Nutritionist/Dietician
Shannon Yates - Lead Dietician
Shannon has 25 years of experience working with eating disorders. She has worked for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust and as a Nutritional Consultant for several treatment centres in the UK. Shannon provides nutritional counselling for adults and young people and runs groups for patients and carers. Shannon has an MSc in Institutional Administration, Texas Women’s University and a BSc in Home Economics majoring in Food, Nutrition and Institutional Management, University of Alabama. She is a Health Professions Registered Dietitian, member of the British Dietetic Association, American Dietetic Association and the American Overseas Dietetic Association. Shannon’s wealth of experience, her calm, no nonsense approach is both reassuring and highly effective as her clients work towards recovery.
Mary Strugar – Visiting Nutritionist
Mary qualified as a nutritionist at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in 1997 and was made a fellow in 2001. She is a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine in the US having completed their Applied Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice course in America. She was a pioneering Editor of medical, educational CD-Roms such as 'Mastering MRI' (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), made with the President of the MRI Society (USA), Dr John Crues. Mary's psychotherapy work includes the use of Medical NLP and Human Givens and she is currently completing her Masters in Human Givens Psychotherapy.
