Accredited Practicing Dietitian / Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician
Professional Background
Rachel is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Accredited Nutritionist and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with a special interest in eating disorders and disordered eating, gastrointestinal concerns and chronic disease prevention and management.
Rachel provides a non-judgemental and empathetic style to her practice and aims to provide an inclusive environment for all bodies and abilities. She is passionate about helping clients enhance their relationship with food and body and ensures each client receives personalised and holistic nutrition therapy that suits their individual lifestyle.
Her practice is underpinned by a Non-Diet Approach® and Health at Every Size® (HAES) principles meaning health enhancement and reducing weight-stigma is at the core of her practice. She applies sustainable evidenced-based therapies such as Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating and Medical Nutrition Therapy to help clients move towards their health goals.
In Rachel’s consultations you can expect:
- Personalised strategies to address binge eating, yo-yo dieting, non-hungry eating, food fears and aversions
- Sustainable, evidenced-based dietary strategies to improve health markers and reduce chronic disease risk (cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure)
- Gentle and collaborative support to investigate the cause of gastrointestinal concerns and alleviate symptoms (pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea)
- Practical advice to enhance diet variety and optimise nutrition in mental health conditions such as ADHD and ASD
- Support to understand unhelpful eating thoughts and behaviours
- Learn Intuitive and Mindful Eating skills
- Nutrition education and myth busting
Rachel has completed specialist evidence-based training in eating disorders and receives ongoing professional supervision in this area. Her special interest areas include:
- Eating disorders and feeding concerns
- Weight concern
- Relationship with food
- Chronic disease prevention and management (diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol)
- Gastrointestinal concerns including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and functional GI disorders
- Mental health nutrition
- Age-related conditions (osteoporosis, sarcopenia)
- Sports Nutrition
- General eating for wellness
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Professional Associations / Achievements / Awards
- Dietitians Australia
- Health at Every Size (HAES) Australia
- Inside Out Institute | Foundation Clinician Training in Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorder Collaborative (NEDC) | Dietetic Training in Eating Disorders
- Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician