Fareham Counselling Centre · Hampshire
Counselling & CBT for Eating Disorders Hampshire
Compassionate support at your pace, working alongside your GP or care team — in Fareham or online.
You do not have to keep this to yourself
When your relationship with food starts to feel out of control, it can take over your thoughts and your days. Many people keep it hidden for a long time, because of shame, fear, or worry about being judged.
An eating disorder is not a choice, a phase or a lack of willpower. It is a serious mental health condition, and recovery is possible. A counsellor or CBT therapist in Fareham, or online, can work with you gently, at your pace, alongside your GP and any other care you have.
Support you can reach today
Eating disorders affect your body as well as your mind, so please see your GP too. These services can also help.
If you feel faint or dizzy, or have chest pain or a racing heart, please get medical help straight away by calling 111, or 999 in an emergency.
Myth or fact?
Misunderstandings can stop people asking for help. Tap your answer to each one.
Whoever you are, and however your struggle looks, you deserve support.
Eating difficulties we can help with
People come to us from Fareham, Portsmouth, Southampton and Gosport with many kinds of eating difficulty, including these.
Anorexia
Trying to keep control through food. More about anorexia
Bulimia
Often a painful cycle, kept very private, and full of shame.
Binge eating disorder
Feeling unable to stop, and often very low afterwards.
ARFID
Avoiding many foods because of fear, sensory difficulties or lack of interest.
Other eating disorders
Difficulties that do not fit a neat label are just as real, and just as serious.
Emotional eating
Using food to cope with stress, sadness or boredom.
Worries about appearance can sit alongside eating difficulties. See our page on body dysmorphic disorder.
How therapy can help
Recovery is about more than food. Therapy helps with the feelings, beliefs and pressures underneath.
CBT
NICE recommends forms of CBT for several eating disorders. It helps you understand and gently change the patterns keeping you stuck.
About CBT
Counselling
A safe place to explore what the eating difficulty has been helping you cope with, such as stress, loss, trauma or low self-worth.
About counselling
Young people and families
For children and teenagers, we work alongside your GP and any NHS team, and support you as a parent too.
Children and young people
Worried about someone you love?
It can be hard to know what to say. These gentle steps can help.
Choose a calm, private moment, not a mealtime or straight after a disagreement.
Talk about feelings, not food or weight. "I've noticed you seem stressed lately" goes further than comments about eating.
Avoid comments on appearance, even kind ones, as they can keep the focus on the body.
Be patient. They may deny it or get upset at first. Let them know you are there when they are ready.
Encourage a GP visit, and look after yourself too. Beat's helpline supports families and carers.
★★★★★“To be able to feel comfortable to talk openly and honestly without any fear of feeling judged is a massive help and has had a huge impact on how I feel about myself.”
Questions about eating disorder support
Do I have to be "ill enough" to get help?
Should I see my GP?
Is it confidential?
Can you help alongside NHS treatment?
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How much does it cost?
Recovery is possible
Taking the first step can feel like the hardest part. A free, confidential 15 minute call is a gentle place to start.