I completed my undergraduate degree in PPP (Psychology & Philosophy) at the University of Oxford. My PhD, into cognitive processes in anorexia nervosa, supervised by Janet Treasure and John Teasdale, was awarded by the University of London (Institute of Psychiatry) in 2000. Whilst completing the research for my PhD I worked as a research assistant on a treatment trial of calcium supplementation in anorexia nervosa. After working in eating disorders research with children and adolescents at St Georges University of London and Huntercombe Manor Hospital I joined the DClinPsy programme at UCL and graduated in 2004. After 3 years working in clinical health psychology at St Mary's Hospital I returned to UCL as a lecturer in 2007. I combine this post with a half-time clinical post in a community eating disorders service in North East London (NELFT).