BodyMatters Australasia provides counselling and treatment for eating and dieting disorders, body image issues and problematic exercise. Our team of experienced therapists deliver treatment that is industry leading and best practice. If you are suffering from disordered eating, want to improve your relationship with your food and/ or exercise, or are concerned about a loved one exhibiting any of these concerns, we can help you. We offer a range of customised services including counselling, support groups, and events.

Which Treatments Work for Eating Disorders?

We are often asked about how to best set up treatment and we hear many stories of people who...

June 10
BodyMatters Australasia provides counselling and treatment for eating and dieting disorders, body image issues and problematic exercise. Our team of experienced therapists deliver treatment that is industry leading and best practice. If you are suffering from disordered eating, want to improve your relationship with your food and/ or exercise, or are concerned about a loved one exhibiting any of these concerns, we can help you. We offer a range of customised services including counselling, support groups, and events.

Immediate Availability Due to Team Expansion

Great News! More Immediate Appointments Available at BodyMatters   We’re thrilled to announce that due to our recent team...

June 5
Sophie Ballinger, a member of BodyMatters Australasia for eating disorders

Welcoming Sophie Ballinger to the BodyMatters Australasia Team

BodyMatters Australasia is excited to welcome Sophie Ballinger, our new Clinical Psychologist, who specialises in eating disorders. Sophie joins...

April 29
The Paradox of "Beautiful" in Body Image Campaigns: How It Upholds the Importance of Beauty as a "Thing"

The Paradox of “Beautiful” in Body Image Campaigns: How It Upholds the Importance of Beauty as a “Thing”

I saw it again today. This time it was the  heading “All Postpartum Body Types Are Beautiful”, accompanied by...

March 6
Become a podcast geust in our Understanding Body Matters podcast channel

Be a Part of Our Understanding Body Matters Podcast

  Our Understanding Body Matters podcast has reached an impressive milestone of 113 episodes, each packed with helpful information...

January 30

Making peace with your pregnant body

By Andrea Guerrini “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about...

October 28

What is the role of an Eating Disorder Dietitian?

How can a Dietitian assist someone recovering from an Eating Disorder? A Dietitian specialising in the treatment of Eating...

November 4

Men Aren’t Immune to an Eating Disorder

By Tim Fulton Source: Executive style Eating disorders are more commonly experienced by females but this doesn’t mean that...

September 21

Managing automatic and unhelpful thoughts

By Deborah Etienne-Ward It is common to assume that our feelings are automatic and that they occur as a...

April 21

Teaching Families that Integration (Not Eradication) Leads to Recovery

Reposted from Eating Disorders Blog with permission; Adapted from original article by Anna Kowalski and Abby Gold. Having worked at Monte...

March 8