Katherine Pearson

I currently have limited Monday availability between 9:30am and 3pm. I review my schedule regularly - if these times don't work for you, feel free to get in touch and I'll let you know when something more suitable becomes free. 

I offer either weekly or fortnightly appointments depending on what suits you best, and we'll agree the right frequency together before we begin.

Sessions are 50 minutes for both online and face-to-face therapy, at £110 - or £100 per session when you book a block of four or more.

I'm Kate, a BACP Registered therapist (MSc Psychology, Dip.Couns, and specialist training in eating disorders). I've worked in NHS community eating disorder services and as Psychological Services Lead at a private eating disorder daycare clinic, and I work alongside this in private practice with adults online, and face-to-face in South Manchester.

I believe recovery is possible, whatever your history and however long you've been struggling - and that you don't need a diagnosis, or to look a certain way, to deserve support. If the way you think and feel about food or your body is getting in the way of living your life, that's enough.

We live in a world saturated with messages about food, bodies, and how we should look - and unpicking the damage that does is often central to the work. I support people towards a life where food feels less loaded, and where their sense of worth isn't tied to what they eat or how their body looks.

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.

You don't need to meet a diagnostic threshold to reach out; if your relationship with food or your body is causing real distress, then that's enough to benefit from support. Things that you might notice are:

• Feeling like eating is complicated, stressful, or something you think about a lot

• Worrying a lot about what you eat, your weight, or how your body looks

• Eating in ways that feel difficult to control, or avoiding food in ways that affect your life

• Feeling guilty, ashamed, or anxious around meals

• Noticing that food and body image thoughts get in the way of other things

• Being trapped in cycles that feel out of your control

I also work with people who have a formal diagnosis, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and OSFED.

I don't believe one approach works for everyone. My training spans several evidence-based methods and I draw on these flexibly depending on what you need, working with adults via online therapy and face-to-face. This includes CBT-E - the specialist approach recommended as first-line treatment in NHS guidelines - as well as Compassion-Focused Therapy for eating disorders (CFT-E). 

If you've been through a CBT-E pathway before and felt it didn't quite fit, that's okay; part of my job is finding what actually works for you.

Alongside eating disorder work, I also support people with:

• Perfectionism, and the pressure of always pushing yourself but never feeling like it's enough

• Self-criticism

• Health anxiety

My goal is to work together to understand where these patterns come from and what keeps them going, so that they start to have less hold over how you live.

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 £110 - or £100 per session when you book a block of four or more.

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.