Weight-inclusive counselling for eating disorders and atypical anorexia, challenging weight stigma and supporting ethical, compassionate care.

Weight-inclusive counselling for eating disorders and atypical anorexia, challenging weight stigma and supporting ethical, compassionate care.

The ongoing struggle to diet and lose weight keeps many people in a constant state of appearance dissatisfaction. Diet culture tells us we’ll be happy and successful if we just keep making ourselves s...

Understanding Diet Culture and Weight Loss Injections Workshop with Mel Ciavucco Diet culture shapes so […]

GLP-1 and Beyond: What Everyone Needs to KnowLive online training Friday, 14.11.2025 10am-1pm GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are transforming conversations about weight, heal...

Rory and I unpacked the increasing use of weight loss injections like Wegovy, Ozempic, and Mounjaro, and the connection to disordered eating and eating disorders.

Body image and disordered eating are complex issues, with psychological, biological, social and cultural influences. This blog explores eating and body image struggles – what these may entail, where t...

Triangulation and Trauma – Domestic Abuse Awareness - Why a Year of Skills Training Matters

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

There’s a new Netflix documentary called Fit for TV: The Reality Behind The Biggest Loser. Of course, I had to watch it straight away! Calling out the harms of the infamously mean show The Biggest Los...

Mel Ciavucco - eating disorder specialist UK. My therapeutic approach to working with eating distress and eating disorders online in the UK. Disordered eating therapy online. Inclusive eating disorder...

Weight loss injections, sometimes known as GLP-1s or by their brand names such as Ozempic or Mounjaro, are big business right now. They’re available through the NHS with certain stipulations, but can ...

The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse.

Weight loss injections, sometimes known as GLP-1s or by their brand names such as Ozempic or Mounjaro, are big business right now. They’re available through the NHS with certain stipulations, but can ...

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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a lesser-known eating disorder. It can impact every part of life, from physical health to social interactions and self-esteem. In this blog, I’m sh...

BRITAIN will be “fat free” within a decade, paving the way for tax cuts worth billions of pounds, Wes Streeting declared yesterday. The Health Secretary told The Sun he is on a mission to slash lev…

A personal piece; how I went from being someone with very low self-esteem and self-worth, to a counsellor specialising in body image and eating disorders. I hope it may help others who may want to tra...

Struggling with negative thoughts about your body? You’re not alone - there is support available. I’m an Integrative therapist and I work online with a range of body image and eating problems. I’ve s...

With all the buzz about weight loss injections recently, I’ve been hearing the term “food noise” a lot. As an eating disorder counsellor, I often work with people who experience some kind of food nois...

A personal piece; how I went from being someone with very low self-esteem and self-worth, to a counsellor specialising in body image and eating disorders. I hope it may help others who may want to tra...

Who are the therapists in Change Your Mind, Change Your Life? What’s the difference between a psychotherapist and a psychiatrist? What are all these different confusing modalities? And is Change Your ...

Let’s talk about Irvin Yalom’s “Fat Lady” chapter from Love’s Executioner. I was given this chapter to read as “homework” during my first year of counselling training. Well… I wasn’t expecting it to p...

Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that “the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex”, I want to show my support for people trans, non-binary and gender queer people. As a counse...