You’re invited! SPEAKS Book Launch
SPEAKS Guidebook Launch Event We’re pleased to invite you to a special hybrid event on Tuesday 8th July 2025, marking the launch of the SPEAKS Therapy Guidebook. Rooted in Emotion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy, and developed using insights from client lived experience, SPEAKS is an approach developed to support people with longstanding anorexia or those who have additional complexity or neurodivergence. 📆 Date: 8th July 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00–1:30 […]
New! SPEAKS Guidebook now published
New SPEAKS Guidebook available We are delighted to announce the publication of our SPEAKS guidebook for therapists. This book introduces the SPEAKS therapy model, a structured, phase-based, process-oriented approach to change for individuals with long-standing anorexia nervosa. Rooted in Emotion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy, and developed using insights from client lived experience, SPEAKS provides clinicians with a practical […]
SPEAKS at Somerset House Exhibition
Somerset House Exhibition We are delighted that the SPEAKS approach for eating disorders is included in an art exhibition at London’s historic Somerset House – ‘Challenging Perspectives: A visual exploration of diverse experiences of eating disorder recovery’ This exhibit will give visitors the chance to explore the experiences of living with and recovering from eating […]
BBC Southeast news for eating disorder awareness week 2024
BBC Southeast news for eating disorder awareness week 2024 This Eating Disorders Awareness week I was really pleased to be asked by BBC Southeast to comment on SPEAKS therapy. SPEAKS is an integrative emotion focused intervention (developed by me, with colleagues Helen Startup & Tony Lavender) particularly seeking to help people with #anorexia who may […]
What is SPEAKS and how did we develop and test it?
What is SPEAKS and how did we develop and test it? Hear me interviewed about SPEAKS for the Full of Beans Podcast. Full of Beans is an eating disorder awareness project directed by Hannah Hickenbotham. In this podcast episode, Han interviews me to find out more about SPEAKS. https://emotionspeaks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2022_10_06_11_59_21_da8a9804-5ad2-4cbb-8131-7f8e842a8357.mp3 Click here to read more Emotion […]
How have you researched SPEAKS delivery?
How have you researched SPEAKS delivery? Read the detailed description of the SPEAKS feasibility trial in our protocol paper From 2020 to 2022, we ran the SPEAKS feasibility trial in two NHS eating disorder services. This protocol paper describes what we set out to do. The results paper and other associated research are set to […]