Who we are

Heidi’s original degree is in Chemical Engineering. She subsequently retrained in Nutrition, Lifestyle Medicine and Hollistic Addicition Medicine (HAM), following her declining cognitive and mental health during her late 30s, found to have been caused by her poor diet and struggle with sweet-foods addiction. Heidi’s mission is to provide suitable platforms and further the collaborate with her partners, to raise awareness of food addiction and develop creative community-based initiatives to work preventatively with children and young families.

Jen is a Clinical Psychologist who worked for over 30 years in the NHS in the UK. She specialised in the role of hope in quality of life and was chair of the UK Association for Solution Focused Therapy. After a lifetime of addiction to sugar and carbohydrates she finally understood that the solution was abstinence and trained in Holistic Addiction Medicine with Heidi. They have been working together to devise and evaluate successful treatment approaches to food addiction and to raise awareness of the condition internationally. Jen’s best hopes are that treatment will be more available and that the condition of food addiction will be formally recognised.

Clarissa possesses expertise and practical experience across multiple therapeutic approaches, including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) tailored for Eating Disorders, and Motivational Interviewing. Having navigated her own journey of recovery from food addiction, she aims to raise awareness about this disorder, help distinguish it from eating disorders, and highlight how addressing it can help support recovery from other substance use disorders.

Molly is a dual-licensed mental health and addiction counsellor specializing in behavioural change using Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Molly is passionate about empowering individuals with self-determination on their healing journey. Her best hope is to continue advocating for marginalized individuals to receive the services required to overcome disordered eating and addiction.

Fiona has led the Administration of the Food Addiction Solutions (FAS) project since Heidi and Jen initiated the Food Addiction Recovery Clinical Study (FARCS) in 2021, and after working with Heidi to support her coaching programs for diabetics. Prior to retirement she worked in administration in the travel and manufacturing industries as well as the finance sector. She has her own challenges with food, and since retirement has found it a real privilege to support the FAS team in their work and so to play her part in helping to make a difference to the lives of those suffering with Food Addiction.