Hi, I’m Sarah Lockyer, nutrition and eating disorder therapist.
My mission is to help every client have a peaceful relationship with food, to feel happy and nourished, to feel comfortable within their own skin.
My Qualifications
A Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders and Obesity, I am experienced in working with all forms of eating disorders with or without diagnosis, disordered eating and eating distress.
I am a fully qualified and experienced nutritional therapist, with diplomas in both clinical and naturopathic nutritional therapy.
With a BSc(Hons) in Psychology and further training in the counselling fields of CBT, DBT, ACT and CFT, I also have diplomas in counselling skills, anatomy and physiology, reiki healing and reflexology.
I am also a qualified, experienced teacher with university training in autism. I draw upon this training in practice with clients presenting with selective food disorder and restrictive and avoidant eating behaviours.
How I Work
I currently work in private practice, offering sessions to anyone who feels they have a dysfunctional relationship with food and struggles with food associated emotional issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem and poor body image. I also offer sessions to parents and carers of those in ‘eating distress’.
My approach is client-centred, focusing on the person as a unique individual with their own story to tell and therefore therapy is adapted to suit the personal, specific needs and wants of the client. Therapy is an holistic process, offered through a combination of nutritional and psychological interventions.
As a trained Third Wave CBT Therapist, approaches I offer include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Mindfulness. These disciplines are proven, evidence-based therapies for the successful treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating, as well as other emotional and physiological health conditions.
Third Wave Therapy is a movement away from the cognitive focus on what we think and feel and towards a focus on how we relate to what we think we feel.
Current Work Interests
As a specialist in Obesity Management, I have been part of a Weight Management Programme.
A Weight Management Programme is a complete programme personalised to suit your own lifestyle, encompassing psychology, nutrition, food planning and fitness to help you toward a healthier you with the aim of you feeling positive, motivated and ready to lead a happier, more fulfilling life.
If you would like more information on this and the chance to be part of the next Weight Management Programme, please register your interest at sarah@eatingrecovery.co.uk
- Teens with intense emotions: using DBT and Third Wave Therapy to support teenagers with potential Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Selective Food Disorder- is it really a form of disordered eating? Staying healthy with SFD
- Secondary amenorrhea in women who over-exercise
- Chromium and zinc as key supplements in the therapeutic nutritional protocol of BED, BN and AN
- Positive Psychology and Compassion Focused Therapy in the treatment of Eating Disorders
Accreditations & Organisations
- I am a member of the Naturopathic Nutrition Association (NNA), the General Naturopathic
Council (GNC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). - I follow the Code of Ethics of these associations and those of the National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED).
- I am in support of the Eating Disorders charity, BEAT.
- I am fully insured to practice.
