Hypnotherapy for Binge Eating, Emotional Eating, and Eating Disorders in Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan & Online

It’s Not About Losing Weight. It’s About Resolving the Struggle with Food

If you are exhausted from battling food cravings, guilt after eating, emotional distress around meals, or a persistent struggle with food that controls your thoughts and daily life, you’re not alone. These challenges can feel isolating and overwhelming. As a Registered Nutritionist, Counsellor Psychotherapist, Clinical Medical Hypnotherapist, and Advanced Rapid Transformational Therapist offering services in Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, and Online, I specialise in helping individuals of all ages find lasting freedom by overcoming disordered eating and resolving the trauma often underlying these struggles.

My integrative, whole-body approach combines the science of nutrition, the depth of psychotherapy, and the power of advanced clinical hypnosis to create personalised, evidence-based treatment plans. I work with children, teens, and adults, offering discreet, compassionate support for a wide range of eating challenges, including:

  • Binge eating disorder
  • Emotional eating
  • Chronic dieting and restriction
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • Disordered eating patterns
  • Food obsession and body image struggles
  • Eating disorders linked to trauma and PTSD

Why Traditional Diets and Willpower Alone Don’t Work

It is a misconception that people who struggle with eating behaviours lack willpower or nutritional knowledge. In truth, most clients who seek help have already attempted multiple diets, wellness plans, and even therapy, but continue to feel trapped in a painful cycle of restriction, overindulgence, and self-blame.

This is because the root of disordered eating is rarely about food itself. It is about emotions, unresolved trauma, subconscious beliefs, and dysregulated coping mechanisms. Eating can become a way to manage anxiety, suppress emotional pain, soothe trauma responses, feel a sense of control, or escape internal distress.

Many of the clients I support across Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, and via Online hypnotherapy sessions have histories of childhood trauma, complex PTSD, and emotional neglect. These deeply rooted experiences often lead to disordered eating patterns as a way to survive overwhelming feelings.

A Unique Clinical Approach to Overcoming Eating Disorders, Trauma, and Disordered Eating

What sets my work apart is the integration of clinical psychotherapy, nutrition science, functional medicine, and advanced hypnosis techniques. With specialised training and extensive clinical experience in the field of eating disorders and trauma-informed therapy, I help clients address the emotional, behavioural, nutritional, and physiological roots of their struggles.

My therapeutic model includes:

  • Clinical Hypnotherapy & Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Hypnoanalytic Therapy
  • Trauma-informed Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness and Guided Imagery
  • Nutritional Therapy & Functional Medicine
  • Somatic and lifestyle interventions

This multifaceted method is grounded in evidence-based research and tailored to the unique needs of each individual. Importantly, all therapy is delivered in a trauma-sensitive, neuroaffirming, and compassionate way that prioritises safety, trust, and emotional regulation.

Binge Eating and Emotional Eating: More Than Just Food

Binge eating and emotional eating are among the most common and distressing eating challenges. These patterns often emerge from chronic dieting, trauma, emotional suppression, or self-esteem issues. Clients describe feeling “possessed” by cravings, eating in secret, and experiencing intense shame or regret afterwards.

In my Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, and Online clinics, I work with clients to:

  • Identify emotional and trauma-based triggers
  • Break the cycle of restrict-binge-repeat
  • Reduce cravings and increase emotional regulation
  • Heal feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety around eating
  • Reconnect with the body’s natural hunger and fullness cues

By blending hypnotherapy with cognitive and nutritional strategies, I help clients shift from food obsession to food freedom, and from self-punishment to self-nourishment. We also address the fight, flight, freeze trauma responses that often underlie compulsive or avoidant behaviours with food.

Anorexia, Bulimia, and Complex Eating Disorders

Severe eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder require skilled, specialist care. These conditions often include obsessive thoughts about weight, compulsive behaviours, distorted body image, and high levels of emotional pain, often stemming from past or unresolved trauma.

Rather than viewing clients as diagnoses, I focus on understanding the individual’s lived experience, the origins of their behaviours, and the emotional wounds that maintain the disorder. Many of my clients present with complex trauma histories, including childhood PTSD, bullying, medical trauma, neglect, or abuse.

Common goals in treatment include:

  • Reducing compulsive behaviours such as purging, bingeing, or restriction
  • Addressing body dysmorphia and perfectionism
  • Processing trauma, shame, and internalised beliefs
  • Improving self-worth and identity beyond appearance or food
  • Re-establishing trust in the body and restoring safety through somatic practices

Hypnotherapy allows for gentle yet powerful access to subconscious belief systems shaped by trauma, while therapeutic support ensures clients feel safe and in control during their healing journey.

Eating Disorders and Trauma in Teens and Adolescents

Adolescence is a vulnerable time for the development of eating disorders, especially when combined with trauma. Teens often face intense pressure related to appearance, social media, bullying, academic stress, and family dynamics. When trauma is present—whether from loss, medical procedures, emotional neglect, or abuse—these experiences can contribute to disordered eating as a coping mechanism.

In Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, and Online, I offer specialised support for young people aged 10 and up, including those diagnosed with:

  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Binge eating disorder
  • ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
  • Body image concerns
  • Disordered eating connected to trauma and anxiety

Hypnotherapy is especially effective for this age group due to their imaginative and flexible thinking. Sessions are tailored to be playful, empowering, and educational. I also work closely with parents, offering trauma-informed guidance and support to ensure the home environment is conducive to recovery.

Online Therapy for Eating Disorders & Trauma – Confidential, Accessible Support Wherever You Are

You don’t need to be located in Limerick, Cork, or Dungarvan to access specialised trauma-informed support. My Online hypnotherapy and therapy sessions are available to clients across Ireland and internationally.

Online therapy provides a safe, private space where clients can:

  • Access expert trauma-informed care without travelling
  • Stay consistent with appointments
  • Feel more comfortable in their own environment
  • Engage in therapy at their own pace

Research supports the effectiveness of online therapy for both eating disorders and trauma. I ensure the same quality of care, attention, and confidentiality as in-person appointments.

Can Hypnosis Help With Eating Disorders and Trauma?

Hypnosis is a powerful, science-backed modality that allows access to the subconscious mind—where many beliefs and behaviours related to food, body image, trauma, and self-worth originate.

While hypnosis is not a standalone solution, when combined with therapy, nutritional guidance, and trauma-informed care, it becomes a transformative part of resolving deep-rooted patterns.

Research highlights the benefits of hypnosis for:

  • Reducing binge eating and compulsive behaviours
  • Improving body satisfaction and self-esteem
  • Addressing food-related anxiety and trauma responses
  • Shifting perfectionist and all-or-nothing thinking
  • Supporting long-term behavioural change after trauma

By helping clients reframe limiting beliefs, regulate their nervous system, and release trauma-related emotional blocks, hypnosis facilitates a deeper level of healing that traditional therapy alone may not reach.

Reclaim Your Relationship With Food, Body, and Self – With Trauma-Informed Care

Living in constant battle with food can rob you of joy, energy, and peace of mind. Whether you’re in Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, or seeking therapy online, you deserve compassionate, expert care that treats the whole person — including unresolved trauma and emotional pain.

If you’re ready to:

  • Stop obsessing about food
  • Resolve bingeing, restricting, or purging patterns
  • Understand and address emotional eating and trauma triggers
  • Rebuild self-esteem and body confidence
  • Feel calm and in control around meals

Then I invite you to take the first step toward lasting recovery and emotional resilience.

Start Your Healing Journey Today — Locations in Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan & Online

My clinics in Limerick, Cork, and Dungarvan offer a welcoming, discreet environment where you can begin your path to recovery. For those further afield, online therapy sessions provide flexible, private support wherever you are located.

You are not alone in this journey. With the right support, full recovery from disordered eating, trauma, and PTSD is possible.

Contact me today to schedule a confidential consultation and explore how I can support you or your child in overcoming eating challenges and reclaiming peace and vitality.

 

Claire Russell, Registered Nutritionist, Clinical Medical Hypnotherapist, Advanced RTT Practitioner, Counsellor Psychotherapist. Serving Limerick, Cork, Dungarvan, and Online. Helping clients across Ireland and internationally reclaim health, happiness, peace with food, body, and self through trauma-informed, holistic care.