What Is Binge Eating?
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) can feel like being caught in a cycle you desperately want to break but don’t know how. You might find yourself eating quickly, eating when you’re not truly hungry, or eating past the point of comfort and then feeling guilt, shame, or sadness afterwards. Those painful emotions often trigger more eating as a way to self-soothe, and before long it can feel like the cycle is running your life.
If any of this feels familiar, you’re far from alone. BED is actually the most common eating disorder, and it often begins after a period of dieting or trying to control food more strictly. It affects more than just your eating it can impact your mood, your confidence, and the way you feel about yourself every day.
But here’s the part we want you to hear clearly:
There is absolutely nothing “wrong” with you. BED is not a lack of willpower or discipline.
It’s a response to emotional overwhelm, unmet needs, and patterns that developed over time and with the right support, those patterns can change.
Many people find that once they understand the triggers behind binge eating, they can begin responding in kinder, more balanced ways. In fact, research shows that guided self-help is often highly effective for BED, offering tools you can start using right away to feel more in control and less alone with what you’re going through.
If you’re reading this and thinking, “This might be me,” please know that you don’t have to navigate this on your own. Help is available, and healing is absolutely possible.
When you’re ready, we’re here to walk with you gently, at your pace, and without judgment
You’re in the right place if you:
- Have felt you can’t trust yourself around food or feel out of control around food
- Eat in secret, hide foods, eat very quickly or use eating in a way that makes it difficult for you to recover or make any progress
- You’re worried about your eating patterns, struggle with disordered eating, including comfort eating, skipping meals, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting
- Feel like no amount of food satisfies you, but you’re exhausted from dieting, and scared to make changes or not sure how to nourish yourself adequately
- Have co-existing health conditions (like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, hypothalamic amenorrhoea, high glucose or cholesterol), and you’re wondering how you can improve your health, without entering an endless cycle of restricting and bingeing
- Have body image concerns or feel eating affects your self-esteem and mood (feeling guilty, stressed, and embarrassed) and want to develop a healthy relationship with yourself
- Have sensory-based and nutrition challenges associated with ADHD and/or autism
- Have an ‘all or nothing’ approach or many diet rules, but want to learn intuitive eating and build a healthy relationship with food.
If Your Struggles Are More Associated to Bulimia or Anorexia
Then you are likely to need more of a Multidisciplinary Team approach and therefore would benefit from seeking local services via your GP. You can also find out more via the Beat Eating Disorders website www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Binge-eating may feel different for each person, with everyone's experience being unique. We want to make our services accessible, so please reach out if you feel we may help.
What We Offer
Understanding binge eating goes far beyond looking at food alone. Effective treatment should help you make sense of why binges happen the emotions, stressors, and difficult moments that trigger them and guide you toward healthier, kinder ways of coping.
Our approach supports the whole of you: your relationship with food, your emotional wellbeing, and your daily life.
Support Designed Around You
We offer specialist clinical support for adults struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, or feeling stuck in repeating patterns that feel hard to change. Many of our clients come to us feeling exhausted by trying to manage everything on their own or feeling misunderstood in previous services.
Here, you will be met with care, clarity, and a plan that truly fits your needs.
Our team brings years of NHS experience in both therapy and dietetics. We work together as part of a multidisciplinary approach, meaning you receive holistic, joined-up care that considers your emotional health, your physical health, and your lived experience never just your symptoms. Compassion is at the heart of everything we do.
Therapeutic Support for Binge Eating
Led by Jane Taylor, Interpersonal Psychotherapist
Binge Eating Disorder is highly treatable, and therapy can be a powerful turning point. Jane works alongside you to uncover the thoughts, emotions, and life patterns that feed into binge eating. Together, you explore what’s driving the behaviour not from a place of judgment, but with curiosity and understanding.
In therapy, you will learn how to:
- Recognise early triggers before they build into a binge
- Understand and regulate difficult emotions
- Build new, kinder habits around food
- Strengthen self-awareness and self-compassion
- Break cycles that keep you feeling stuck
The goal is for you to feel more in control, less overwhelmed by urges, and more connected to what you truly need not what the binge is trying to soothe.
Specialist Dietetic Support
Led virtually by Martyna Kosciuszko, Specialist Dietitian
Our dietetic sessions go far deeper than giving you a meal plan. Martyna helps you rebuild a balanced, nourishing relationship with food one that supports both your physical and emotional health.
We begin with a thorough nutritional assessment to understand:
- Your eating patterns and challenges
- Your goals
- Any co-existing conditions (such as IBS or hypothalamic amenorrhoea)
- Possible deficiencies affecting your wellbeing
After this first session, you’ll receive a detailed personalised report with clear, practical recommendations.
In follow-up sessions, you will learn how to:
- Tune in to your hunger and fullness cues
- Understand the difference between physical and emotional hunger
- Reduce bingeing through structured, gentle nutrition
- Build sustainable habits that don’t rely on restriction
- Heal your relationship with food and your body
Dietetic work is designed to support your progress in therapy, helping you feel more grounded, nourished, and in control.
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Many people with binge eating struggle quietly for years. It can feel isolating, frustrating, or even hopeless. But with the right support therapy, dietetics, and a team that truly understands real change is possible.
If you’re ready to take the first step, we’re here to walk alongside you.
Jane Taylor
Interpersonal Psychotherapist
Martyna Kosciuszko
Registered Dietitian
How Did Our Paths Cross?
Having worked with Martyna for a number of years within a NHS Eating Disorder Service I noted that we shared the same values and ethics when it came to delivering quality of care. As I started to niche my practice I instantly knew who would enhance my vision and share the same passion as I do about making a difference, so let me introduce you to the wonderful Martyna Kosciuszko.
Martyna Kosciuszko
Registered Dietitian
Martyna Kosciuszko is a Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the UK and holds an MRes in Clinical Research (Human Nutrition). She is during completion of her PhD at the University of Manchester.
Martyna has specialist experience across both physical and mental health nutrition. She began her career in Poland supporting patients with weight management and gastrointestinal conditions, and later worked in the UK within NHS multidisciplinary teams. There, she supported clients living with anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, and eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and ARFID.
Martyna has a particular interest in binge eating and helps clients move away from cycles of restriction and eating through practical, compassionate, and evidence-based strategies. Her approach combines nutrition education with supporting clients to build a healthier, more balanced relationship with food. She has completed additional training in Intuitive Eating (London Centre for Intuitive Eating), Motivational Interviewing (Association for Psychological Therapies), and CBT-E for Eating Disorders (CREDO Oxford).
Her philosophy is that recovery is not about rigid rules but about gaining confidence, flexibility, and trust in yourself to make choices that serve your wellbeing.