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Help!! Someone I love has an eating disorder!!

  By Psychologist Sarah McMahon At BodyMatters we have a constant stream of people contacting us because someone they...

August 14
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Skype: A New Solution to Accessing Treatment for Eating Disorders

By BodyMatters Clinical Psychologist Christie Lomas   Imagine this, your child is unwell, dying from a disease which stops her...

July 23
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Maudsley Family Based Therapy Explained – Part 2

Maudsley Family Based Therapy FAQ’s by BodyMatter’s Clinical Psychologist Christie Lomas In Part 1 of this series, Clinical Psychologist Christie Lomas...

June 3
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Clinical Psychologist Christie Lomas joins The BodyMatters Team!

PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST CHRISTIE LOMAS TO THE BODYMATTERS TEAM!   At BodyMatters we are so...

February 5
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Christmas is fun … isn't it?

Christmas can be TOUGH when you have an eating disorder…Firstly, summer in Australia means sun, surf and swimmers. So...

December 1
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Eek! I think someone at my gym has an eating disorder!

At BodyMatters we have recently had an influx of enquiries from people who frequent gyms and have noticed other...

November 25
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Would a diagnosis by any other name taste as sour?

In Australia, eating disorders are diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and feature a cluster of behaviours...

November 22
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Anorexia Kills Girls: don't say you love it

Today’s post is written by BodyMatters’ friend and colleague Melinda Tankard Reist.  Melinda...

November 6
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Latest book review – ‘Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want?’

Melinda Hutchings strikes again with a vital resource for the shelves of adolescents, parents, teachers and school counselors. If...

November 2
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10 things not to say to someone with an eating disorder

by Lydia Jade Turner In our last post we discussed the ease at which one might accidentally distress an eating...

November 1