The Eating Disorder Psychologist

Counselling Psychologist

Sabina Bedi

Sabina is a highly experienced counselling psychologist with over twenty years of experience working in psychology services. Sabina believes the most crucial component of psychological therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Sabina is a warm, compassionate psychologist. Sabina expresses that congruence and empathy underpin her therapeutic work with clients.

Experience

Sabina has experience carrying out psychological assessments and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. Sabina has experience working with children and families for over twenty years. Sabina has experience working with children under the age of five presenting issues of fussy eating and food refusal. Furthermore, Sabina has over twenty years of experience working in community CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services) and inpatient CAMHS. Sabina’s specialist area is eating disorders, and she currently works part-time as a Consultant Psychologist in an eating disorder ward. Sabina has experience offering individual and group therapy. Sabina also has experience working with families looking at how parents can manage their child’s eating disorder and the impact it has on the family.

Sabina draws from a wide range of evidence-based psychological models including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Approaches, Psychodynamic and Acceptance, and Commitment Therapy.

Qualifications

Sabina gained a BSc (Hons) Psychology Degree and a Post Masters Diploma in Counselling Psychology from the University of Wolverhampton. Sabina has Chartered Psychologist status from the British Psychological Society (BPS), which reflects the highest standard of psychological knowledge and expertise. Sabina is also a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is an experienced supervisor and regularly supervises trainee counselling psychologists.

Publications

Sabina is part of the Eating Disorder Research Group and also presented at the BEAT conference in 2019.