Intuitive Eating Counsellor / Coach in East Sussex, UK

1. You hold the space 2. You encourage 3. You create a safe space 4. You help me understand that my feelings/fears are manageable. 5. You help me create a path from fear to acceptance by questioning, challenging, validating, honoring, empathizing… 6. You offer another perspective when I can’t find one 7. You gently guide me 8. By naming what I may be feeling and thinking, you help me remove the shame and stigma I attach 9. You offer small, manageable alternatives, stepping stones

In a mere 7 sessions, Vania has already enabled me go places that 4 years of psychotherapy did not touch. I feel held, supported and safe. Nothing is too deep or daunting to touch. She is a warm, sensitive, mindful, humourous, insightful woman. I relish my sessions as I know each week some form of transformation will take place. Our work together is invaluable.

Vania has helped me do something I never thought possible – let go of a lifetime of body angst and find peace with myself, at whatever size. But not only that – she has helped me ease up on my judgements in other areas of my life too, see falsehoods in my thinking I have held onto for years without really knowing. Vania once commented that once you “see” something for what it really is, you can’t “unsee” it, and this is so true – even on the days when my head tries to persuade me…

When I first sought Vania’s help, in March 2016, I was feeling pretty desperate. Two years before that, at the age of 28, I had started my first diet. I had experienced a few big changes in my life recently, and the diet became a but of a project, a new hobby. I felt so excited by it, I was running and following a calorie-controlled meal plan, and it felt so easy for the first few months. It wasn’t a huge weight loss, but enough to get me hooked, and enough to get a new wardrobe. It wasn’t many …

When I began my work with Vania, I was at an all-time emotional low. I am 54 years old, and have struggled with the diet-binge cycle since I was in 4th grade- virtually my entire life! When I contacted Vania, I had been steadily bingeing for about three years. I felt out of control. My life felt small and cramped and uncomfortable. The worse I felt, the more I ate. My first session with Vania felt like someone opened a door and let a draft of cool mountain air into my claustrophobic existence…

You are simply the best. With your help I have found my way out of ED, emotional eating AND I have found mindfulness, meditation and overall love for my own body and self. Thank you for doing this for me. It has taken a long long time but all the work, commitment and patience bring the results :-). Your support and blogs in the Facebook group supported me for the entire time, during my ups and especially during my down times where I couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now, 2 years …

I have sought support from Vania a number of times over the past couple of years, and each time she has responded quickly and willingly. Without question, she has an ability to listen and hear beyond just what I’m saying. I have found our interactions to be incredibly helpful, and the time we’ve had together has been used wisely and purposefully. She has listened to me, questioned me, and given me bold support with what she’s seen, support that is wise and insightful and without a doubt, loving …

I have been working with Vania for the past eighteen months and she has been invaluable as a firm, steady, loving companion on my journey towards a more healthy relationship with food and my body. Having spent the majority of my life fighting to remain slim, fit, perfect – it has been a huge relief to let go of the fear surrounding eating and to learn, step by step to trust my body, to be kind to myself and to open up to myself and others, Whilst I started in order to address my out of contro…

When I first contacted Vania, I was lost. Overwhelmed by self-doubt and stuck in an intense binge-restrict cycle, I felt like I had nowhere to turn and no-one to talk to. It was an isolating experience. I’d read about intuitive eating before and as a pro-active feminist I knew vaguely that diet culture was an oppressive tool of patriarchal capitalism. But knowing or reading about these things had never really translated into change in relation to food or my body. Working with Vania has b…

I have struggled with an eating disorder for most of my life. In my mid 40s I had read every book, installed various Apps and visited numerous websites on BED, to no avail. I came across Vania’s facebook page and website and took a ‘leap of faith’ and took up the invitation to have a discovery session. Vania has since supported me on my journey to develop the self love and respect that my life was missing. Through practising mindfulness and meditation, I am conquering my issues with foo…