What is your background?

I am a registered psychologist, a member of the Centre for Perinatal Psychology, and an ANZAED credentialed eating disorder clinician. I have experience working in both community and private mental health settings, providing care to children, adolescents, and adults in individual and group contexts. My experience spans a range of concerns, with a focus on body image issues, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, trauma, adjustment issues, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and eating disorders. Additionally, I have supervised and trained health professionals on eating disorders and body image. My primary area of interest lies in the perinatal period, with a special focus on body image and eating concerns.

To tailor therapy to individual needs, I use a variety of therapeutic approaches, including:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
• Schema Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for eating disorders

I centre these therapies within a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming and health at every size approach. I have completed additional training in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health and Perinatal Loss and Grief through the Perinatal Training Centre. My interventions are informed by various frameworks and theories, such as attachment theory, developmental theories, social justice, intersectional and feminist frameworks.

Why do you enjoy practicing in the areas of eating disorders, body image and perinatal psychology?

I see the perinatal period as a unique and transformative chapter in one’s life, identity, and relationships. As a therapist, I feel deeply grateful to offer a supportive space and walk alongside individuals and/or couples during this time, helping them explore their identity, development, attachment relationships, infant development, and parenting. My work encompasses all stages of the perinatal period, from pre-conception, pregnancy, and postpartum to early parenthood.

I offer sessions for various concerns during the perinatal period, including:

• Body image issues and body dissatisfaction
• Perinatal anxiety and depression
• Grief and loss
• Eating concerns and eating disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Trauma
• Adjustment difficulties
• Parenting (0-3 years)

I have a particular interest in body image issues, body dissatisfaction, eating concerns and eating disorders during the perinatal period. I am passionate about helping individuals develop a kind and nurturing relationship with their body, nutrition, and movement during this time, while also exploring the underlying factors that impact these concerns.

What are your strengths?

What do you like to do in your free time?

In my free time I enjoy doing things that help me feel nourished both physically and mentally. This may be walking by the water, practicing yoga, watching a familiar or new TV series, connecting with my friends and family, journalling, decorating and learning.