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Psychology Centre in New Farm Brisbane
Help for eating disorders, trauma, and other complex issues

04/06/2026

Time for updated post of our team members as well our consultants 🤗

All of our consultant psychologists and dietitians are trained to work with eating disorders, neurodivergence, complex trauma, and similar complex presentations.

Our framework is firmly:
♾️ Neurodiversity affirming
🍑 Size inclusive, weight-neutral, and non weight focused
🧠 Trauma informed
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQAI+ inclusive
⭐️ Intersectional
⛓️‍💥 Anti-oppressive
☁️ Harm reduced focused

We are always on the lookout for like minded psychologist and dietitians, so please reach if you think you might be a good fit

02/06/2026

- Why see a dietitian that specialises in eating disorders?

An eating disorder dietitian is different from a general dietitian as they —>

1. Are aware of eating disorder behaviours, and so can bring up behaviours that you may be doing that you weren’t even aware were part of your eating disorder

2. Ask the questions that you might find hard to bring up and do it in a way where you feel understood rather than judged

3. Get that it’s hard to be honest. They might need to check in with you a number of times each session, with the knowledge that it’s hard to be honest when you have an eating disorder. This might be because you feel protective of your ED, you’re a people pleaser, don’t want to let others down, etc.

4. Use motivational interviewing skills to help you find motivation for recovery

5. Will call your eating disorder out on its BS

6. Get that recovery is so much more than just eating more. They will meet you where you are at while also challenging your eating disorder, helping you to tackle each obstacle at a time

7. Won’t hold weight bias and have the understanding that eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes (including anorexia)

8. Are aware of common triggers and how sneaky the ED can be. They will not praise you for “healthy eating” or exercising, or say that you look “healthy”. Instead, they will use language that is food and body-neutral

9. Will not presume that you are excited about recovery or weight changes

10. Will not get frustrated with you if you are struggling with readiness to change

11. Understand the importance of collaborating with a team to check that their understanding of things is correct and to learn ways to better support you

12. Have an understanding of other mental health issues that will impact your relationship with your body and food (such as PTSD, ADHD, depression, OCD), and can help you navigate this

If you identify as neurodivergent, it is also essential that you see a dietitian who uses a neuroaffirming/neuro-informed approach.

31/05/2026

Need panic is what happens when someone has learnt to rely only on themselves. The need to be helped doesn’t go away, it builds, and when they finally ask it comes out desperate and urgent. The ask stops being about the task and becomes a test of whether they’re worth helping at all. If it goes badly they retreat, sometimes for years. The way out isn’t to need less. It’s to ask more often, for smaller things, from people who can show up.

29/05/2026

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We have all heard that recovery isn’t linear, yet traditional treatment continues to hold an all-or-nothing mindset.

Harm reduction matters because it keeps people alive and in treatment. It builds trust when shame has destroyed it. It offers hope when someone isn’t ready for full recovery but still deserves support.

And in the words of Yager 2021 - “Who wouldn’t want to reduce harms?”

Yager J. Why Defend Harm Reduction for Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders? Who Wouldn’t Want to Reduce Harms? Am J Bioeth. 2021 Jul;21(7):57-59

28/05/2026

Trauma makes you who you aren’t. Working through trauma involves acknowledging the strategies that helped you survive, honouring their role in keeping you safe, and gently letting them go to make room for new ways of being that serve the person you’re becoming

Credit to Morgan Pommells for the idea behind this post.

26/05/2026

- Clients shouldn’t have to be “ready for recovery” to deserve support.

They need: - Understanding of their fears  - Respect for their pace  - Support without pressure  - Space to be uncertain

Because “not ready” often means “show me it’s safe first”

CLIENTS  Want to work with a clinician that respects your pace?
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24/05/2026

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Not every hard conversation is toxic - and knowing the difference matters.

A true toxic dynamic is systematic and persistent - it’s characterised by constant criticism, manipulation, refusal to respect boundaries, shutting down differing opinions, or unhealthy power imbalances that leave one consistently diminished.

Unfortunately, in pop psychology toxic has become a shorthand for anything that makes one uncomfortable, which lacks important nuance.

Discomfort isn’t toxicity, accountability isn’t abuse, and disagreement isn’t rejection.

Someone can love you deeply and still disappoint you and a healthy relationship can include conflict. Growth often requires us to sit with feelings we’d rather avoid, such as guilt when we’ve acted against our values or defensiveness when receiving feedback

While toxic dynamics tear you down systematically, healthy-but-hard moments ask something of you, not from you. One diminishes your worth, whereas the other challenges you to show up better.

If we label every uncomfortable interaction as toxic, we lose our ability to grow through conflict, repair after mistakes, and build relationships that can hold complexity. We also risk minimising the experiences of people in genuinely harmful situations.

You deserve relationships where you feel respected and valued, but you also deserve relationships that challenge you to be accountable, honest, and willing to meet people halfway - even when it’s hard.

Adapted from Amanda E White

21/05/2026

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Eating disorders serve a purpose part 2

Eating disorders serve a valid purpose in people’s lives.

So do other coping strategies - substance use, self-harm, numbing out, people-pleasing, staying constantly busy, or withdrawing completely.

People don’t develop these patterns because something is wrong with them; they develop them because they didn’t have access to another way through.

These are survival responses that made sense at the time - and may still be serving a protective function now.

Recovery isn’t about willpower or “just stopping.” It’s about understanding what the behaviour has been doing for you, honouring that, and slowly building other ways to meet those needs.

Credit to for the idea behind this post

19/05/2026

- Eating disorders serve a purpose - part 1.

Beneath the surface there is a deep need that an eating disorder fulfils (or attempts to fulfll)

Control. ED behaviours can make a person feel a sense of control over their life and over their body. They promise familiarity when everything else feels out of control.

Distraction. The consuming nature of disordered eating can be a very reliable way to distract from unbearable pain. Thinking about food and the body is not pleasant, but it may provide distraction from a bigger, more unbearable pain.

Shrinking. Whether using restriction or binge eating, disordered eating can be a way to attempt to shrink or stuff down painful experiences of feeling like you are too much, wrong, needy, or dirty. This is particularly applicable for those with trauma.

Comfort. ED behaviours can provide a sense of comfort when you have no one to turn to. Whether it is calorie counting, exercising, or binge eating, all of these things can feel like a soothing ritual when life feels unmanageable

Self-esteem. It can be a way for a person to devote themselves to the one thing they feel they can manage or to be “good at” when everything else feels too much or too difficult.

Validation. This is particularly true for those desiring an underweight body. Having a body that looks “sick” can feel right for people who are in significant pain. Being in turmoil and having a body that looks “healthy” can be very confusing.

Dissociation. For those with trauma, some ED behaviours can be an unconscious way to not be present. This is distraction but taken to the extreme.

The list could go on and on.
Eating disorders are so much more than food and body difficulties.
Stay tuned for part two

Note: Eating disorders look different for everyone. This list reflects some common themes, but it is not by any means exhaustive. If your experience isn’t captured here, that doesn’t make it any less valid.

Credit to for the idea behind this post

18/05/2026

We are super excited to welcome Clinton as a consultant psychology to our team 💃🕺

Clinton’s books will remain closed as we are offer places to those next in line on the waitlist.

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65 Eildon Road, Windsor
Brisbane, QLD
4030

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 2am
Tuesday	9am - 5am
Wednesday	9am - 5am
Thursday	9am - 5am
Friday	9am - 5am

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+61733582982

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https://www.exhalepsychology.com.au/

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