Hello, I’m Craig - a qualified and accredited counsellor/therapist specialising in working with adults struggling with eating disorders and body image issues.
With 20 years of behaviour-change, management, and therapy experience across the NHS, charities, and private sector, I'm a highly qualified and experienced therapist focused on supporting adults with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image challenges. In addition to my degrees in counselling and psychology, I’m a certified Eating Disorder Practictioner with the National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED), and continue to attend post-qualification training.
Having overcome my own long-term struggles with an eating disorder and body dysmorphia, I understand the courage it takes to seek and receive help.
Based in Co. Durham (England), I’m dedicated to offering online therapy across the UK and worldwide to help people overcome eating disorders and live a life of meaning and purpose.
Eating disorders and body image issues aren’t just about food and body, so getting unstuck means more than just focusing on symptoms.
Many people choose to work with me because they’ve found traditional talking therapies or CBT to be unhelpful, or because they know they need something else than what those methods offer.
I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. Different people need different things so I take an integrative and eclectic approach. My style draws upon a range of models across different areas of counselling, psychotherapy, and psychology.
My way of working is heavily influenced by the work of Viktor Frankl, Phil Stutz, Existential Psychology, and Buddhist Psychology.
I work flexibly, using my training, personal experience, clinical experience and client feedback, to work alongside you on what you bring and towards the goals we agree together.
My approach to therapy
What therapy with me looks like
I don’t believe in spending endless hours talking about childhood (in fact, I hardly focus on childhood at all). I want to help you deal with what’s happening in the here and now, and to move towards a better life for yourself.
In practice, our work may include, but is not limited to: working with emotions, exposure, imagery, visualisation, parts work, psychoeducation, and exploring meaning, purpose and identity. This might mean drawing upon psychological research, philosophy, spirituality, mythology, and anything else that helpsyou in breaking free from your struggles.
I can’t tell you exactly what therapy will look like because we need to figure that out together. However, my approach is very much around working creatively to give you practical concepts and tools, developing the ability to handle difficult emotions, and moving towards a more rich, meaningul life.
I am committed to working ethically whilst also not afraid of being unconventional. We’ll review therapy together along the way to make sure you’re getting what you need.
Who I work with
I work with both men and women, age 18 or over, who are struggling with all kinds of eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image issues.
You don’t have to have a diagnosis. Many people tell me they don’t know if their issue is “bad enough” to receive help (I remember saying the same thing to my therapist).
If you’re struggling with food or body image in any way, you deserve help, and I’ll be happy to speak with you about what that would look like.
Qualifications and Training
Advanced Diploma in Eating Disorders (National Centre for Eating Disorders)
MSc in Psychology (Manchester Metropolitan University)
BA (Hons) in Counselling (University of Sunderland)
FdA in Counselling (University of Sunderland)
Diploma in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (Ottawa Institute of Logotherapy)
Other Training Undertaken:
ACT and ERP for OCD
Schema Therapy for Eating disorders
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management of Anorexia (SSCM)
Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders
Psychological approaches for obesity
Diagnosis and management of ARFID
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Solution Focused Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Rewind Technique for Trauma
Bereavement
Strengths-Based Behaviour Change