Anorexia Nervosa

If you or someone you know is struggling with anorexia, it’s important to speak up and seek help as early as possible. Your GP is a good first step, as they can carry out a physical assessment to ensure your safety and guide you towards the right specialist services.

Support is available in many forms. Outpatient services can provide a combination of dietetic guidance, activity support and psychological therapy. Day hospital programmes offer supervised meals, and inpatient care is available when more intensive support is needed. Community eating disorder teams can also provide advice on a range of conditions.

For milder concerns, evidence-based self-help programmes can be effective. Your GP remains the best starting point, and additional information and support can be found on Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity and on the Fitzrovia website

Your GP, psychiatrist or another professional can refer you to the Fitzrovia Psychology Clinic, or you can contact us directly. It is important to know however, that even if you self-refer, we are obliged to request and confirm your consent to liaise and share information with your GP and/or psychiatrist before we can proceed.

Absolutely. In your initial enquiry, please specify if you have a preference for a therapist that you would like to work with, and we will do our best to arrange this. We will, however, advise if another therapist may be better suited to offering therapy for your particular needs, as each therapist has their own area(s) of speciality.

Who can I contact in an emergency?

• Please note that The Fitzrovia Psychology Clinic is not a crisis service and does not offer emergency care.
• If you are feeling suicidal, are at risk of harming yourself or others, or believe someone else may harm you, please seek immediate help by: Calling 999
• Going to your nearest A&E department
• Contacting your local NHS Crisis Resolution Team (CRT)
• Visiting your GP
• For further crisis support and advice, click here.

You can also reach out to the following support services:

• NHS 111 (24/7) – Call 111
• Samaritans (24/7) – Call 116 123
• BEAT Eating Disorder Helpline – Call 0808 801 0677 (12– 8 pm weekdays / 12– 4 pm weekends)
• BEAT Youthline (under 25s) – Call 0808 801 0811
• BEAT Studentline – Call 0808 801 0711
• CALM (for men) – Call 0800 58 58 58
• National Domestic Violence Helpline – Call 0808 2000 247
• ChildLine (children and young people) – Call 0800 11 11
• NSPCC – Call 0808 800 5000
• Shout (24/7 text support) – Text 85258

Yes, we work with all major individual health insurance providers, including Bupa, AXA, WPA, Aviva, Cigna and others. If you are unsure whether your insurance is accepted, please contact us directly to confirm.

Yes, you are welcome to contact the clinic on behalf of yourself, your child, a partner, family member, or someone you are supporting. We regularly receive enquiries from parents, carers, and loved ones, and our team will be happy to guide you through the process of arranging support for someone else if appropriate.

The initial telephone consultation will last up to 15 minutes in duration.

Assessment appointments and routine sessions following this will last between 45 and 50 minutes, depending on the clinician.

There may be times when extended sessions are required in order to complete the tasks of therapy. This will be arranged in advance between you and your clinician.