You’re on Mounjaro. You’re still not free from food.

If you are taking Mounjaro, Wegovy or Ozempic – you already know the judgement that comes with it. The comments about taking the easy way out. The shame of doing it quietly because it feels easier than explaining yourself. This is a non-judgemental space. There is no easy way out when it comes to your relationship with food, and medication is not a shortcut – it is a tool, and like any tool it works best with the right support around it.
 
Working with me alongside your GLP-1 medication means three things. First, keeping you as safe as possible – managing side effects like nausea, muscle loss and nutritional deficiencies so your body loses weight in a healthy way. Second, making sure that when you come off the medication, the weight does not come back, because you will have done the work on why food became a struggle in the first place. Third, no judgement. Ever.
 
Whether you are just starting, mid-way through, or coming off your medication – you are in the right place.
GLP-1 support, Lisa Unger
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Why the medication alone is not enough

GLP-1 medications suppress your appetite and quiet the thoughts about food. For many people that feels like relief – sometimes for the first time in years. But the medication doesn’t touch the roots. The emotional triggers, the habits, the reasons you turned to food in the first place – those are still there. And without food as a coping strategy, many people find they replace it with something else. Alcohol. Phone scrolling. Other ways of numbing. The emotion still needs somewhere to go.
 
And when the medication is reduced or stopped, it can come back with a vengeance.
 
This is not a failing. It is what happens when you treat the symptom without treating the cause.

What we work on together

When we work together your health doesn’t get left behind. We look at two things alongside each other:
 
The roots – understanding why food has become a struggle. What the eating is doing for you emotionally. What triggers it, what keeps it going, and what needs to change underneath for the pattern to actually shift.
 
Your health – making sure your body is getting what it needs while you are on medication. Managing side effects. Protecting your muscle mass. Eating in a way that supports your weight loss journey so that when you come off the medication, your body is in the best possible position.
About-Lisa-Unger
Free Video Call Lisa Unger Binge Eating Therapist

What the free call is

It is 30 minutes, online, and completely without pressure. We will talk about where you are right now, what you have tried, and whether working together feels like the right fit. There is no obligation and no hard sell. Just a conversation.
 
If it is right, we talk about next steps. If it is not, I will tell you that honestly and point you in the right direction.

Common Questions

I am a UK-based binge eating and body confidence specialist. I hold the NCFED Master Practitioner qualification in Eating Disorders and Obesity, a BSc in Psychology, and a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy from the College of Naturopathic Medicine. I am also EFTi-accredited. I work online with private adult clients across the UK, helping people who have spent years struggling with food finally change their relationship with it – without cutting anything out or going on a diet.

Binge eating disorder (BED) is a clinically diagnosable eating disorder recognised by the NHS and NICE. It follows strict criteria around frequency, loss of control, and the distress it causes. Binge eating without a formal diagnosis is when you regularly eat past the point of comfort – often in response to emotions, stress, or years of restriction – but may not tick every clinical box. Both are real, both cause distress, and both deserve support. You do not need a diagnosis to get help. If your relationship with food is causing you pain, that is enough.

Yes. I hold the NCFED Master Practitioner qualification in Eating Disorders and Obesity – this is the specialist training that addresses the emotional, psychological and behavioural sides of binge eating. My background in nutritional therapy means I can also support you if there are physical factors involved, such as gut health or the role of protein in stabilising your appetite. But the focus of the work is always your relationship with food and yourself, not your diet.

GLP-1 medications suppress your appetite and quiet the thoughts about food, but they do not address the root causes. The deeper reasons you have been overeating do not disappear – they can surface in other ways. Food is often a coping strategy, and when that is taken away, emotions, self-criticism, and old patterns can show up differently. My work addresses all the root areas – emotional resilience, beliefs, habits, and body image – whether you are actively struggling with them right now or not. Getting ahead of this while you are on the medication makes everything that comes after far easier.

That fear is completely understandable. The statistics around weight regain after stopping GLP-1 medication are significant, and it is something worth taking seriously. I am not a doctor and I will always encourage you to work closely with your medical team, but what I can help you with is everything that sits underneath the eating. The reasons you were overeating before the medication do not go away on their own. My work helps you understand what is driving your relationship with food, manage what comes up as your appetite returns, and build the emotional and psychological foundations that make lasting change possible, with or without medication.

How we work together will be tailored to your needs. The 1:1 option starts with a 90 minute to two hour session where I get to understand your full history with food, your body and yourself. After that, sessions are 45 minutes to an hour, weekly, all by video call. Most people commit to a minimum of six months, though this can be shorter or longer depending on what you are working through.

If you prefer to work at your own pace, the Break Free from Binge Eating programme is the alternative. It starts with a 1:1 session with me, followed by five recorded modules you work through in your own time.

Yes. Online 1:1 sessions are now the default for UK private binge eating support. Sessions are by video call, in a confidential and secure environment, and have outcomes equivalent to in-person work. Online delivery also means you can access specialist support from anywhere in the UK, including places without a local specialist.

Recovery looks different for everyone. Most people commit to at least six months of weekly 1:1 work – this gives enough time to understand the patterns, address the root causes, and build a genuinely different relationship with food. For some people it is less, for others it is longer. What matters more than a timeline is that the changes stick, and that takes the time it takes.

No. You do not need a GP or psychiatrist referral to work with me. Most people self-refer, often after years of trying to address binge eating on their own or through general healthcare. Some people work with me alongside an NHS care pathway – I am happy to collaborate with your GP or other clinicians where that is helpful.

Because this is not a diet, and it is not another version of something you have already tried. Overeating is not about willpower. It is not about being greedy or lacking self-control. For most people it started as a coping strategy – a way of managing emotions, stress, or difficult feelings – and over time it became the default. The problem was never the food. Most approaches focus on what you eat, how much, and when. This one starts somewhere completely different. We work on the reasons you overeat in the first place – the emotions, beliefs, habits, and patterns that have kept you stuck. When you no longer need food as a coping strategy, the eating changes because it no longer needs to be there in the way it was. If everything you have tried has been about controlling food, it makes sense that nothing has lasted. This is a whole different approach.

No. There are no meal plans, no banned foods, and no rules about what you can and cannot eat. Instead, you will learn how to eat in a way that builds trust between you and your body. That means tuning into your hunger, recognising when you have eaten enough, and understanding what your body is actually telling you. Over time your body learns to trust that food is coming, and you learn to trust yourself around food – including the foods you currently feel out of control around. Nothing is off limits. Part of the work is learning how to eat your favourite foods without fear, guilt, or losing control. That is not something a meal plan can ever teach you.

Shame is one of the most common things people bring to this work, and one of the most important things we address. You are not alone in feeling it. The shame spiral around food often starts small. You eat something you have labelled as bad, so you feel bad for eating it, and then you feel bad about yourself. One moment becomes a judgement about who you are. That is not weakness – it is what happens when food has been tied to your worth for a long time. You will never be pushed to share more than you are ready to. This is a space without judgement, and we move at your pace. But shame does not tend to loosen its grip by staying hidden, so gently, and in your own time, we do work on it. Freeing yourself from shame is part of what makes lasting change possible. Most people find that being heard without judgement is itself a significant part of the process.

My work does draw on some of the same tools used by therapists and counsellors, and yes, we will talk about your emotions, experiences, and what is going on beneath the surface. But there is an important difference in focus. Therapy and counselling explore your emotional world broadly, often going deep into past experiences. My work is centred entirely on your relationship with food. We explore thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behaviours only in the context of how they are affecting the way you eat and how you feel about yourself. We are understanding your past well enough to change what is happening now. This work can sit well alongside therapy – though that would need to be discussed with your therapist.

Emotional eating isn’t just eating when you’re emotional – that’s normal. It’s using food to change how you feel. And food works. It soothes, it distracts, it comforts, it gives relief. It’s a coping strategy, and it only becomes a problem when it’s your only one, or when it stops serving you. If you’ve reached the point where food is running the show – where you can’t stop once you start, or you’re eating in ways that are causing you distress – that’s where I come in. You don’t need a diagnosis. You just need to recognise yourself in what you’ve just read.

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