Eating disorders & body image

What this might look like

Struggles with food and body image often run deeper than they first appear. You might recognise some of these feelings:

• Feeling caught in rigid rules or routines around food
• Experiencing guilt, shame, or worry after eating
• Moving between restriction, bingeing, or both
• Body image concerns that begin to take up a lot of mental space
• Feeling disconnected from your body
• Anxiety around specific foods, textures, or eating in social situations (ARFID)
• Turning to food or exercise to cope with difficult emotions

How Louise works with this

Struggles with eating and body image can feel exhausting. Food can feel stressful or confusing, and thoughts about weight, shape, or eating can take up more space in your day than you would like.

Louise works alongside you to gently understand the patterns that may have developed around food — things like strict rules, avoiding certain foods, cycles of restriction and overeating, or feeling that your self-worth is tied to how your body looks.

Together, you begin making small, practical changes that help bring eating back toward something more regular, flexible, and manageable. Over time, this work also helps reduce the hold that food, weight, and body image can have on how you feel about yourself.

Areas Louise works with include:

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
• Body image and self-worth
• Disordered eating patterns

Are my eating difficulties serious enough for therapy?

Many people wonder whether their struggles with food or body image are serious enough to seek support.

You might still be going to work, studying, caring for your family, or appearing to cope on the outside. Because of that, it can be easy to tell yourself that things aren't “bad enough” to justify therapy.

But eating difficulties don't have to reach a crisis point before they deserve attention.

If food, eating, or body image are taking up a lot of mental space, causing stress, or affecting how you feel about yourself, that is reason enough to seek support.

Medicare rebates

If you have a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, you may be eligible for Medicare rebates on psychology sessions. Louise accepts clients with a Mental Health Care Plan and can work with you on a schedule that suits your situation.

Sessions are available in-person in Alderley, Brisbane, or via telehealth across Australia.

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