Find Eating Disorders Psychologists in Melbourne, Australia

Eating disorders affect eating, weight and how a person sees their body ¹. They carry physical risk as well as psychological.

Effective treatments exist, including family-based treatment. Treatments used also include eating-disorder-focused cognitive behavioural therapy and MANTRA ².

Specialist supportive clinical management is another. Interpersonal psychotherapy is an option in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder ³.

Families are usually involved rather than kept out. Care is often shared with a doctor. Ask a practitioner which of these approaches they offer.

Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.

Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.

Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.

Our Melbourne fee guide puts a session with a psychologist at $220 to $290. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.

Cairnmillar Institute Community Clinic. Phone 1800 391 393. Community Clinic sessions are free. The clinic is open to the public and you do not need a referral. Its locations include Melbourne CBD and Hawthorn.

Titles you will see include Psychologist (Psych), Provisional Psychologist (Prov. Psych) and Clinical Psychologist. Search the register by name at Psychology Board of Australia (via AHPRA). A current entry is that body's own published record of the person.

A practitioner must hold that registration to practise legally in Australia. See the Australia page.