#68 Thomas Midgley on Body Image Issues, Values and Eating Disorders

Thomas Midgley (BSc, RD, PGDip, CBT) is a behavioural and cognitive psychotherapist who focuses on CBT, Schema & Compassion Focused therapy & is highly specialised as an eating disorders Dietitian. He is also the director of The Body Image Treatment Clinic in London where he and the team focus on psychological treatments for body image, self esteem, trauma and eating disorders. In this episode we chat about.. What got Thomas into being a dietician and a psychotherapist?  Was it always an obvious interest? How important are our values? How to figure out your values Does Thomas recommend therapy to everyone at some point in their life? How to move away from perfectionism and self criticism and more towards compassion and self love What does too much focus on body image look like?   Signs of body image issues How other treat us is how we treat ourselves, how do we go about changing this? Eating disorders among the fitness community and why they are so common How does one know if they have an eating disorder?  Carrot and the stick analogy for motivation, push or pull What happiness is to Thomas Get in contact with Thomas: Website: thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.uk You can get in touch with me via the links below: Blogposts:https://eannamcnamara.com/my-blog/ Instagram: @mackasaur TikTok:@mackasaur