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I help people sort through the information they’ve been told about their health and their bodies. That information may have come from something as legitimate as a diagnosis from a health professional or from something as destructive as diet culture.

I have an MSc in Nutrition Science from the University of Surrey and am a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN). I have a bachelors degree in Sociology and Politics and it is through this lens that my work as a Registered Nutritionist is framed. I am committed to social justice in everything I do, and I strive to make my clinic an inclusive and safe space for people of all ages, body size, health status, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity.

My approach to nutrition is evidence-based and person-centred. It is informed by nutritional science at its foundation and rounded out with the Health at Every Size approach. I am a certified Intuitive Eating counsellor and use a non-diet framework to help my clients repair their relationship with food, re-learn hunger and fullness cues and unlearn restrictive food rules. I have additional trainings and diplomas in nutrition counselling, eating disorders and disordered eating, trauma-informed care and body image healing.

nutritional
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.

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.