Ashley Cross Eating Disorders Service

Ashley Cross Eating Disorders Service An Online Treatment and Assessments Service for Binge Eating Disorder, ADHD, Autism, ARFID, Anorexia and Bulimia.

Brought to you by Nicole Grilo - Psychological Therapist and Nutritionist - An Eating Disorder Specialist

05/06/2026

Food Fear Isn’t Failure — Why Avoidance Is Normal (and What Helps Next)

If food fear leads to avoidance, it doesn’t mean you’re weak, stuck, or “not trying hard enough.”

Avoidance is a normal nervous system response when food feels unsafe. It’s your brain trying to protect you — not sabotage recovery.

The goal in ARFID recovery isn’t to eliminate avoidance overnight.
It’s to understand it… and learn how to move forward gently, without pressure or panic.

💬 Let’s talk:
What does avoidance look like for you right now — skipping foods, shrinking your safe list, needing reassurance, or avoiding meals altogether?

👇 Support options if you want help moving forward:

🎓 ARFID Stage One Program (self-paced, trauma-informed)
👉 https://aceds-online.thinkific.com/bundles/arfid-stage-one-program

📞 Book a 30-minute enquiry call
👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 More ARFID & recovery support on YouTube
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

If this helped, like, follow, and share — it helps these videos reach people who need them 💛
Avoidance makes sense. And change is still possible.

01/06/2026

CBT-E therapy: structured, yet flexible for your needs

Nathalie talks about CBT-E (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders) and what people often don’t realise about it.

CBT-E is structured, which can feel containing and supportive — especially when things feel overwhelming or chaotic. But it’s also flexible. Sessions are adapted to you: your pace, your experiences, and what feels most important right now.

It isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.
It’s collaborative.
And it evolves as you do.

For many people, that balance between structure and flexibility makes therapy feel both safe and personalised — rather than rigid or overwhelming.

If you’re curious about CBT-E or want to explore whether it might be right for you, you’re very welcome to book a 30-minute enquiry call here:

👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 Watch the full conversation with Nathalie on YouTube:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

Support should meet you where you are — not the other way around.

25/05/2026

Supporting A Loved One With An Eating Disorder

Supporting someone with an eating disorder can feel confusing, emotional, and at times overwhelming. In this conversation, Claire shares gentle, grounded advice for loved ones who want to help but aren’t always sure how.

We talk about the importance of staying connected, listening without judgement, and trying to understand what might sit beneath the eating behaviours. Claire reflects on how eating disorders often serve a function — helping someone cope with distress, fear, or self-criticism — and why approaching a loved one with curiosity rather than confrontation can make a real difference.

We also explore how supporters need support too. It’s okay to feel unsure. It’s okay to ask questions. And it’s okay to recognise that you don’t have to have all the answers to be helpful.

This conversation is a reminder that steady presence, compassion, and patience often matter more than saying the “perfect” thing.

If you’d like to explore support for yourself or a loved one, you can find us here:

🌿 Website: https://aceds.co.uk
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1
📞 Free enquiry call: https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

18/05/2026

The Most Rewarding Moment in Eating Disorder Nutrition Therapy Revealed

In this conversation, Milda and I reflect on the moments in nutrition work that feel most meaningful — the small but powerful shifts that signal real change. We talk about how progress in eating disorder recovery doesn’t always look dramatic, and how the most rewarding moments are often quiet ones: increased trust with food, a little less fear at mealtimes, or someone beginning to believe that change is possible.

Milda shares what it’s like to witness clients reconnect with their bodies, move away from shame, and start to feel more confident around food. We talk about how these moments are built through consistency, patience, and a compassionate approach, rather than pressure or rigid expectations.

We also explore why noticing and valuing these shifts matters — especially when recovery can feel slow or invisible from the outside. This conversation is about recognising progress as it unfolds, and understanding that meaningful change often shows up in subtle but deeply significant ways.

For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, this is a reminder that recovery is made up of many small moments that add up over time, and that each step forward — no matter how quiet — truly counts.

If you’d like to explore support in a way that feels manageable for you, you can find us here:

🌿 Website: https://aceds.co.uk
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1
📞 Free enquiry call: https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

11/05/2026

CBT for ARFID is changing eating disorder treatment

In this short, Jackie talks about how CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders) and CBT-AR (CBT for ARFID) have shifted the way eating disorders are understood and treated.

These approaches don’t focus on blame or willpower. Instead, they offer structured, evidence-based support that helps people understand their patterns, build skills, and make change in a way that feels collaborative and realistic.

CBT-AR, in particular, recognises the complexity of ARFID — including sensory sensitivities, fear, and avoidance — and adapts therapy accordingly.

Both approaches are:
• structured yet flexible
• tailored to the individual
• grounded in compassion, not judgement

If this resonates and you’re curious about CBT-based support for eating disorders or ARFID, you’re very welcome to book a 30-minute enquiry call here:

👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 Watch Jackie’s full conversation on YouTube:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

Effective treatment evolves — and therapy should evolve with you.

04/05/2026

How to feel less alone in your eating disorder journey

Nathalie speaks to something so many people experience during an ED journey — feeling isolated, misunderstood, or like no one quite gets it.

Eating disorders can be incredibly lonely. Even when people care, it can feel hard to let others in or to put words to what you’re going through. Nathalie reflects on how connection — whether through therapy, safe relationships, or shared understanding — can begin to ease that sense of aloneness.

You don’t have to say everything perfectly.
You don’t have to be “ready.”
And you don’t have to do this on your own.

If this resonates and you’re thinking about reaching out, you’re very welcome to book a 30-minute enquiry call here:

👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 Watch the full conversation with Nathalie on YouTube:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

Feeling less alone often starts with one safe connection.

01/05/2026

A step-by-step way to overcome food fear — without pressure or panic

If food fear triggers panic, shutdown, or avoidance, being pushed to “just get it over with” can make things worse — not better.

Real progress comes from step-by-step support that helps your nervous system feel safe before asking it to do more.

This kind of approach focuses on:
• small, manageable steps
• reducing panic, not powering through it
• repetition and predictability
• building confidence gradually

You don’t need to rush.
You don’t need to force.
And you don’t need to panic your way through recovery.

💬 Let’s talk:
What tends to show up first for you with food fear — panic, nausea, shutdown, avoidance, or pressure from others?

👇 Support options if you want guidance:

🎓 ARFID Stage One Program (self-paced, trauma-informed)
👉 https://aceds-online.thinkific.com/bundles/arfid-stage-one-program

📞 Book a 30-minute enquiry call
👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 More ARFID & recovery support on YouTube
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

If this was helpful, like, follow, and share — it helps this reach people who really need it 💛
Recovery works best when safety comes first.

27/04/2026

Discover Claire’s Integrative Therapy Approach That Transforms Lives

In this conversation, Claire shares what it really means to work in an integrative way — and why tailoring therapy to the individual can make such a difference in eating disorder recovery.

Rather than following a rigid formula, Claire draws from different therapeutic approaches to meet each person where they are. We talk about how eating disorders rarely exist in isolation — they’re often connected to anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, perfectionism, and relational experiences — and why therapy needs flexibility to explore those layers safely.

Claire reflects on the importance of creating a strong therapeutic relationship first, building trust and safety before moving into deeper work. Integrative therapy allows space to slow down, understand patterns, and explore meaning — not just behaviours.

This conversation offers insight into how therapy can adapt to the person in front of you, rather than expecting you to fit into a model.

If you’d like to explore support in a way that feels manageable for you, you can find us here:

🌿 Website: https://aceds.co.uk
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1
📞 Free enquiry call: https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

📌What feels most important to you in a therapist — structure, flexibility, safety, challenge?

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recovery.

20/04/2026

Why Slow and Steady Wins the Battle Against Eating Disorders

So much of recovery is framed as needing to happen quickly — making big changes, seeing fast progress, “doing it properly.” In this conversation, Milda and I talk about why a slow and steady approach is often not only kinder, but more effective in eating disorder recovery.

We explore how rushing change can increase fear, pressure, and all-or-nothing thinking, and why moving at a steadier pace can help people feel safer, more regulated, and more able to sustain change over time. Milda shares how, from a nutrition perspective, slowing things down allows trust with food to rebuild gradually, rather than swinging between extremes.

We also talk about how comparison can creep in — watching others recover faster, feeling behind, or worrying that slow progress means you’re doing something wrong. This conversation challenges that idea, reminding us that recovery isn’t a race, and that consistency often matters far more than speed.

For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, this is a reminder that going slowly doesn’t mean you’re failing — it often means you’re building something that can actually last.

If you’d like to explore support in a way that feels manageable for you, you can find us here:

🌿 Website: https://aceds.co.uk
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1
📞 Free enquiry call: https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

13/04/2026

How to find hope when you’re stuck in the restrictive phase of eating disorder recovery

The restrictive phase of recovery can feel especially exhausting — physically, mentally, and emotionally. It’s often the point where progress feels slow, motivation feels low, and hope can feel very far away.

In this short, Jackie talks about how hope doesn’t always come from big breakthroughs. Sometimes it comes from understanding what restriction is protecting you from, feeling supported rather than pushed, and taking small, compassionate steps forward.

You don’t need to feel ready.
You don’t need to feel confident.
And you don’t need to force hope before it’s there.

In trauma-informed therapy, hope is often held for you until you’re able to feel it yourself.

If this resonates and you’re thinking about support for restrictive eating or ARFID, you’re very welcome to book a 30-minute enquiry call here:

👉 https://calendly.com/aceds/30min

🎥 Watch Jackie’s full conversation on YouTube:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

Even when you feel stuck, change can still be happening quietly.

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