In 1991 Rita trained as a mental health nurse at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire, soon specialising in in-patient and community camhs services in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Cornwall. Her interest in eating disorders developed whilst working at The Highfield Adolescent Unit in Oxford and includes early feeding/eating difficulties. Since 2004 specialising in children’s eating disorders in Cornwall, training in family therapy for eating disorders at the Maudsley hospital, leads the AFP Model. She has extensive experience in assessment, treatment and complex presentations. She is a BPC registered psychodynamic psychotherapist, provides supervision to NHS colleagues and has a private practise.