Helping T1Ds make slow and steady changes for life-long health
Holding space for you to feel supported and able to navigate the messiness of T1D life.
My approach has soft edges, and it blends my expansive background in psychology, research, coaching, and advocacy. I meet you where you’re at. No rinse and repeat protocols in this clinic.
A BANT-registered nutritionist that goes way beyond the food
What and how we eat is important, but type 1 diabetes is wholesale. No aspect of life is off the hook. This means we’ve got to go deep into the places you may not have thought of going, or feel resistance to explore.
During sessions I’ll often talk to you about your relationships, your sense of identity, and your family structure. Most important to my work is a prioritisation of the relationship between me and each client I work with. I honour this through offering ample space and connection, two things often missing or limited in usual T1D medical settings.
My recommendations are personalised, impactful, and rooted in what the research base is telling us, but I also embrace my own lived experience as a valid form of evidence.
Meet Beth
Food has always been a huge part of my life. You only have to look at my family nicknames (sausage, chip, pudding) to get the picture.
Fascinated by blending flavours, textures and smells, I found creativity and solace in the kitchen. This led to some rather experimental inventions (chorizo Thai red curry is one I’d rather forget).
But my diagnosis of type 1 diabetes muddied the water. Type 1 is a condition like no other. It requires meticulous focus on what you eat. My relationship to food became all about counting, measuring intake, and dialling up insulin doses - suddenly it was fewer chorizo curries and more stress and confusion.
This lead me into the psychological space, working in health psychology, public health, and disordered eating at the world-famous Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford.
Today, I run a thriving psycho-nutritional clinic over Zoom, partnering with T1Ds like you to make life with this high-level chronic condition a little bit lighter. What I can guarantee is space, connection, and relational support, to help you live in the messiness of t1d life.
The nitty gritty
It all started off with a BA in Experimental Psychology (Oxford University). This is where I first cut my teeth on psychological theories and got to grips with conducting research and adding to the ever-evolving evidence base.
Fascinated by behaviour change and wanting to understand the ways in which our physical health and psychological health are bound up, I completed an MSc in Health Psychology (University of Bath).
Curious about how food can help us to thrive, I went on to study a rigorous 3-year Nutritional Therapy diploma at the world-famous College for Naturopathic Medicine in London.
I now combine my loves of food and psychology to best support clients in making meaningful and sustainable changes.
I am registered with BANT and the CNHC. These memberships ensure I engage with ongoing mentoring and continued learning through postgraduate training.
I am in receipt of fortnightly supervision from a clinical psychologist and monthly nutrition mentoring, which means I remain up to speed with the latest in nutritional science and provide you with the safest and most impactful clinical service.
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