Kate Pearson

I offer either weekly or fortnightly appointments depending on what suits you best, and we'll agree the right frequency together before we begin. Appointments are between 9.30am and 8pm Monday-Friday.

Hi, I'm Kate. I support people with anxiety (including social anxiety, health anxiety, and panic attacks), eating disorders and body image difficulties. I believe that you're the expert in your own story, and your therapy will be shaped around you. I draw on my clinical training and my own experience of recovery, so I never lose sight of what it actually feels like to be the person in front of me.

Anxiety can look different for everyone - you might have found yourself dreading social situations, worrying constantly about your health, or feeling like you can never switch off. It can be very treatable, and I use evidence-based approaches to help you understand what's keeping it going. 

If it's started to make your life smaller, I'd love to help you find a way through it - and that starts with understanding what you want from therapy. It really matters to me that we're working towards your goals and hopes, at a pace that feels right for you.

I have extensive specialist experience with eating disorders and body distress, and I work with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and ARFID, as well as orthorexia and compulsive exercise. If you're caught up in constant thoughts about food, weight and appearance, or feeling stuck in cycles you can't break, I'd like to help you find a way out.

For some people, anxiety and eating difficulties can be closely tied together. If that's true for you, I'm used to working with the whole picture, not just one label.

My style is warm, exploratory and practical. I'll be with you at every step, and I'll also gently challenge when it's needed. I genuinely love the work I do, and I'm so grateful to see the real change that therapy can make to people's lives.

I've worked across national charities and the NHS, and most recently as Psychological Services Lead at a specialist eating disorder daycare clinic. Working in such different settings has taught me that there's no single way to recover, and that what helps most is therapy built around the person.

Sessions are collaborative - I bring clinical experience, you bring insight into your life. Together we'll work to figure out what might be keeping you stuck, and I'll encourage you to keep going when things feel difficult.

I can also offer support with:

• Body image difficulties, including body dysmorphia
• Perfectionism, and the pressure of always pushing yourself but never feeling like it's enough
• Self-criticism
• Low mood and depression
• Autism and ADHD

I see clients online across the UK, with face-to-face sessions from my practice in Sale, South Manchester, for those within Greater Manchester and the North West.

My training spans several evidence-based methods, and I draw on these flexibly depending on what you need - including CBT-E, the specialist approach recommended as first-line NHS treatment, alongside compassion focused therapy, and CBT-AR for ARFID.

Training/Qualifications

• Psychological Services Lead at a private eating disorders daycare clinic
• MSc Psychology
• Dip. Couns.
• Specialist eating disorders training (CBT-E, CFT-E)
• Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) National Training Programme (Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders)
• Autism and Eating Disorders (Autism Bedfordshire)
• Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (Kings College London)
• Regular ongoing training in safeguarding and in working with vulnerable adults
• Ongoing NHS and private clinical experience

I offer a free 20-minute consultation before we begin - a chance for you to ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and decide whether I'm the right fit for you.

Before we start, I take time to understand you properly: your history, what you've already tried, and what you actually need. The way we work will be shaped around you.

Sessions are 50 minutes for both online and face-to-face therapy, at £90 per session.

If you're not sure whether what you're experiencing fits neatly into a category, that's okay. Get in touch and we'll figure it out together.