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Healing Minds

Specialist in Eating Disorders Neurodivesity & Distressed Eating, Clinical Director of NEDDE Clinical Director for the National Centre for Eating Disorders

16/10/2025

Our live training on Friday November the 10th from 10am until 1pm 'GPL-1's and Beyond' takes a dive into the before, during and after, in other words the journey throughout.
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15/10/2025

Many doctors, other professionals’ researchers and indeed a huge majority of people believe that BMI is an outdated and limiting tool limited tool for numerous reasons.

• It doesn’t distinguish muscle from fat or reflect fat distribution.
• It fails to account for ethnic, gender, and genetic differences.
• Better measures (like waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage, and metabolic health indicators) are increasingly preferred.
• It is detrimental to many eating disorder patients seeking the medical support they need and deserve.

How many people reading this have been discriminated against because of their BMI?

14/10/2025

On our recent live NEDDE training on AuDHD we were incredibly fortunate to have four amazing professionals discussing their lived experiences of being both ADHD and Autistic of which the delegates were so grateful to learn from. Research suggests that 50-70% of autistics are also ADHD (Wang et al., 2017) and yet until 2014, you could not be diagnosed as AuDHD, it was believed that you could only be ADHD or Autistic, how was that even possible? How many of you have only recently recognised that you are indeed both, and how many professionals working therapeutically are seeing this more and more of both in your clients?

13/10/2025

Awareness of sensory differences cultivates empathy, patience, and social acceptance. It challenges the idea that everyone experiences the world the same way and promotes respect for neurodiversity as a normal part of human variation. Understanding sensory sensitivities in neurodivergent individuals is not just about accommodation—it’s about valuing diverse ways of experiencing the world and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

09/10/2025

Invest in our 'Understanding AuDHD', live training recorded only last Friday, go to our website www.neddetraining.co.uk to buy online (fantastic feedback both on the day and afterwards).

08/10/2025

Even as a neurodivergent individual with list of ND labels that take a while to write down, I had 'missed' neurodivergence in certain clients, especially those whose mask for survival was so firmly embedded in the very essence of their being and for that I am truly sorry. Following on from the latter, I enjoyed the analogy of the telescope, as now we all know what we now know, I believe that we have a societal obligation to ensure accommodations are threaded throughout our society. Like so many other things in life, once something is truly seen and understood it is hard to be unseen and I feel that is now the case for neurodivergent individuals, for which I am so grateful for.

07/10/2025

Weight Stigma and Weight Loss Drugs Encompassing the Neurodivergent Individual

Self-Paced | Certificate of Attendance | Lifetime Access

This powerful training brings together 3 very experienced presenters exploring the intersections of neurodivergence, body image, eating behaviours, and the use of GLP-1 medications (such as Ozempic and Wegovy).

Presented by Bernie Wright, Lisa Smith, and Mel Ciavucco, this course offers timely, neuroaffirmative insight into a rapidly evolving landscape — with practical guidance for supporting clients navigating weight stigma, disordered eating, and the physiological and emotional impact of weight loss drugs.

What You’ll Learn:

Understanding ADHD
o The impact of diet culture, fatphobia, and weight stigma on neurodivergent clients
o Blood sugar regulation, interoception, and executive functioning challenges
o Emotional eating, body image distress, and sensory sensitivities
o Understanding how GLP-1 medications interact with neurodivergent traits
o Client fears, shame, and grief around stopping medication
o Food noise, appetite return, and risk of relapse into disordered eating
o Exploring body trust, self-soothing alternatives, and non-weight-based approaches to health
o Validating lived experiences while challenging internalised fatphobia

What’s Included in this training :
o Video recordings
o Downloadable PDF presentation slides
o Printable note-taking materials
o Additional supporting resources
o Private access to a dedicated course page
o Lifetime access – return anytime, learn at your own pace
o Certificate of Attendance (issued after feedback form submission)

Who It’s For:

Created for professionals who want to provide informed, compassionate support to neurodivergent individuals in larger bodies:

* Therapists, counsellors, psychologists, and mental health practitioners

* Nutritionists, dietitians, and wellbeing professionals

* Coaches, educators, and support workers

* Anyone seeking a more inclusive, non-judgemental lens on eating behaviours and body image
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06/10/2025

Just a quick note of huge appreciation for these wonderful individuals who I can't thank enough and to all of you who have shared your lived experiences before, we thank you again! Cathy Houghton CAROLINE TOSHACK Sharen Dobson Denise Corby
Thank you!

01/10/2025

Understanding AUDHD: A Professional & Public Training Opportunity

Are you a clinician, educator, therapist, or support professional working with neurodivergent individuals? Or perhaps someone passionate about inclusivity and neurodiversity, or/and are curious to find how you might describe yourself?

Join us for a training focused on AUDHD—the intersection of Autism and ADHD—and how this unique neurotype presents in real-world settings.

🔹 Learn to identify and understand traits of AUDHD
🔹 Hear from both research and lived experience perspectives
🔹 Gain tools for communication, support, and inclusion,
🔹Understand how and why adequate nutritional support is needed
🔹Why body awareness in AuDHD can regulate the body

This training is suitable for professionals and members of the public looking to deepen their understanding of neurodivergence.

Let’s move beyond labels to truly understand those we work with and care about and find out more about ourselves. Book now www.neddetraining.co.uk

30/09/2025

Why Stopping for a Break Matters for Neurodivergent People

1. Preventing Sensory and Cognitive Overload

Neurodivergent brains often process more sensory and environmental input at once.
• Breaks give the nervous system time to reset before overload leads to shutdown, meltdown, or burnout.

2. Managing Energy Levels (“Spoons” or “Battery Life”)
Many neurodivergent people describe energy as limited and easily depleted.
Pausing conserves energy, helping avoid burnout and long recovery periods.

3. Supporting Executive Function
ADHD and autism both affect executive functioning (planning, switching tasks, regulating focus).
• Breaks provide space to regroup, organize thoughts, and return with more clarity.

4. Regulating Emotions
Strong emotions (frustration, excitement, anxiety) can build quickly.
Time out allows for emotional self-regulation and reduces the chance of conflict or overwhelm.

5. Restoring Focus and Productivity
Instead of “pushing through” and losing efficiency, a short pause can improve attention span and task performance.
Breaks can reset the dopamine/reward system that ADHD brains rely on.

6. Preventing Masking Exhaustion
Many autistic and ADHD people mask to fit social or workplace expectations.
Breaks provide moments of authenticity and relief from constant self-monitoring.

7. Supporting Body Needs
Neurodivergent people may miss hunger, thirst, or tiredness cues.
Scheduled breaks encourage reconnection with physical needs (food, water, rest, movement).

In short:
For neurodivergent individuals, breaks aren’t laziness or procrastination — they’re a vital self-regulation tool that protects wellbeing, improves functioning, and reduces long-term burnout

30/09/2025

“I’ve never fully fit the Autism box. I’ve never fully fit the ADHD box. With AUDHD, finally I make sense.”

For many clients, this is their lived experience.
For many professionals, it’s still an unknown.

On Friday 3rd October, 9–5 (UK time), join our bestselling live training:
Understanding AUDHD.
Learn how traits interact across the lifespan
Explore the impact on eating behaviours and relationships
Discover why traditional approaches fail — and what works instead

Secure your place today. Certificate + recording included.
See you soon!

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How many of us use food to regulate our emotions either by overeating (refined carbohydrates and refined sugars) or by restricting our eating? How many of us use food or semi /starvation or starvation in order to numb our emotions in a desperate attempt to silence the nagging voices resulting from our own internal pain? Finally, how many of us have an unhealthy and obsessive relationship with food often to the detriment of our own personal relationships?

As a counsellor specialising in Eating Disorders and Obesity I am often moved whilst observing the constant battle my clients have endured in order to have the courage to say goodbye or indeed change often the most intensive relationship they have ever had! Time and time again whilst working with this client group it is in my experience that at one stage, food or the controlling refusal of food, became, a friend before it then became a relentless and punishing enemy.

I work as a BACP (Accred) Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Qualified Clinical Supervisor. I am a Master Practitioner in my field and passionate in everything regarding the work that I do and in supporting my clients into achieving the very best they can ever be.

I work in an Integrative way which is my deliberate choice after many years of working in this field, as fundamentally it draws together distinct models of counselling and psychotherapy which are used together in a converging way rather than in separate pieces. I use different approaches directly tailored to suit the requirements of my clients and yet mainly draw from Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy , Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy all of which I have training in.

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