Eating Disorder Counselling

At Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology in Menai, our psychologists and counsellors provide evidence-based therapy for eating disorders, disordered eating, body image distress and body dysmorphia across the Sutherland Shire and Sydney South.  Sessions are available in person at our Menai practice and via secure online appointments across Australia.

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Eating disorders are complex conditions that affect emotional wellbeing, relationships with food, body image and daily functioning. Many people experience patterns of restriction, binge eating, food avoidance or distress related to body image. These experiences often occur alongside anxiety, trauma, perfectionistic traits or difficulties with emotional regulation.

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Our clinicians provide compassionate, developmentally informed therapy that recognises the psychological, emotional and relational aspects of eating disorder recovery. Therapy is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs, experiences and stage of recovery.

Eating Disorders We Work With:

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Our clinicians provide therapy for a range of eating disorders including:

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• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Binge Eating Disorder

• Disordered Eating

• Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

• Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Where relevant, therapy may also address related experiences such as Anxiety, Trauma or perfectionistic traits, which can influence eating behaviours and emotional regulation.

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Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Therapies

Our clinicians draw on a range of evidence-based eating disorder therapies, tailored to each person’s needs and stage of recovery. Approaches used in therapy may include:

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• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E)

• MANTRA 

• Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy 

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders 

• Temperament-Based Therapy with Supports

• Schema Therapy

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

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You can learn more about these approaches on our Eating Disorder Therapies page.

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Therapy focuses on understanding the emotional, cognitive and behavioural patterns that maintain eating disorder symptoms, while building emotional regulation, flexibility and sustainable coping strategies.

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Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Care

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Eating disorder recovery often benefits from coordinated care.

Where appropriate, we collaborate with GPs, psychiatrists, paediatricians and accredited dietitians to ensure psychological, medical and nutritional needs are addressed. This coordinated approach helps support safety, continuity of care and long-term recovery.

Eating disorder therapy at Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology is delivered by clinicians with specialised training in evidence-based treatment approaches, adhering to national clinical guidelines and best-practice standards.

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Therapy Across Developmental Stages

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Eating disorders can affect people at different stages of life, and therapy is adapted accordingly. Where appropriate, eating disorder therapy may be integrated within Child Counselling, Adolescent Counselling, or Adult Counselling, depending on developmental stage and individual needs.

For younger clients, therapy may include family involvement to strengthen understanding, structure and communication within the home environment.

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When to Consider Eating Disorder Therapy

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You may wish to consider therapy if:

• thoughts about food, weight or body image feel overwhelming
• eating patterns feel difficult to control or interrupt
• restriction, binge eating or food avoidance is affecting daily life
• eating behaviours are linked to anxiety, shame or emotional distress
• concerns about food or body image are affecting relationships, work or study

Early support can help people understand the patterns that maintain eating difficulties and develop more flexible and sustainable ways of relating to food and their body.

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Eating Disorder Counselling in Menai

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Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology provides eating disorder therapy for people across the Sutherland Shire, including Menai, Bangor, Illawong, Engadine and surrounding suburbs.

Sessions are available in person at our Menai practice or online across Australia.

If you’re unsure where to begin, our Client Care Team can help. Call 02 8519 4197 or use the button below to request an appointment.