

The Eating Disorder Therapist
HARRIET FREW
Overcome disordered eating and find peace with food.
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Nov 12, 2025 • 21min
Love Bombing, Guilt, Over-Giving and Fixing. 11 Toxic Patterns and Eating Disorders
This episode is all about romantic relationships and toxic patterns that you might be caught in. People with eating disorders are often super-empaths and can be vulnerable to some these dynamics. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
My new APP! Freedom with Food - coming soon: November 18th, 2025
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Nov 8, 2025 • 12min
The 11 Miserable Signs of Being Stuck in Quasi-Recovery
In this episode, I explore 11 miserable signs of quasi-recovery. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Nov 5, 2025 • 20min
'I Can't Stop Eating!': 5 Emotional Triggers for Binge Eating
In this episode, I explore 5 emotional triggers for binge eating. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Nov 1, 2025 • 12min
20 Disordered Eating Behaviours that are Normalised in 2025
The pursuit of thinness and body perfection is raging as strongly as ever.
With popular podcasts, YouTube, and TikTok influencers delivering extreme food regimes daily; countless people using the skinny jab; AI making online beauty standards even more unachievable; it’s no wonder that the average human spends many minutes of each day obsessing over food choices and body proportions.
You may not have a full-blown eating disorder fitting neatly into a diagnostic box.
But, if you are experiencing high levels of body distress and intense preoccupation around food, then this needs to be taken seriously, as it will be impacting your mood, body image and life.
This podcast explores 20 disordered eating behaviours that have become normalised in 2025 daily living. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Oct 29, 2025 • 8min
When Cake is on the Pedestal: 5 Ways to Create Food Neutrality
In this episode, I discuss how to practice food neutrality, rather than it being loaded with emotional extremes from over-the-top excitement, to guilt and disgust. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Oct 25, 2025 • 15min
How To STOP Your Inner Critic Sabotaging your Life
In this episode, I talk about how to stop your inner critic sabotaging your life, drawing on my own personal experience of healing. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Oct 22, 2025 • 11min
When You Envy Someone's Weight Loss: How To Stay in your Recovery Lane
It's understandable to envy someone else's weight loss, when you've been struggling with disordered eating. I discuss here about how to stay in your own lane and remain aligned with recovery goals. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Oct 18, 2025 • 14min
If It's Hysterical, It's Historical: The Childhood Wounds you Need to Heal to Stop Sabotaging your Current Living
You might not wish to explore your past in therapy, rather seeking tools and strategies to make changes in the present. Here, I talk about the deeper issues that are worth talking about and how to process past traumas to clear the blocks and live authentically today. I hope that you find it helpful.
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online courses
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.
Podcast - The Eating Disorder Therapist. A podcast to help you overcome disordered eating and find peace with food.

Oct 15, 2025 • 11min
5 Ways to Move from People Pleasing and Unworthiness to Embodying Self-Love
In this episode, I share 5 practical ways that you can begin to embody self-love. I hope that you find it helpful.
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.

Oct 9, 2025 • 13min
Victoria Beckham, Eating Disorders and When Does the Pursuit of Weight Loss Wreck your Mental Health?
The Netflix Documentary is out today where Victoria Beckham shares about her life, including struggling with an eating disorder.
I reflect on Victoria's sharing and explore further, how weight loss can impact mental and physical health. I hope that you find it helpful.
Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist
To find out more about my work:-
Go to my Website
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.
Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.
Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.


