Selective Eating Reviews

Simon Black 2025.09.21

     

I was sceptical that in just 2 hours Anthony Tate could help me after 50 years of serious issues with eating, but I was wrong. He knew exactly what the issue was and what he does is nothing short of remarkable. I am trying food I previously wouldn’t have touched. There’s a fair way to go but he’s definitely set me on a path towards normality. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Thank you Anthony.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.09.21

Thanks Simon,

In just one two-hour session, you unlocked a freedom that once felt impossible. Now, every day you’re building confidence, choice, and trust — not just with food, but with yourself. You won’t love every bite, but you’re no longer stuck. You’re feeding your body, your joy, and your future.

You’re on the right path now — and it’s one that leads to better health, easier social moments, and new confidence in every part of life.

Carol Wilbraham 2025.09.17

     

Absolutely amazed, within a week of a 2 hour session with Anthony, my son who has pretty much lived on chicken nuggets, fries and plain pasta has tried a new foods on a daily basis. I have no idea how but Anthony truly knows what he’s talking about, I am so grateful I came across Anthony, honestly I don’t even know how I was just researching food phobias in children, I’m so glad I did and trusted my instinct, honestly 100% if any doubts I truly believe Anthony can help, Anthony thank you so much, I would have paid triple the price to get the results I’m getting right now, 10 yrs of a child not eating virtually anything, to what he’s tried in the last week. Forever grateful for people like you who take time out to understand people have food phobias.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.09.16

It's amazing what can happen in just 2 hours and look at the difference in just a week. I know that there's more to come. I am thrilled by your sons progress.

Lynne Kitson 2025.08.30

     

We are amazed at how much change has been achieved in such a short space of time. For nearly 60 years, my husband has eaten only very plain food - limited meal choices, specific brands, no vegetables & no pepper/spice. We discovered Anthony and went for a consultation. At the end of his session, he was able to try foods that he wouldn’t have previously even touched, let alone tasted. Since the session he makes sure that he tries something new every day. Some he likes and some he doesn’t - but he tries them. This is incredible. Previously if something arrived on his plate that he didn’t order, then he wouldn’t be able to eat the meal. Now he can try it and move it to one side if he doesn’t like it. Opening up his ability to try different foods has been life changing and we’re excited to see where this goes. We are both so grateful and can’t thank Anthony enough. If you, or someone you know, is struggling with this type of difficulty then don’t hesitate to contact him. We only wish we had done so years ago.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.08.30

This is great news Lynne, I know that this new ability to try foods is going to change both your lives. Both of you will be able to go to the Italian restaurant together, and you will find other restaurants too. Social events and holidays will become more pleasurable. Look at what has happened in just a few short weeks, it is just the beginning, with more to come.

Anthony

Eve Bell 2025.07.23

     

We had a session with Anthony for my 16yo daughter, who has struggled with ARFID for years. She found the session intense and was quite overwhelmed afterwards, so I wasn’t expecting instant change. But over the following weeks, I started to notice subtle shifts. Something in her mindset had clearly changed. She became more open to trying new foods, more curious, and less afraid. She has tried things she wouldn’t have gone near before: smoothies, matcha, different sauces, even a Subway. She has also started talking more about what she wants to try, which is huge for her. She even told me how bored she is of her limited options, which, for a child with ARFID, feels like a breakthrough in itself. It’s early days and I know it will be a slow burner, but thanks to Anthony, I feel like we’ve turned a corner. Anthony is patient and really responsive to messages. Highly recommend trying his session.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.07.25

Wonderful news Eve.

Your daughter is talking about and trying new foods. She has come a long way in just a few weeks and she will continue moving in the right direction. It's not a race and your daughter will build her trust and confidence with food quicker than you realise. It won't be long before she is enjoying a wide range of foods and considers this eating disorder a thing of the past.

Anthony

Natalie Surtees 2025.07.06

     

I went to see Anthony as I’d been struggling to contemplate eating vegetables. The thought of them even touching other parts of my meal meant I couldn’t eat the food next to them which I loved. After one session with Anthony in a week I have tried and eaten 9 different vegetables. Quite miraculous. I’m astounded by the results. Highly recommended

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.07.06

This is great news and you have come a long way in just a week. I know that the best is yet to come and your health and social life will be transformed over the coming weeks.

Anthony

Natasha Perry 2025.02.25

     

I found out about this therapy a year before I decided to try it for my son. The reason it took so long is because I just thought my son wasn’t ready for it. Once he left school I started to notice how different he started to feel against his piers. His mates were going out for meals and he stayed at home to save his embarrassment of his food phobia. I knew why he had a food phobia but I couldn’t change his mindset and desperately needed some help other than a dietitian or CAHM’s that simply do not deal with ARFID. The therapy session with Anthony and my son was about two hours. Anthony was so friendly and reassuring my son and I soon felt at ease. I left them to it so not to distract my son and when the session was finished my son was sat with a huge smile on his face and was trying 6 new foods, I actually could have cried with joy. On the way home he asked for a cheeseburger from McDonald’s. I know it’s not a healthy choice but it was so nice to hear him asking to try something that he has never eaten before so I got him his burger and he ate every last bit and enjoyed it. Since his session he tries new foods daily. He still doesn’t like most fruit and veg but he puts it in his mouth, chews it and swallows it each time he is presented with it. He has just started enjoying kiwis, apples, cucumbers and grapes and eats food together on the same fork rather than separately. This therapy was definitely the best money we have spent, my only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner. He is so happy in himself now and it is so nice to see him looking forward to eating and trying new things. Thank you Anthony you worked wonders for our family 🥰

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.02.26

This is wonderful news Natasha. As you have found out, being able to eat a wider range of foods not only affects your physical health, it's also great for your overall wellbeing. Your son will notice that his social life is better also. He is already liking some fruits and over time he will like even more. I am over the moon by your sons progress and know that this will continue.

Anthony

Rebecca Scholes 2025.02.20

     

I attended my therapy with Anthony just over a week ago now, I was very sceptical at first as I had been to various other different therapies in the past and nothing had helped me. This felt like the last chance saloon for me at thirty one years old and having tried various other methods / therapists previously. I’d always been a selective eater and only ate safe, childlike foods (beige / dry). Anthony asked me to take 6-7 foods to try at the end of the session, I took foods with me that I couldn’t even bare to touch the packaging of, to see if the therapy had actually worked. I walked out of the session, having tried 6 completely new foods that I was absolutely terrified of, walking in just 2 hours earlier. A miracle had happened in that session. Anthony was professional, friendly, made me feel very comfortable and there was absolutely no pressure at all. I’m pleased to say that I’m now trying new foods daily & it is slowly starting to change my life. My family & friends have never been so shocked seeing me try different foods that I would never even speak about before. If you are thinking about doing this then I would 10000% recommend, the only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. Thank you so much Anthony for your help & support!

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Reply from Selective Eating 2025.02.20

Wow Rebecca,

It's only been a week and look what progress you have made. There is more to come. You are on the right path now and your life will continue getting better and better. You will notice the difference in your health and social life. You are an inspiration to people that are struggling with this condition. I am excited for your future.

Anthony

Natasha Goulding 2024.11.30

     

My daughter had ARFID we have battled and struggled since she was 3 with her eating and it was getting worse the older she was getting. Secondary school hit and she was really struggling socially as well as at home. She decided last year she was ready to except help. We tried a private therapist as NHS wouldn’t see her. I paid for 8 weeks for us to see no change at all. After a few months passed I decided to research again for help.. and I came across Anthony’s page… we did the free consultation video and for the first time ever I had found someone who just got it! It was like he was in our mind… he knew exactly how she felt what she was thinking. He knows his stuff! We booked a session with him last week and while it’s only been a week and I’m looking forward to her future and how it will be, We have noticed such a difference already. She is trying and LIKING new food daily, she has an interest which was never there before. She is doing amazing and it’s all down to this guy! If your thinking about having therapy or struggle with ARFID please book a free consultation and you will see how great he is with understanding your issues, It has been quite a lonely and segregated journey for the past 13 years not many people understand or get it but I’m so happy! Thank you again! Natasha

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.11.30

I am so pleased Natasha, this is fantastic news. It's only been a week and I know that your daughters future will be very different from the one envisioned. It's hard for people to believe that such incredible changes can happen in one session, but your testimonial is proof that change can happen that quickly, no matter what other professionals have told you.

I know that your daughter has turned a corner and she will notice the changes in her health and social life. I am excited for her future.

Anthony

Samantha Clark 2024.11.24

     

I cannot believe the difference in my child after one session with Anthony. It is absolutely astonishing. My child is no longer nervous or apprehensive about new foods. We’re now two weeks on from the session and he has tried a new food every day. He feels confident and has no worries about trying new things. In fact, he’s now showing much more of an interest in food and has made a long list of things he’d like to try and is working his way through it. He’s also finding handling & preparing food much easier as well which is great news for me and for his food tech lessons at school. After years of struggling this has been literally life changing. I had an initial consultation online and then my child & I had one together before we booked the appointment and we also attended the appointment together (my child’s choice). That lead in gave us plenty of time to chat about it at home & for my child to decide if he wanted to book it & when, which was also really helpful as he never felt pressured & was always the one making the decisions which was key to the success. Anthony built a rapport with him from the outset and my child feels very confident about food, which he never has, since he was quite young. I cannot recommend Anthony highly enough. Thank you.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.11.24

This is fantastic news Samantha, I know that your sons confidence is only going to grow, he has turned a corner and his life is going to improve in so many ways. I am excited for his future.

Ellie Vernon 2024.11.04

     

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Pearl Green 2024.11.01

     

Anthony made the session really comfortable for me and made me feel calm and confident with talking about my problems. The session was easy to follow and planned out amazingly. The session has worked and I am now trying new foods and gaining confidence.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.11.01

This is fantastic news Pearl, your confidence will continue to grow and your life will be transformed over the coming weeks and months.

Bernie Marron 2024.07.18

     

I'm retired and I have had my selective eating problem since I was a small child, so a very long time! Towards the end of my session with Anthony I was able to try several new foods. I can't emphasise enough that it would have been impossible for me to even try anything beyond my narrow diet before this session. In the week since my treatment I have tried new food every day. I haven't liked it all but I have been able to eat at least 10 mouthfuls of everything and I have not felt sick. Some things I have already accepted as an ongoing part of my diet. I'm going to keep going because I can really see how this will lead to a healthier life and open up social opportunities. This is life-changing.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.07.18

This is great news Bernie. You are on a path to a better social life. You will be able to join in, where previously you might have found excuses and declined invites. I know that as your trust and confidence with food grows and you start associating food with fun experiences, your life will improve in so many ways. Keep going and in a short amount of time you will find that you don't need to think about it anymore, you will be doing it automatically.

Anthony

Laura Harrison 2024.07.06

     

At 34 I honestly thought I'd always have a restricted diet. Despite initially being skeptical this has completely changed my life. Anthony was really understanding and at the end of the session I was able to try 6 new foods, which I never thought would happen. I've already found so many foods I'd never tried that I now love. I can't thank Anthony enough.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.07.06

This is fantastic news, Laura. While many are skeptical, change happens rapidly when you commit to it. Your decision to try this treatment has clearly improved your life and I know that your life will continue to improve in so many ways. I'm thrilled for you.

Anthony

Lauren Heath 2024.05.05

     

I contacted Anthony from a Google search and reading the reviews on his page. I have a 13 Yr old son who will only eat a small selection of foods and after talking to Antony, understood he has ARFID. I was admittedly skeptical about how the session would go, but I couldn't be more amazed with the results! My son would always point blank to try any foods he wasnt familiar with. And if he did, He would gag and spit it out and physically could not swallow it. By the end of his session. He tried all of the different foods we took to the appointment. And every day since, has tried ATLEAST 2 new foods. There is no fear there at all now. If he tries something he doesn't particularly like, He'll still eat it. What Anthony has done for my son is incredible and can see things only getting better now.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.05.05

This is fantastic news Lauren.

Your son has turned a corner, as he continues trying new foods his confidence will grow and he will be joining in at parties and school trips will become stress free, his whole life will become easier in so many ways. He has an exciting future in front of him.

Anthony

C Thistlewick 2024.04.23

     

This really seems to work for a lot of people so I'm hesitant to post a negative review, but after seeing Anthony last summer it didn't work for me personally. It seems like we had a bit of a miscommunication: while I have ARFID, what I really wanted was to be able to swallow pills, and while in the phone consultation I was told this would be possible, in person we didn't really cover anything to do with this and it felt a bit like there was a script to be stuck to. This script clearly works for dealing with ARFID, but it was quite an expensive treatment for something that wasn't really what I was looking for at that time. While the session itself is really positive, it requires commitment to work afterwards: trying a new food every day for a few weeks. This might be easy for some people, but it requires money and imagination, or living with people who are eating differently to you, to be able to cook new foods and enjoy them. Ultimately if you're in a position to spend several hundred pounds to change your relationship with food, then look at all the other positive reviews he's received. I'm sure if I'd tried this at a different point in my life I'd be one of them, but the only reason I felt it was worth trying at that time was to be able to swallow pills for medication purposes, and it felt like that wasn't really addressed at all.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.04.27

It's great receiving the 5 star reviews, but it's reviews like this that remind us that this is a serious issue that people struggle with. I am confident that my approach is the best approach for most of the people that I see, however, I recognise it isn't for everybody. This is the reason that I constantly look to learn and improve my methods to help more people.

We didn't find the reason for your difficulty in swallowing pills, don't give up, there is a reason and when it is found that will lead to your solution.

Jodie Weaver 2024.04.15

     

At 25, I have suffered with ARFID/SED for as long as I can recall. Despite wanting to change my eating habits desperately, I was terrified to seek help. A family member forwarded Anthony's information to me, I gained enough confidence to reach out and ask for help. Throughout the initial consultation I was put at ease and for the first time in my life, when discussing my aversion to food, I didn't feel ashamed. I booked in for a first session with Anthony. After the 2 hour session, I tried 7 new foods which seems like a genuine miracle. Since then, I have been successful in trying something new every day since the session. The condition is an on going process of learning to over come the phobia of food. But without Anthony's building blocks I would have not made the progress I have, especially in such a short amount of time. I cannot vouch enough that if anyone is struggling with food aversions, this is the best type of help available. I can't thank Anthony enough.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.04.15

This is great news Jodie.

I gave you a little bit of information, updated your perception of food which helped you with your ability to try new foods.

I know that as your confidence grows, your ability to try new foods will become easier. This will translate into improved health, more opportunities in your social life and career. Life will become easier. I am excited for your future.

Anthony

Rach Papaleo 2024.03.31

     

So it has been just over a week since I had my therapy with Anthony & let me tell you, it has been truly life changing! I have had arfid since I was 4 years old and it has been detrimental to my social life, health & wellbeing to name just a few. My general food intake was just plain pasta, cookies, chocolate, potatoes, chicken super noodles. My food was beige, boring and bland with zero fruit or veggies. I was getting fed up of feeling embarrassed whenever I went out for dinner with friends/family and always being the weird one. I used to feel extreme fear when I was trying new foods to the point I wouldn't try it and would probably be sick. However, since my therapy with Anthony, I have tried 22 different food items, including fruit and veg, which before this process there was absolutely no way I would have done. I've now found foods I really like, plus incorporating different fruit and veg in to my diet to improve my health. I truly can't believe it has worked, I really thought that I'd be like this forever after 24 years of being like this. I can't thank Anthony enough. If you are in the same or similar situation as me, then do it!! It will be the best money you've ever spent. I promise you that. Thank you Anthony again for removing my fear of trying new foods, it's seriously been the best experience with no judgement and I've never once felt embarrassed. Thank you.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.03.31

This is fantastic news Rachael. I know that it seems like therapy should be hard, but in reality, the hardest thing is usually, just making the decision to do something about your ARFID.

I know that you are on a different path now, your future will be different from what you imagined. Life will improve in so many ways for you. I am excited for you.

Anthony

Aidan Arnold 2024.01.24

     

I was really skeptical about this at first. My whole life I’ve not wanted to try new food and always kept to my safe foods like chicken nuggets and chips. This call has helped me so much, I’m so pleased after never being able to try new foods I tried 6 new foods on the call and have been trying new foods every single day! I honestly can’t believe it, I was so skeptical about this but it has helped me so much. Thank you so much Anthony for your help.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2024.01.24

This is great news Aidan, I know that your life has changed and you will notice the benefits in all areas of your life.

Rebecca Duffy 2023.07.08

     

After only a 2 hour Skype session with Anthony my life changed so much for the better! After 20 years of only eating bread, plain pasta and chips, I’m now trying new things everyday and finding things I both love and don’t like, but being able to try them without a mental block has been a blessing thanks to Anthony! Anthony made the whole process comfortable every step of the way, I highly recommend his services as with every day that passes my world of eating gets better thanks to his work!

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Reply from Selective Eating 2023.07.08

Thanks for your kind words Rebecca. I know that you will go from strength to strength and life will open up new opportunities and possibilities for you.

Carla Stott 2023.06.27

     

My son has had problems with eating for a long time. He is now 15 and it was effecting his social life. He could no longer go out with friends and enjoy things a teenager should. I discovered he was suffering from ARFID and found someone who knew all about this. Anthony Tait has given him a glimmer of hope. After one session, just one, my son has tried at least ten new things in so many days. He does not struggle to put them in his mouth. He is comfortable around new foods and is willing to try something other than his safe foods. I had almost given up on ever finding help, thank goodness we found Anthony Tait. I am so happy with the results and feel my son will now have the prospect of a fuller life. I have asked, begged and pleaded for someone to help and the difference Anthony Tait has made in mine and my son’s life is incredible. He is not in excruciating pain whenever he tries new things, he is just willing and open to new tastes. It is small amounts, but I can see hope in the future and I have to say a huge thank you.

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Reply from Selective Eating 2023.06.28

Wow, this is great news Carla. Your son's confidence will grow every day and I see a bright future for him.