If worries about food and your body have been taking up too much of your time and energy, you have come to the right place.
Perhaps you are struggling with yoyo dieting, disordered eating or an eating disorder.
Or perhaps food is generally just feeling overwhelming.
Regardless of how your food and body worries show up, you deserve to feel better.
Let’s work together in finding calm with food and your body - so that you can get your time and energy back and start using it on what you value again.
BALLARAT-BASED DIETITIAN PROVIDING ONLINE APPOINTMENTS
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Hi there, I'm Melissa! (she/her)I'm an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC) based in Ballarat, and I love supporting women and gender diverse adults to form a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies, exactly as they are.
Having grown up rurally, I also understand the unique challenges that can come up when accessing healthcare outside of a capital city, and I am proud to provide online dietitian appointments Australia-wide. Whether you're still a little unsure or if you're super keen to get started, I'm here to support you in learning to trust your body and move on from feeling overwhelmed about eating - because I know that your have so much more to offer the world than spending a lifetime trying to make yourself smaller. |
I can help you with:
- Eating disorder recovery
I can support you in your recovery from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, OSFED or ARFID. - Binge eating and emotional eating support
Find a more peaceful and calm relationship with food and your body, just as you are. - Yoyo dieting support
Let go of the dieting cycle, and reconnect with food, your body and yourself. - Nutrition advice (without dieting or restriction!)
Nutrition support for general wellbeing, or health conditions including Type 2 Diabetes, high cholesterol or PCOS.
Nutrition support for the whole you, exactly as you are
Nutrition care that is:
- Weight inclusive: No diets, no weigh-ins, no body shaming. Instead, guidance to support a more peaceful relationship with food, your body and yourself, exactly as you are.
- Trauma informed: Our work together will always be consent based and driven by what you feel safe enough to try out if or when you feel ready.
- Gender affirming: Your gender identity will always be affirmed during our work together.
- Neuroaffirming: Nutrition guidance will always honour your sensory needs, food preferences and lived experience.
- Client centred: Whatever we explore or experiment with to support your relationship with food and your body will always be guided by you and what you would find most supportive for your individual circumstances.
Find Peace With Food And Your Body, Right Where You Are
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How it works
You are welcome to get in touch to book your first appointment, or ask any questions you may have to see if I might be the right dietitian for you.
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This time together is an opportunity for us to start to explore how you are feeling about food and your body. We will explore your current eating patterns, your past experiences with food and your body, as well as any relevant medical history. We might get through this information in the first session or it might take a few, depending on how our conversation goes. We can take our time, and there will be no rush.
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In our follow up sessions together we will start to explore your relationship with food and your body further, and gently start to experiment with strategies to support you in working towards feeling better as you feel ready to. Anything we discuss or experiment with will be at your pace.
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