nutritional therapy for eating disorders: advanced practitioner programme

transform your nutritional practice to help clients recover from eating disorders & disordered eating

this course is for you if….

you want to work exclusively with eating disorder clients and are looking for a course that has been designed for you as a nutritional practitioner.

or maybe you specialise in a different area of nutrition but have been turning away clients with a current/historical eating disorder or disordered eating and want to be able to help them too.

or perhaps you’re working with eating disorder or disordered eating clients but want to deepen your knowledge and feel more confident with psychological or behavioural interventions

sound familiar? then this course is designed for you!

learn how to deliver safe and effective interventions to transform the lives of people with eating disorders or disordered eating by becoming an advanced nutritional practitioner in eating disorders

nutritional counselling is essential to recovery from eating difficulties.

delivered over 6-months, this unique online programme will give you a deep dive into the professional and clinical features of working with clients with eating difficulties. It showcases tried, tested and evidence-based methods that work from the fields of nutrition, psychology and behavioural science. It will increase your confidence, skills, and expertise to work with this challenging but immensely rewarding client group.

key features

6-month programme

using a combination of pre-recorded and live sessions, each month will focus on a different topic and include activities so you can apply your learning to your practice right away. study at your own pace.

one-of-a-kind content

topics include: introduction to eating disorders, biochemical imbalances in eating disorders, nutritional approaches for eating disorders, psychological interventions for eating disorders, building your eating disorder practice and complex cases, safety and assessment.

holistic & comprehensive

using evidence-based approaches from nutrition, psychology and behavioural science to add to your practitioner toolkit. Understand where and when to use these tools effectively and safely.

case studies, guest lecturers & community support

hear case studies and from experts in eating disorders & disordered eating. Join a closed community group to network and to get support from your fellow learners.

practical resources

access to ready-to-use and tried and tested tools, templates and processes to use in clinical practice. Benefit from The Eating Clinic’s unique and proven clinic model.

cpd and ntec certified

this programme is NTEC certified (post-qualification) and equates to 60 BANT CPD hours.

about emma

emma is an experienced nutritional therapist, behaviour change expert, trainer and practitioner in eating disorders. She has worked with clients with eating disorders for almost 10 years, and is an experienced educator, supervisor and mentor of practitioners working in this field. She is also a guest lecturer on this topic and previously delivered the Nutritional Interventions in Eating Disorders module for the National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED). She has also delivered BANT webinars on nutrition and eating disorders, health psychology and behavioural science.

Emma is completing her doctoral research in body image and eating disorder interventions. She successfully uses a combined approach of nutritional, behavioural and psychological interventions; an approach which has been shown to be effective with this client group. She runs a multidisciplinary practice to help clients to restore a positive relationship with food.

See emma’s latest publication in the field here.

“thank you for your training session on eating disorders - it was really interesting and definitely one of the best sessions I've had. It's not easy to keep people engaged online that for that long, so that really speaks to your design and delivery”

— eating disorder training attendee

by the end of this course you will…

  • understand the signs, symptoms and biopsychosocial drivers of eating disorders

  • learn the biochemical imbalances implicated in eating disorders

  • have an evidence-based toolkit of interventions from various disciplines including nutrition, psychology and behaviour change to support eating disorder recovery

  • know how to adapt your clinical practice to support clients to recover from eating disorders safely and effectively

  • be confident working with other types of practitioners in eating disorders to support client recovery

  • benefit from building a network of practitioners working in this field for peer support, supervision and mentoring.

course modules

1. introductions to eating disorders

Understand the signs and symptoms of eating disorders, and how they are diagnosed

Learn about the biopsychosocial influences of eating disorder aetiology and maintenance

Understand the role of nutritional counselling in eating disorders

2. biochemical imbalances in eating disorders

Understand the key biochemical imbalances in eating disorders

Know the consequences of malnutrition (physical, social and psychological)

Understand the mechanisms of hunger, appetite and satiety.

Understand the metabolic impact of eating disorders

3. nutritional approaches for eating disorders

Learn the key nutritional interventions in eating disorders

Know techniques to help clients make changes to their eating behaviour

Understand how to adapt traditional nutritional approaches to ensure they are safe and effective

Summarise the role of supplements in eating disorders

4. psychological interventions for eating disorders

Summarise the key psychological processes in eating disorders

Know how to build an effective therapeutic relationship with eating disorder clients

Understand different therapeutic, psychological and behavioural change techniques and how these can be applied by nutritional practitioners

Explain how to increase motivation and handle ambivalence

5. building your eating disorder practice

Understand the client journey from assessment to formulation, intervention to ending and evaluating

Know how to adapt your existing practice to best support clients with eating disorders and disordered eating using tried and tested approaches

Explain appropriate movement and exercise regimes for eating disorder clients

Understand and know how to apply relapse prevention techniques

6. complex cases, safe practice and assessment

Understand the key medical issues and considerations and the role of medical monitoring

Build confidence to work within an MDT and with other practitioners

Be clear on the benefits of supervision and assess scope of practice

Examine complex eating disorder cases

Apply learning to a case study assessment

who is eligible for this course?

you are a fully qualified nutritional practitioner (e.g., nutritional therapist, nutritionist or dietitian) & have insurance*

you are registered with a membership organisation and/or a regulatory body (e.g., BANT, AfN, BDA, CNHC, HCPC)

you are able to commit to 10 hours of learning a month for six months

 FAQs

  • this course provides comprehensive, evidence-based approach to working with clients who have eating disorders and disordered eating. It integrates nutritional, psychological, and behavioural approaches at an advanced level. The course is unique because it focuses on clinical skills and practical application. It also gives you access to the effective and unique The Eating Clinic model. It also gives ongoing support through a learning community. It’s designed to deepen your understanding of the biopsychosocial aspects of eating disorders and give you confidence to handle complex cases in real-world practice. Plus, it's certified by NTEC (post-qualification) and offers 60 BANT CPD hours

  • please contact your membership/regulatory body to check the content of this course against their specific requirements. As an example, the current guidelines from BANT stipulate that specialist post-qualification training is needed to work with clients with eating disorders. Training must have nutritional, psychological and clinical aspects as well as an assessment. This course has all of these elements and being 6-months long (and incorporating 60 hours of learning) means it goes into each in significant depth.

  • yes absolutely! This course will cover disordered eating and eating disorders. This means if you work with another niche within nutrition (e.g., digestive health, sports, fertility etc.) you won't need to turn away clients with eating disorders/disordered eating, and will build a toolkit to adjust how you practice with these clients.

  • yes, this course is NTEC certified (post-qualification) and offers 60 hours of BANT recognised CPD

  • Yes absolutely! As far as we know, this is the only course designed specifically for UK nutritional therapists. This means that the content is tailored to you and your practice, rather than focussing on theory or methods designed for other types of practitioners like counsellors. Additionally, there is a whole module on building your eating disorder practice so you can benefit from tried and tested methods, tools and approaches used in practice by The Eating Clinic.

  • This course is for qualified nutritional therapists only. But we are on a mission to make eating disorder training for nutritional therapists accessible to all practitioners so if you're still training, get in touch with us here and we can add you to our priority list for future courses

  • The best time to do this course is now. Eating disorders and disordered eating are on the rise and nutritional practitioners are in the privileged position to support recovery with safe and effective nutritional interventions. With more and more clients needing support, this training will mean you won't need to turn away clients with an active/history of an eating disorder or disordered eating. As a practitioner, staying up-to-date with the latest knowledge and tools is crucial to meeting this growing demand.

    With more clients seeking support for disordered eating behaviors, now is the time to strengthen your expertise, so you can confidently help them on their path to recovery. The skills you’ll learn are not just relevant—they’re urgently needed in today’s landscape

  • The course is a blend of pre-recorded material, homework activities and two live sessions per month (Q&A and guest speaker). It has been designed this way so that you can work through the material at your own pace while also having regular opportunities to ask questions and discuss the content. When you sign up, you'll also be part of our closed community group to network and support each other.

  • The course will run in January - June every year. Missed out on the current intake? You can sign up to be added to the priority list for the next course here

  • trainees will be asked to submit a 3000-word (maximum) case report on an eating disorder case study and answer six questions. They will be asked to draw on evidence (including primary research) relevant to the case.

  • Live sessions will be held on the following Fridays from 11am - 1230pm in 2025 : 17th January, 31st January, 14th February. 28th February, 14th March, 28th March, 4th April, 25th April, 9th May, 23rd May, 6th June, 20th June.

  • there is a lack of courses explicitly designed for nutrition professionals and that focus on putting theory into practice

  • get in touch by emailing us