Chartered Counselling Psychologist
Understanding your relationship with food and your body
With over 20 years of experience in eating disorders and weight management, I help people find a more peaceful, sustainable relationship with food, one built on compassion rather than restriction.
A different approach to food and body struggles
If you're reading this, you've probably tried countless approaches to changing your eating or your weight. You may feel frustrated, defeated, or ashamed about past attempts. I want you to know: this isn't your failure. It's a failure of approaches that didn't address what actually drives your relationship with food.
Whether you're struggling with an eating disorder, navigating complex feelings about your body, or trying to find a sustainable path to better health, the solution rarely lies in another diet or meal plan. Real change happens when we understand why we eat the way we do, the emotional patterns, the childhood experiences, the ways food has served us when nothing else could.
My work is rooted in compassion because I know that shame doesn't heal. I've witnessed firsthand how transformative it can be when someone moves beyond the diet mentality to address the deeper patterns that drive their eating behaviours. That's what I'm here to help you do.
Areas of Expertise
I work with people across the full spectrum of food and body concerns, meeting you wherever you are on your journey.
Eating Disorders
Specialised treatment for anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
I understand that eating disorders are serious mental illnesses requiring expert, compassionate care, not judgement or simplistic advice.
Weight Management & GLP-1 Support
Psychological support for those seeking to change their relationship with food and weight, including those using GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro.
Medication can quiet the "food noise," but lasting change requires addressing the emotional eating patterns, self-worth, and mental frameworks that drive behaviour.
Body Image
Working through negative body image, weight stigma, and learning to treat your body with respect, regardless of its size.
I help people move toward body neutrality rather than demanding impossible positivity.
Why psychological work matters
At the heart of my approach is the understanding that struggles with food and weight are usually symptoms of something else, often fuelled by underlying issues relating to self-worth, mood, the need for comfort or reward, or a sense of shame and guilt. What's happening in your mind is being played out in your body and the food you eat.
"Change becomes possible when we stop fighting our bodies and start listening to them."
I draw from a variety of approaches to help people build new neural pathways, develop sustainable habits, and finally step off the diet rollercoaster for good.
About Dr Courtney Raspin
I'm a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and HCPC Registered Practitioner with over 20 years of clinical experience. I spent 10 years in one of London's largest NHS eating disorders services, during which time I founded Altum Health. Now, as Clinical Director, I lead a team that works both privately and in partnership with NHS eating disorders and weight management services.
I've worked with hundreds of patients: those with eating disorders, those navigating emotional eating, and those seeking support with weight management.
I'm a co-author of The Weight Loss Prescription (HarperCollins, 2026), which provides the psychological programme missing from most approaches to weight management, because I believe everyone deserves the support to make lasting change, not just a prescription.
Credentials & Experience
- Chartered Counselling Psychologist
- HCPC Registered
- 20+ Years Clinical Experience
- Eating Disorders Specialist
- Weight Management Specialist
Ready to begin a different kind of journey?
Whether you're looking for clinical support or want to explore the psychological tools in my book, I'm here to help you find a more peaceful relationship with food and your body.