Dr Barbara Pearlman, Clinical Psychologist

The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

Dr Barbara Pearlman is a clinical psychologist who has specialised in the treatment of eating disorders for 28 years. She now runs the Finchley Clinic for Eating Disorders - a private out-patient facility in North London. Previously she supervised an out-patient clinic at Watford General, an NHS hospital, and created and supervised an in-patient, day-patient and out-patient eating disorder clinic at the North London Priory. She was also consultant supervisor to a regional eating disorder service in North East Essex. She is a founder member and associate director of the Independent Psychology Service (IPS) - a network of private clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists in North London. The IPS provides assessment and treatment for individuals, couples and families. It also offers teaching packages to GP’s and Solicitors.

Articles: 
  • Treating eating disorders: Findings from the latest brain function research

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    The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

    Three categories of eating disorder are described in this article and these are anorexia nervosaAn eating disorder characterised by severe weight loss and altered self-image that leads sufferers to believe that they are overweight when they are in fact dangerously underweight. It most often affects teenaged girls and young women but the incidence in young men is rising., bulimia nervosaAn illness that is chracterised by bouts of overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting. and a catch-all category called EDNOS, or eating disorder not otherwise specified.

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