Eating Disorder Treatment at Harley Street
There is something particular about the decision to seek help for an eating disorder. It is rarely a sudden one. More often, it follows years of managing alone — carefully hiding the rituals, the rules, the fear — until something shifts and the cost becomes too high to keep paying. If you are reading this, that moment may have arrived.
At our Harley Street practice, we offer eating disorder treatment that begins not with a checklist of symptoms but with a genuine attempt to understand your experience. We know that eating disorders are not simply about food. They are about control, about safety, about a relationship with your body that was shaped long before the behaviours began.
Who We Work With
We work with adults experiencing all forms of disordered eating, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder). We also work with people who do not fit neatly into a diagnostic category but who know, with quiet certainty, that their relationship with food is causing them harm.
Philippe Jacquet holds a Doctorate in eating disorders — the only practitioner in the UK to have completed doctoral-level research specifically in this field — and is an EMDR practitioner with over 20 years of experience. This depth of specialist knowledge means your treatment is shaped by genuine expertise, not generic protocols.
Our Approach
We work integratively, drawing on depth psychology, psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, and where appropriate, nutritional guidance. Our orientation is broadly Jungian — meaning we are interested not simply in managing the symptom, but in understanding what the eating disorder has been doing for you. In many cases, the restriction or the purging or the compulsive eating has served a function: a way of coping with something that felt unmanageable. Recovery, in our experience, does not come from taking that coping mechanism away. It comes from building something more sustaining in its place.
NICE guidelines for eating disorders recommend a combination of psychological therapy and nutritional support, and where appropriate we can coordinate with nutritional specialists, psychiatrists, and GPs as part of a wider care team.
What to Expect
Your first session is unhurried. There is no pressure to disclose everything immediately, and no expectation that you will arrive with language that perfectly describes what you are experiencing. Many people find that the eating disorder has its own vocabulary — one that is hard to translate into an ordinary conversation. We are familiar with that language.
Over time, treatment at Harley Street typically involves weekly sessions of fifty minutes. We use a range of approaches depending on what emerges — narrative work, body-based interventions, trauma processing where relevant, and careful attention to the psychological function the eating disorder has been serving.
Progress in eating disorder recovery is rarely linear. There will be sessions that feel transformative and periods that feel like standing still. What we offer is consistency — a reliable, confidential space where the work can unfold at its own pace.
A Word on Confidentiality
Everything discussed in your sessions remains entirely confidential. Our Harley Street practice operates with the same standards of privacy as the medical professionals in the surrounding buildings. For many of our clients — some of whom hold public or professional roles — this discretion is not a small thing. It is the reason they were able to come at all.
Taking the First Step
Acknowledging that you need support is, in itself, a significant act. If you are considering treatment, we would encourage you to reach out. You do not need to have made a final decision. An initial consultation is simply a conversation — a chance to ask questions, describe what you are experiencing, and sense whether this feels like the right place.
Philippe Jacquet and Associates are based on Harley Street, Central London, with online sessions also available. To arrange an initial consultation, please contact us directly.