Say

  • Carla was really helpful from a sports nutrition [marathon training] point of view, but she took a lot of time with me in the first few sessions to really look at my relationship with food and how to begin repairing that first. It was challenging but worthwhile and I'm delighted with where I am now

    SG

  • Carla was straight-talking and so supportive. Her approach was thorough and she backed up a lot of her advice with some fairly impressive scientific explanations (she drew a diagram of the digestive system, its basic functions, and it really stuck with me). But all the information aside, Carla was direct and fair and funny and most of all had bucket loads of empathy.

    RS

  • I had no expectations and thought if I just had one session to help me understand what the diagnosis [NAFLD] meant and get some tips I could manage the rest myself. I had 6 sessions with Carla in total over the last year, and my GP was encouraged by my repeat blood tests

    TP

  • Something that I really appreciated was Carla's attention to the role of stress in my life and the importance of activities such as mindfulness and meditation. Her friendly and warm manner in combination with expertise and clear passion for nutrition made this such a positive experience for me. She was realistic with me in terms of what was manageable and what would fit in with my lifestyle and really let me lead the conversation.

    EMD

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    16 August, 2021

  • This is a transcript of an interview Carla did with Alive and Kicking host Clare Mc Kenna on Newstalk. Clare invited Carla onto her Health and Wellness show to talk about non-diet nutrition and what exactly is Health at Every Size (R) Content Warning for......

    22 July, 2021

  • Six books in my stack for June and July Hood Feminism by Nikki Kendall. An analysis of how white supremacy showed up in feminism for so long and a reminder that it’s intersectionality or bust in the fight for the rights of ALL women. Also......

    14 July, 2021