Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
Alison Hall
(she/her)
Intuitive Eating Counsellor
Try Freedom
Virtual,
United Kingdom
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Special Instructions: Please call or use the online booking system. Initial consultation is FREE.
Sliding Scale Available
Specialties & Areas of Focus:
- Intuitive Eating
Age Groups Served:
- Children (birth through 12 years)
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
- Children (birth through 12 years)
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
Languages Services Offered In:
- English
- English
My Philosophy of Care
Empathic approach to health through the HAES® lens. We first discuss the why a person's body is not the result of anything they did or didn't do. People who happen to be smaller/thinner are not doing anything better or more intelligent than a larger body person.
The body is the result of factors beyond a person's control and fat does not have the affect on health we are lead to believe.
Health is determined by genetics and a person's history of dieting (neither of which can be changed) so we have to work with what can be changed. Being a HAES® Provider means everything to me as it demonstrates I provide an equal opportunities service. I practice an anti-diet, non-judgemental and person-centred approach to my practice and my life. As an Intuitive Eating counsellor, HAES® fits perfectly into my work.
About Me & My Practice
I have lived experience of the effects of dieting. I haven't dieted for 20 years after discovering Intuitive Eating. I am the happiest and healthiest i have ever been. I teach this to others. From the age of 18 I was a fitness professional using all the usual ideas about weight can be changed through "behaviour changes". I am still within that same industry (my education company trains fitness trainers) but am trying to change it from the inside out by teaching my students to approach their practice using HAES® principles.
Accessibility Considerations
I work virtually, so client's are in the comfort of their own home. I generally use Zoom but if clients prefer phone we can do this too. If we use Zoom, clients have the choice whether to use their camera or not.