Overeating Counselling in Bermondsey

It often begins reasonably enough — food as comfort after a difficult day, eating a little more than intended in a social setting, the Saturday binge that follows a week of discipline. But at a certain point the pattern shifts: the eating is no longer a choice made in context but a pull that arrives on its own, in response to states rather than hunger. You eat past the point of wanting to, and the gap between intention and action has widened to the point where it has its own weight.

Overeating counselling at the Bermondsey practice addresses that gap — not by focusing on food, but by understanding what the eating has been doing.

Understanding Compulsive Overeating

Compulsive overeating is a relationship with food — but the relationship is standing in for something else. It is managing an emotional state, relieving tension, providing a form of self-soothing that nothing else is currently offering. The food works, at least temporarily. Understanding what it is substituting for, and creating the conditions in which that need can be met differently, is the work of therapy.

Dr Jacquet holds a Doctorate of Professional Practice with doctoral research on eating disorders. He is the only person in Europe to hold a doctorate in this area. The clinical approach at Bermondsey is integrative and Jungian — attentive to meaning and psychological depth, not just behaviour change.

Binge Eating Disorder

Binge eating disorder — characterised by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food, often rapidly and to the point of discomfort, followed by shame and distress — is the most common eating disorder and among the least treated. It is frequently invisible to those around the person experiencing it. This practice treats it with the seriousness it deserves.

Getting Started

An initial consultation in Bermondsey is the first step — a private conversation, conducted in complete confidence, at your pace.