Camilla Ferraro

I can help if you are struggling with your relationship with food, your body, neurodivergence, identity, or the pressure to meet expectations that do not fit who you are. My background in nutrition and dietetics means I understand how personal, emotional and often political food and eating can be, but my work now is less about telling you what to do and more about understanding your story. I am interested in who you are, what has happened to you, and how you have learned to cope. I bring both professional training and lived experience of neurodivergence and past disordered eating, but I will never assume that makes me the expert on you. Our work together would be collaborative, thoughtful and respectful of your own experience, with room for honesty, repair and learning along the way.

Dual Qualified as a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (HCPC: DT29865) and Psychotherapist (MBACP: 406533). Post graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of East London). Masters in Dietetic Practice (Latrobe University, Australia) Undergraduate/Bachelor degree in Human Nutrition (Latrobe University, Australia)

I grew up in Melbourne, Australia but currently call the United Kingdom home (and apparently my accent shows it). My pronouns are she/her.

How did I get here? My passion for food and science, initially led me down the path of studying nutrition and dietetics. However, after many years I noticed that I was feeling uncomfortable with the expectations around being ‘expert’ in a topic area that’s highly personal (we all have to eat) and actually largely political (with many folk facing struggles around eating, for reasons entirely beyond their individual control).

I still enjoy elements of this work, but I felt a pull to go deeper, and realised that I was becoming more interested in the stories of my clients (Who are you? and What’s happened to you?) and less interested in whether they were meeting their estimated energy requirements or following the meal plan.

This led to me finally summoning up the courage to re-train in psychotherapy.

I also have lived experience of both navigating the world with a divergent brain or ‘neurotype’, and of past disordered eating (as an adolescent), so when I say to clients ‘I get it’…well I often really do.

Having said that, I am never, ever the expert of you and your lived experience. You are the ‘expert’ in any of the work we may do together.

Finally, as a therapist and health professional bound by various codes of ethics, I am committed to a constant process of learning and unlearning. Of getting things wrong, apologising, and doing better.