Specialist Eating Disorder Therapy Clinic In London
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Dr Georgie Cox
Principal Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Director
I employ an empathic, warm and nonjudgmental approach in therapy and love working collaboratively with clients to improve their wellbeing. I recognise the importance of building a strong therapeutic relationship and aim to help the people I work with feel listened to and understood. I believe in tailoring therapy to meet my client's needs, and may draw on a range of different therapeutic techniques and models in my work, to provide a person-centered treatment.
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Within my therapeutic work I encourage clients to build upon their existing strengths and to surround themselves with resources that will benefit their recovery. I frequently arm my clients with a range of helpful articles, books, Ted Talks, podcasts, and social media pages to ensure that their lives become as recovery focussed as possible.
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I am a passionate advocate for intuitive eating (listening to your body's internal cues) and the Health at Every Size Approach (promoting health over weight loss, body respect and weight neutrality). I feel saddened (and cross!) about the pressure and stigma that currently exists in society about size and health. I actively try to tackle stigma by promoting body diversity and challenging diet culture in my work.
From working in the NHS and privately I am aware of some of the challenges that people can face in getting the help that they need and deserve. I strongly believe that anyone struggling with eating and/or body image difficulties is deserving of specialist support. The sooner someone seeks treatment the easier it is to make a full recovery!
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I feel priveliged and excited to support people on their recovery journey and love working with individuals to make peace with food and their bodies.
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Background and Training
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I completed my first degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol before going on to complete a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Surrey. My doctoral therapeutic training focused on cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and systemic family therapy. I am registered as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and the British Psychological Society.
Post-qualification I have specialised in working with adult eating disorders and child and adolescent mental health. I have extensive clinical experience working with eating disorders in both specialist inpatient and outpatient NHS eating disorder services as well as in private practice. In my NHS career I have spent several years working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and in 2020, I was promoted to the Professional Lead of a South London CAMHS service, where I currently work part-time. Within these posts I have enjoyed providing supervision to clinical and counselling psychologists, trainee psychologists, and ST4 psychiatrists utilisng CBT, as well as providing professional supervision to family therapists and psychodynamic psychotherapists.
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Publications
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Heath, G. H., Fife-Schaw, C., Wang, L., Eddy, C. J., Hone, M., & Pollastri, A. (2020). Collaborative Problem Solving reduces children's emotional and behavioral difficulties and parenting stress: Two key mechanisms. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76(7), 1226-1240.
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Plumb, C., Daer, N., Heath, G., & Adlam, J. (2016). Getting Good Outcomes: Towards Meaningful Data Collection in an Inpatient Service. Poster presented at the Eating Disorder International Conference, London, UK.
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Pollastri, A. R., Epstein, L. D., Heath, G. H., & Ablon, J. S. (2013). The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Outcomes across Settings. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 21(4), 188-199.
Wilkinson, L. L., Rowe, A. C., & Heath, G. H. (2013). Eating me up Inside: Priming Attachment Security and Anxiety, and their Effects on Snacking. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30(6), 795-804.
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Therapeutic Approaches Offered
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