If you’ve ever felt unsure when coaching disordered eating clients, you’re not alone – there’s just a key piece you haven’t been taught yet
With two degrees under my belt and having healed my own relationship with food, I thought I’d find working as a dietitian in the community rewarding and meaningful… But I was completely unprepared to deal with the onslaught of restricting, bingeing and yoyo dieting I encountered.
I’m willing to bet that you got into the health field because you care deeply about helping your clients. But if your training was anything like mine, they didn’t teach you how to navigate the psychological and behavioural aspects of disordered eating. In fact, they didn’t teach you much about disordered eating full stop.
So you muddle along the best you can, always researching, always trying new things… but it’s hard going, your clients lack of progress feels frustrating, and slowly the career you thought you’d love becomes just another job.
It doesn’t have to be that way! You just haven’t been taught the missing piece that makes the whole process clearer and more effective. I know because I’ve been there, too.
The key to lasting food freedom
Disordered eating recovery requires more than just nutrition knowledge. You can know all about the science of food but this area of work demands an understanding of mindset shifts, behaviour change and nervous system regulation.
Most of us were taught to focus on external solutions like meal plans, portion sizes and healthy food swaps… but these things can all backfire drastically and make disordered eating even worse.
Just today I saw a client who was so anxious about seeing a dietitian that she cried with relief when I told her I don’t focus on weight loss. She had seen a dietitian in the past who had put her on a strict meal plan that included weighing or measuring all of her food. That dietitian had, unknowingly, reinforced a restrict-binge cycle for my client.
I’ve probably done the same in the past without realizing it. I struggled along for years trying to figure out how to help my clients. I spent hours researching, lost sleep second-guessing everything I said in my sessions, and wasted thousands on professional development that gave me lots of academic-level knowledge but no practical skills. Slowly, I started to piece things together on my own, making plenty of mistakes along the way…
What I know now is that our clients need internal transformation. To rebuild trust between their body and food, to learn how they feel when they’re hungry and full, to cultivate a non-restrictive mindset…
How to confidently guide clients to intuitive eating
It took me a decade to figure it out but I now have an easy-to-follow system that takes the guesswork out of coaching clients through this journey. And I’m teaching ALL of my secrets in Disordered Eating Coaching Academy!
In this 6-week course you’ll learn:
- why regular eating is the foundation of recovery
- how to shift the focus from control to body trust and internal cues
- how to address the psychology behind binge eating and restriction
- how to help your clients feel safe around all foods
- and so much more!
It’s a lot to get your head around, but I’ve cut out all the fluff and broken the essentials down into bite-sized lessons, so you get across the finish line as quickly as possible.
Because I want your work to feel fulfilling and enjoyable again!
A word of caution
I hate online courses that are information dumps with no support from a real person… So in Disordered Eating Coaching Academy you get weekly Live support from me AND a 1:1 session with me… But I’m a rather busy gal, so this does mean that I’m limiting enrolment to just 10 students.
It’s first-in, first-served so check out all the details here and if you have any questions about whether you’re a good fit or not, email me at Lucy@EatTypeLive.com and we can chat.
You were made for this profession, you have the passion to help – now all you need is the knowledge, tools and confidence to make a real impact. It’s all waiting for you in Disordered Eating Coaching Academy.