Eating Disorder Support

Eating disorders are serious, complex, and often deeply misunderstood — including by the people experiencing them. They're not about vanity or willpower. They're about pain, control, identity, and survival. And they respond well to the right kind of care.

I work with people at various stages — whether you have a formal diagnosis, suspect you might, or simply know that your relationship with food and your body is causing you real distress.

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
• Other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED)
• Disordered eating patterns that don't fit a formal diagnosis
• Body image distress
• Eating difficulties in the context of trauma, anxiety, or neurodivergence

My approach is compassionate, non-judgmental, and recovery-focused — without being rigid about what recovery has to look like for you.

I'm interested in understanding what the eating disorder is doing: what it's protecting you from, what needs it's meeting, and what's underneath it. That curiosity shapes how we work together, and it means we're not just targeting behaviours but addressing the deeper patterns that keep them in place.

I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches tailored to each person, including:

• Focal Psychodynamic Therapy (FPT) An evidence-based individual therapy developed specifically for anorexia nervosa, approved under Australia's Medicare Eating Disorder Plan. FPT explores the underlying psychological and relational patterns that maintain the eating disorder — including attachment, self-esteem, and how emotional experiences connect to food and the body. FPT is particularly well suited to people with complex trauma, attachment difficulties, or presentations that haven't responded to more structured approaches.
• Cognitive behavioural approaches Drawing on cognitive and behavioural strategies to identify and shift the thoughts, feelings, and patterns that maintain the eating disorder cycle.
• EMDR Particularly useful where trauma underlies or intersects with the eating disorder.
• DBT-informed skills For building distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Where relevant, I work collaboratively with your GP, dietitian, or other treating clinicians to ensure coordinated care.

I have completed formal training in Focal Psychodynamic Therapy (FPT) for Anorexia Nervosa through Exhale Psychology — a National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) approved training program.

Eating disorders can have significant medical risks. I work with clients who are medically stable and recommend GP involvement for all clients I see for eating disorder treatment. If you're unsure whether you're medically stable, a GP assessment is the right first step — and I'm happy to help you navigate that.

• $210 per session (50 minutes) 
  • With a Medicare Mental Health Treatment Plan: approximately $111.05 out-of-pocket 
• NDIS (self- or plan-managed): $232 per session

In-person in Carlton North, or via Telehealth.