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Eating Disorder Therapy in Nairobi
Eating disorders are among the most misunderstood presentations in mental health — misunderstood by the general public, by many healthcare professionals, and frequently by the person experiencing them. They are not about food, or not only about food. The restriction, the bingeing, the purging, the obsessive relationship with weight and body — these are symptoms. What they are symptoms of is something more fundamental: a relationship with the self that has become untenable, and a set of ways the person has found to manage that which have their own cost.
This practice offers specialist eating disorder therapy in Nairobi, delivered online via secure video link and in person during Dr Jacquet’s visits to the city. The clinical approach is depth-oriented — concerned with what the eating behaviour is doing, not just with stopping it.
Doctoral-Level Expertise
Dr Jacquet holds a Doctorate of Professional Practice with doctoral research focused specifically on eating disorders. He is the only person in Europe to hold a doctorate in this area. He works with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and the full spectrum of disordered eating presentations. He has particular expertise in male eating disorders — a population that clinical services consistently fail to identify and treat appropriately, and one that is significantly underserved in Nairobi as everywhere.
The Range of Presentations
The practice works with eating disorders across their full clinical range, including cases where eating disorder symptoms co-occur with addiction, depression, trauma or anxiety. These co-occurrences are common and are addressed together rather than in sequence. The work is not a standard programme — it is built around what is actually present for this person, at this point in their life.
Sessions
No referral is needed. Online sessions are conducted via secure, encrypted video link. Contact the practice directly to arrange an initial consultation.