You deserve a life free of Eating Disorders

Our value in eating disorders treatment comes from diverse lived experiences, evidence-based practice, and practice-based evidence.

Recover from Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating

DDD Centre for Recovery provides nutritional counselling and treatment for eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting (yo-yo dieting) and body image concerns. We offer safer and inclusive counselling for individuals, with both in-person and virtual appointment options available.

Treatment approach for eating disorders differ between children/teens and adults. Please read on to understand the help that’s available to you.

“You deserve a life free of Eating Disorders”

Help for my child

Finding out that your child may have an eating disorder can be overwhelming. It’s common for parents to feel helpless, and meal times feel like you’re walking on eggshells. You just want to feel confident in feeding your child again, and nourish them for best growth and development.

Parents play a crucial role in their child’s Eating Disorder recovery.

With the right help, team, and treatment approach, you can regain your confidence in feeding your child and navigate the recovery journey to help your child thrive again.

Our dietitians at DDD Centre for Recovery receive high level of Eating Disorders training and ongoing professional development and supervision. We are trained in the RAVES model for nutritional rehabilitation, Motivational Interviewing, FBT, CBT-E, ACT, and DBT. Each of our dietitians have unique specialty areas to further tailor the treatment that’s most suitable for your child.

Treatment Guidelines and Policies for Young Persons at DDD Centre for Recovery

Eating disorders’ impact go beyond the young person and can have significant effect on their families. Therefore, at DDD Centre for Recovery, a Pre-Assessment (30 minutes) with the parent(s) is required for all clients aged 15 or younger. This will then be followed by an Initial Assessment of 90 minutes with the Young Person and the parent(s) within the week to ensure swift and appropriate support can be provided.

We offer treatment and support for the following eating disorders for Young Persons:

  • Anorexia Nervosa

  • Bulimia Nervosa

  • Binge Eating Disorder

  • ARFID

  • OSFED (including “Atypical” Anorexia Nervosa)

*Please note that, for clients aged 16-18, we may also request a Pre-Assessment first with the parent(s) only prior to involving the Young Person, in instances where the presentation is complex. Our team will let you know in advance in our intake call should this be the case, so please don’t hesitate to contact us on 0430 391 951 or info@dddcfr.com.au if you have any questions.

Steps in Eating Disorders Treatment

If your child is younger than 12 years of age:

  1. Book a 60-minutes Initial Assessment for the parents-only to attend. Upon thorough assessment of the situation, your dietitian will advise you of the approrpiate involvement of your child in treatment and ongoing sessions.

If your child is aged between 12 - 15:

  1. Book a Pre-Assessment (30 minutes) for the parent(s) to attend, and a Initial Assessment (75 minutes) for the parents and the child to attend. If you have any questions, please contact us on 0430 391 951 or info@dddcfr.com.au and we will help you connect to our dietitian that’s most suitable for you, so you can take the guess work out of this.

If your child is aged between 16 - 17:

  1. Book an Initial Assessment (75 minutes) for the parents and the young person to attend. Contact us on 0430 391 951 or info@dddcfr.com.au so that we can help you determine if a Pre-Assessment with the parent(s) only would also be required to ensure safe and effective treatment option for your child.

If your child is 18 or older (young adult), please refer to the “Help for me” section below.

What happens at the appointments?

  • Plan with our dietitian: At your first appointments with one of our experienced dietitians, you will create a plan for treatment and how to move forward. The level of parental involvement will also be discussed.

  • Together we walk through the Recovery Journey: With guidance and support from us, and a clear plan of treatment, you will be able to move towards recovery one step at a time, to gain freedom from the Eating Disorder and live a thriving, liberated life.

 

Help for me

Are you struggling with the rules and demands placed on your food, eating, and body? Is your everyday determined by calories, food rituals, rules, or weight? Are you sick and tired of the constant negative self talk and guilt around food and body, but feel like you’re stuck and can’t get out of it?

You deserve a life free of eating disorders.

Imagine how much of your time and energy - your life - will be liberated to do the things you care and love, if you became free from the eating disorder.

Help Us Help You to Heal Your Relationship with Food and Body

Each of our dietitians have unique lived experiences, and we understand the struggles that come with eating disorders. We respect individuality in treatment, and it is important that we understand you and work collaboratively together so that you can move towards recovery one step at a time. We are trained in the RAVES model for nutritional rehabilitation, Motivational Interviewing, FBT, CBT-E and ACT. Our nutritional process is based on the RAVES model and it is suited for individual treatment.

For an overview of different types of Eating Disorders we see, please follow the links below:

Steps in Your Eating Disorders Treatment

  1. Book an Initial Assessment (60 minutes), or contact us on 0430 391 951 or info@dddcfr.com.au and we will help you connect to our dietitian that’s most suitable for you, so you can take the guess work out of this.

  2. Plan with our clinician: At your first appointment with one of our experienced dietitians, you will create a plan for treatment and how to move forward.

  3. Together we walk through the Recovery Journey: With guidance and support from us, and a clear plan of treatment, you will be able to move towards recovery one step at a time, to gain freedom from the Eating Disorder and live a thriving, liberated life.

 

Multilingual service

We understand the importance of being able to talk in your language, especially when it comes to issues such as food, eating, and mental health.

Currently, services are available in English, Mandarin, and Japanese.

 
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We have Eating Disorder Credentialed Dietitians