Mindful Nutrition Practice
Mindful Nutrition Practice is a London-based dietetic service, however due to COVID-19 we have moved to working with clients virtually, which means we can offer more appointments, be more flexible, and work with clients throughout the UK and internationally. The practice is run by Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian Maureen Moerbeck, who has 20 years of clinical nutrition experience gained through working in the NHS and a variety of private settings. Specialist Dietitian Christine Phelan joined the practice in 2024 to help support and work with adult and adolescent clients with eating disorders and disordered eating, as well as providing other dietetic services that may benefit our clients.
The ethos of Mindful Nutrition Practice is to help you work towards food recovery, symptom improvement, and a better relationship with food and your body using a mindful and evidence-based nutrition approach. No fad diets, no gimmicks, no false promises, just an individualised and mindful approach to help you reach your goals.
We see clients across the spectrum of eating disorders and disordered eating, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED), Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Emotional Eating, and Chronic Dieting. We also have expertise in diabetes and pregnancy, and the nutritional challenges of these conditions, especially when co-occurring with eating disorders or disordered eating.
Meet the team below to see whether we can help you, and which dietitian may be the best fit for you!
How does Mindful Nutrition Practice work with clients?
Let’s be clear about what we Won’t do:
We Will:
Treat you as an individual and tailor your treatment according to what you will find helpful.
Follow a non-diet and Health At Every Size approach.
Provide evidence-based nutrition information.
Help you work towards getting the nutrition that your body needs.
Work with you on achievable and realistic goals that are tailored to you.
Help challenge you and support you to help you move forward in your recovery.
We won’t just give you a standard non-individualised meal plan and expect you to follow it.
We won’t just tell you what you have to eat.
We won’t discriminate (this includes with regards to body weight and size).
We won’t judge.
Meet the team
Maureen Moerbeck
Maureen has a BSc honours degree in Nutrition & Dietetics, a Graduate Diploma in Sports Nutrition with the International Olympic Committee, and a Graduate Certificate in Public Health. She has over 20 years of clinical nutrition experience in both the UK and Australia having worked within the NHS and in her private practice.
She is a registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), the London Eating Disorders Dietitians Group, The Centre for Mindful Eating, and the Health At Every Size (HAES) community.
Maureen is also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and a trained meditation instructor and uses this intuitive and mindful approach in working with clients.
Maureen specialises in working with adults and young people with eating disorders, disordered eating, and those who have a poor relationship with food and their body. She is passionate about helping people with their food recovery, getting back to normal eating and rediscovering their own internal cues using a Non-Diet and Health At Every Size (HAES) approach.
She has co-written Heal Your Relationship With Food: Effective Strategies to Help You Think Differently and Overcome Problems with Eating, Emotions and Body Image released in October 2020. Get your copy at Amazon, Waterstones or Foyles, or get your audiobook through Audiobooks.
She has also written for various publications including:
christine phelan
Christine is a registered dietitian and member of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) & the British Dietetic Association (BDA). Christine completed her undergraduate degree in Nutritional Sciences in Ireland and obtained a Master’s degree in Dietetics from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland. For the past 5 years she has worked in the mental health setting, specialising in supporting young people and adults in their recovery from eating disorders and disordered eating.
Christine has a deep passion for helping her clients heal their relationship with food and live a life free from restrictions. She encompasses a non-judgemental and tailored approach, helping them create change that feels manageable and supportive. She has a compassionate approach to educating her clients about their own individual dietary needs and helping them navigate through all the confusing diet talk we are all exposed to.
Christine also has further training in motivational interviewing, the diagnosis and management of ARFID from the University of Winchester, and trauma-informed practice to help support clients in their eating disorder recovery journey.
