About Us
Meet the Team
We are a team of registered nutritionists and psychotherapists specialising in food- and body image-related concerns. We aim to blend traditional nutrition with counselling to offer a deeply personalised, compassionate, and client-centred approach that is catered to each individual we meet.
A unique integrative approach
Founded in 2016 by Pixie, The Food Therapy Centre has evolved into a uniquely integrative service, offering psychotherapy and nutrition counselling all in one. All our clinicians are either dual-qualified, are working towards dual qualification, or have basic training in therapeutic modalities.
Pixie Turner (MBACP, RNutr)
Director and Clinical Lead
Specialist areas: food and body image concerns, trauma, LGBTQ+ issues.
Pixie (she/her) is our founder and director, as well as the lead clinician at The Food Therapy Centre.
As a psychotherapist and nutrition counsellor, she specialises in disordered eating, body image work, and LGBTQ+ concerns. She has extensive experience in all these areas, as well as experience in working with complex trauma and how it manifests in someone’s relationship with food/themselves in adulthood. She takes an integrative approach, discussing both food and emotions to get a more complete understanding of a person. Her overall aim is to help improve someone’s relationship with both food and themselves.
Early in her career she found it challenging to access appropriate training aimed at nutrition professionals in private practice, which has ignited a passion in filling those gaps by offering courses, supervision, and shadowing opportunities.
Outside of her clinical practice, her science communication work extends across several platforms: social media, teaching at BSc/MSc level, public speaking, writing, media work, and her podcast ‘In Bad Taste’.
Qualifications and further training:
MSc Nutrition, UCL
HPD Counselling and Psychotherapy
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, QMUL
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Intuitive Eating
Body image healing
CBT-E
Integrative trauma treatment
Registered with the Association for Nutrition (AfN) and the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
Roz Pickles (ANutr)
Nutrition Counsellor
Specialist areas: food and body image concerns, nutrition.
Roz (she/her) is an associate registered nutritionist (ANutr).
Prior to working in nutrition and joining The Food Therapy Centre, she gained extensive experience in the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her love for working with both people and food led her to a career in nutrition. She is passionate about the non-diet approach, making nutrition inclusive, and helping to improve people’s relationship with food.
In addition, Roz is an avid cook and recipe developer, and aims to embody that love for food into her work with clients.
Qualifications and further training:
BSc (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition
MSc Nutrition – University of Leeds
Intuitive Eating
Disordered Eating
Counselling Skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Registered with the Association for Nutrition (AfN).
Iwan Mainstone (ANutr)
Nutrition Counsellor
Specialist areas: food and body image concerns, nutrition, neurodivergence.
Iwan (he/him) is a queer, registered associate nutritionist (ANutr), and trainee fitness instructor.
Iwan has dedicated his career to empowering individuals with neurodivergence, such as ADHD and Autism. His previous experience working closely with neurodivergent individuals has allowed him to develop specialised strategies and approaches to address their unique nutritional needs, fostering positive changes in their lives.
Iwan has recently joined The Food Therapy Centre, where he continues to blend his expertise in nutrition with a passion for holistic health. He strives to create a safe and inclusive space for clients, utilising his knowledge and skills to help individuals build healthier relationships with food, their bodies, and themselves. Through a collaborative and empathetic approach, he encourages clients to explore their dietary choices with curiosity and kindness, promoting lasting positive transformations.
Qualifications and further training:
BSc (Hons) Nutritional Sciences
Fitness Instructing course (ongoing)
Counselling Skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
LGBTQ+ awareness
Registered with the Association for Nutrition (AfN).