When it’s not just about food
I work with people whose relationship with food, energy or their body has become another source of stress in an already demanding life. You may be stress eating, losing your appetite, struggling with low energy or finding that the usual nutrition advice simply doesn’t work when anxiety, depression, overwhelm or physical health concerns are part of the picture.
My perspective combines around seven years as a Nutritional Therapist with 16 years as a pharmacist and specialist training in eating disorders and obesity. This means we can consider both sides of what is happening: the physical and nutritional picture, and the emotional, behavioural and everyday factors that can make change much more complicated than simply knowing what you “should” eat.
- Registered Nutritional Therapist — CNHC
- 16 years’ experience as a pharmacist
- Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders & Obesity
Could we be a good fit?
You may find my approach useful if:
You know a lot about nutrition or have tried different diets and wellness advice, but making changes consistently becomes much harder when life is stressful or overwhelming.
Your eating changes when you’re anxious, low or under pressure — whether that means stress eating, losing your appetite or finding it difficult to maintain regular routines.
Food, eating or your body has become associated with guilt, shame, rules or self-criticism and you want a less judgemental way of understanding what is happening.
You’re managing a chronic health condition or hormonal or reproductive-health concerns and want nutrition support that considers your wider health picture.
You’re working on your weight or using medication such as a GLP-1 treatment and would value nutritional support from somebody who also has a professional pharmacy background.
You’re tired of plans that expect you to change everything at once and want to build realistic, sustainable habits around the life you actually have.
What working together can look like
When we first meet, I’m interested in much more than what you eat.
I’ll ask questions to understand what your everyday life actually looks like — your schedule, stress, sleep, emotional state and physical health alongside your eating patterns. We’ll consider what you have already tried, what helped, what got in the way and what you believe about food and your body.
Before trying to change anything, I want us to understand the fuller picture.
Practical change without adding more pressure
I work at your pace, one step at a time.
Rather than giving you a generic plan, we’ll work together to find changes that fit your actual life. I may challenge the way you are thinking about a problem, but the aim is to explore it collaboratively rather than tell you what you are doing wrong.
That might mean reviewing a food and mood diary together, for example, or becoming curious about an urge to eat. Are you physically hungry? Is it a craving? Are you overwhelmed? Is there an emotion that needs another outlet?
Where possible, we build on what is already working rather than replacing everything at once.
After making a change, we review it together: what went well, what didn’t work and what that tells us about what to try next.
There is no expectation of perfection. A change that doesn’t work is information we can use, not evidence that you have failed.
Understanding what keeps a pattern going
When a difficulty repeatedly returns, I’m interested in what that pattern may be doing for you.
Food and other behaviours can sometimes become ways of regulating feelings, distracting ourselves or coping when life feels difficult. If that is happening, simply removing the behaviour without understanding its purpose can leave you without the thing that was helping you cope.
I use Socratic questioning to help you become curious about these patterns yourself. Rather than telling you why you do something, I’ll ask questions that can help us understand what is happening and what might need to be different before the pattern can change.
Depending on your needs, I may also draw on EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques or “tapping”), breathwork, journaling, coaching approaches and NLP as practical tools for responding to urges, emotions and established patterns.
Bringing nutrition and the wider health picture together
My nutritional work is evidence-informed and focused on helping you understand food rather than giving you another set of rules to follow.
My pharmacy background also means I bring an understanding of medication and clinical information into my nutritional work. Where relevant to my scope of practice, this can help us consider factors such as medication and blood-test results as part of the wider picture rather than viewing your nutrition in isolation.
Ultimately, sessions rarely stay entirely “on the plate”. We might talk about protein or fibre, but we may also explore stress, sleep, an urge to eat, a difficult emotion or the practical realities making change hard.
Because for many people, it isn’t just about food — and it isn’t just about emotion.
Areas of experience
My work has included supporting people with a range of emotional, relational and behavioural difficulties, including:
Eating disorders, stress-related eating patterns, disordered routines, body image and nutritional support around weight and obesity.
Nutrition where anxiety, depression, overwhelm or sustained stress are intertwined with appetite, energy, eating patterns or physical symptoms.
Habit formation, food and mood patterns and making realistic changes where work, caregiving, health or other demands make conventional advice difficult to sustain.
Nutrition support around hormonal and reproductive health, preparation for pregnancy and ongoing chronic health conditions.
About Susanna
Susanna works at an intersection that is easy to miss when food or weight becomes difficult: the relationship between biology, nutrition, behaviour and emotional wellbeing.
Alongside her work as a Nutritional Therapist, Susanna has 16 years’ experience as a pharmacist and has undertaken specialist training in eating disorders and obesity. Her clinical background means she is comfortable considering medication and relevant health information alongside nutrition, while her work with eating behaviour allows her to explore what is happening beyond the physical picture.
She also brings personal understanding of how confusing and emotionally charged our relationship with food can become. Having experienced her own difficult relationship with food and body image, Susanna is particularly conscious of the guilt, shame and conflicting messages that can surround eating.
That experience informs a deliberately non-judgemental way of working. The aim is not to lecture you, hand you another restrictive diet or suggest that greater willpower is the missing ingredient.
Instead, Susanna helps clients understand both what their body may need and what may be making it difficult to act on that knowledge — then works with them to find changes that are realistic enough to become part of everyday life.
Qualifications & Professional Credentials
Nutritional Therapy Practice Diploma
Middlesex University (2018–2021)
Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders & Obesity
National Centre for Eating Disorders (2024)
Professional registrations & memberships
General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Registered Pharmacist
Registration number: 2085433
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Registered
Registration number: CNHC03893
British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
Full Member
Membership number: FAL1004847
Selected specialist training
View selected specialist training
Eating, weight & behaviour change
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for Eating Disorders – National Centre for Eating Disorders
- Socratic Questioning for Eating Disorders & Obesity – SDS Training
- Body Image & Disordered Eating – Neurodiversity, Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating
- Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders – National Centre for Eating Disorders
- Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders – National Centre for Eating Disorders
- Practitioner Skills for the Management of Obesity – National Centre for Eating Disorders
Wider clinical & behavioural training
- Menopause from a Psychological and Nutritional Perspective – Neurodiversity, Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating
- Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice – Institute for Functional Medicine
- Qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Coach – UK College of Personal Development
What happens when you get in touch?
Start with a conversation
Your free 20-minute discovery call is an opportunity to tell us what has brought you to therapy, what you are looking for and ask any questions you may have.
Find the right fit
We’ll consider your needs, preferences and what you would like from therapy, then recommend the practitioner we believe is best placed to support you.
Agree the next step
If you feel comfortable with the recommendation, our team will talk you through availability, fees and how to arrange your first session.
Fees
Susanna’s session length and current fees were not included in the questionnaire response and should be confirmed before publication.
We’ll confirm current availability and answer any practical questions during your discovery call.
Session (60-minutes)
You don’t need another perfect plan
You don’t need to have the right words, know exactly what needs to change or arrive ready to overhaul everything you eat.
A free 20-minute discovery call is a chance to explain what has been happening and understand the right next step — without judgement or pressure.
Confidential – No pressure – Clear next steps