Your clients are struggling with food in ways they will never tell you about.

They sit across from you, nod at your advice, and go home and eat their feelings. Not because they don't trust you. Because they are ashamed.

Practitioner Training
NBHWC

Approved Training

12 CE

CPD Credits

12

Self-Paced Modules

6 Months

Community Access

400+

Practitioners Trained

10+

Countries

20 yrs

Clinical Experience

4,000+

Masterclass Attendees

Let's be honest about what's actually happening in your caseload.

The More Than Weight report (West Yorkshire ICB, 2025) found that 66% of adults in weight management services report frequent emotional eating. Only 35% of health professionals feel equipped to support them. That gap - between what clients need and what practitioners feel able to offer - is where people fall through.

In therapy, clients often use food to cope or numb out during difficult experiences. Many learned to self-soothe with food during a traumatic period in their younger lives. Research shows that up to 80% of bariatric surgery patients had at least one adverse psychological event in their past.

In Type 2 Diabetes, up to 40% of patients meet the criteria for Binge Eating Disorder. Fewer than 27% of health professionals report screening for BED. That is a systemic failure, and your clients are paying the price for it.

And the standard of care when it surfaces? Give them another meal plan.

A client finally opens up about the bingeing, the secret eating, the cycle of restriction and shame - and the practitioner, with the best intentions in the world, reaches for what they know. A food diary. A behaviour change goal. A referral to a waiting list that is six months long.

This training is how you become the practitioner who understands what is actually happening.

Most CPD gives you theory. This gives you a clinical toolkit.

Trauma-informed

A clinically grounded training that takes the psychology of emotional eating seriously - including the trauma that often underlies it.

Scope-of-practice safe

Learn exactly where your role begins and ends. We don't ask you to become a therapist. We ask you to become more confident.

Immediately usable

Assessment tools, conversation frameworks, client handouts, worksheets. Ready for your very next client.

What changes in your practice when you complete this training.

Assess for emotional and binge eating safely, without inducing shame

Understand the role of trauma in disordered eating and have the language to open conversations carefully

Help clients reduce episodes of emotional or binge eating and break the cycle

Support clients to reset their relationship with food and restore confidence

Recognise the red flags that indicate a client needs specialist psychiatric input

Write professional, collaborative communications to other services

Position yourself as a specialist in this area

What other health professionals say.

Michelle Tubman MD
Michelle Tubman MD
Obesity Medicine Specialist, Canada
"The Eating Freely training course is one of the best I've ever taken. The teaching was top notch - insightful, practical and delivered with so much compassion."
Alice Leemhuis
Alice Leemhuis
Nutrition Coach, Australia
"This training is worth every cent! It's given me the ability to really understand health and food relationships from a whole new angle."
Paula Appleton
Paula Appleton
Mental Health & Exercise Coach, UK
"This education has spoken to me SO much. I know we will all help so many people overcome life-long challenges, forever."
Emma Murphy

Emma Murphy

MIHP, NBC-HWC • Founder & Clinical Director, Eating Freely

I have been doing this work for almost 20 years. I am a psychotherapist, an eating disorder specialist, and the founder of Eating Freely. We have trained over 400 practitioners across more than 10 countries.

I built this training because I kept seeing the same thing - practitioners who genuinely wanted to help their clients with food and eating, but who had never been given the tools to do it properly.

This training is everything I know about this area, structured so you can implement it immediately.

Course Tuition

Get full access to all 12 modules, community support, and clinical tools upon enrolment.

$495
  • Full access to all 12 training modules
  • Optional live monthly Q&A sessions
  • 6 months access to the Eating Freely Circle Community
  • 12 NBHWC-approved CE/CPD credits
  • Certificate of Completion
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Questions you might have.

Who is this training for?

Health coaches, fitness professionals, nutritionists, therapists, counsellors, psychologists, diabetes educators, doctors, nurses - anyone working with clients whose relationship with food is complex.

I'm not an Eating Freely Practitioner - can I take this?

Yes. This training is specifically designed for practitioners outside the Eating Freely network. No prior Eating Freely training is required.

How long do I have to complete it?

Six months from the date you enrol. I recommend setting aside a specific time each week to do one or two modules.

How much time will this take per week?

A maximum of two hours a week for your self-paced study. If you attend the optional live sessions, add an hour a month.

Your clients need a practitioner who understands.

Enrol today to gain immediate access to the full training and clinical toolkit.