Amy Siddall

Amy has been working with children and young people with feeding and eating disorders since qualifying as a mental health nurse in 2011. Amy developed her knowledge and understanding of ARFID whilst working in the Feeding and Eating Disorders Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital from 2014 - 2020. Amy has continued to work with children and young people with ARFID and their families since this time and currently works as a senior clinical nurse specialist in a national and specialist ARFID Service for children and young people.

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Amy has extensive experience in completing holistic assessments and formulating feeding and eating difficulties and has been trained to use specialist assessment and diagnostic tools as required, including the Eating Disorders Examination and the Pica, ARFID and Rumination Disorders Interview (PARDI). Amy is confident to work with individuals who have psychological difficulties with eating, whether that be in the context of past or current co-occurring physical health and/or mental health difficulties and where eating difficulties occur in the context of neurodiversity. Amy also has experience of working closely with dietitians to support weaning from milk-based diets or dependency on oral nutritional supplements and enteral feeding.  

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Amy recognises the impact of eating difficulties in children and young people on parental wellbeing and how important it is for parents to feel confident to understand and support their children. For this reason, Amy feels passionate about empowering parents through both parent-led CBT approaches and parent workshops. 

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Amy has been actively involved in delivering NHS National Training on ARFID, helping clinicians develop their knowledge and understanding of physical health assessments and treatment of individuals with ARFID as well as the importance of MDT working. Amy also has extensive experience of providing professional consultations nationally for more complex ARFID presentations and providing professional supervision.