Adults

We understand and appreciate how confusing it can be to navigate the range of readily available nutrition information out in the world. Our dietitians help you to understand how your body works, blend this with evidence-based nutrition information and help you make decisions that support you to gently reach your personal health goals.

We can help you with:

• Meeting your nutritional needs

• Improving bowel habits

• Boosting energy and wellbeing

• Medical Nutrition Therapy for a range of diagnoses - cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, hyperlipidaemia, gallbladder disease

• Body image concerns

• Moving away from chronic dieting and weight cycling

• Women’s health needs - PCOS, general reproductive health

• Gestational Diabetes

Nourish & Thrive dietitians are passionate about gut health, with our adult dietitians having completed additional specialist training from Monash University in the Low FODMAP diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

We can help you with

• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

• The Low FODMAP diet

• Constipation

• Diarrhoea

• Bloating

• Wind

• Coeliac Disease

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Liver disease

• Recovery and management after gut surgery (eg gastrectomy /ileostomy / colostomy)

• Exploring the links between gut health & mental health (the gut-brain axis)

• Understanding probiotics

Our Accredited Practising Dietitians are trained to identify and treat malnutrition, utilising validated malnutrition screening and assessment tools, including MST, SGA and paediatric SGNA. Malnutrition is more likely in certain groups of people and we are always alert to this possibility.

We can help you with

• Aged care nutrition

• Chronic kidney disease

• Growth faltering in children

• Heart failure

• Liver disease

• Prescription of nutritional supplements

• Tube feeding

• Underweight

• Unintentional loss of weight

• Wound healing

Our psychologist Amanda supports young adults (18-35 years) with:

• Anxiety

• Depression

• ADHD

• Autism

• Relationship concerns

• Social skills building

• Adjustment to life transitions (eg: starting university, work, family)

• Work or study stress

• Eating disorders & body image Concerns

• Chronic health conditions such as IBS, food allergies, coeliac disease, endometriosis.

Treatment modalities Amanda uses in her support of adults include:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

Amanda is strongly aligned with weight-neutral, neurodiversity affirming and trauma informed care that is the hallmark of Nourish & Thrive. 

Find the link to Amanda's practice Accentuate Psychology here.