Children
Nourish & Thrive is a team of Accredited Practising Dietitians/Nutritionists and a Registered Psychologist offering neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed nutrition, feeding and psychological support.
We work with children, adults and families, including NDIS participants, across Campbelltown, Camden and the wider Macarthur region. Our approach is collaborative, weight-neutral and grounded in evidence.
Each of our dietitians has particular specialty areas and experience to offer. When you call to book an appointment, we will help you be matched with the dietitian best suited to your needs.
How our dietitians help children
Our paediatric dietitians are highly skilled and all have received training from some of the largest paediatric centres in Australia including the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick. They love working with both children and their families to build positive and joyful relationships with mealtimes and eating, whether your child eats by mouth or through a feeding tube.
We take a very careful and considered, trauma-informed approach to exploring childhood nutrition, to make sure that children feel safe and supported at all times. Sometimes this means working with parents alone, particularly when there is a weight concern or high stress meal times.
What our dietitians help with
We can help with:
Autism & eating differences
ADHD & nutrition
Meeting your child’s nutritional needs
Complex feeding difficulties including ARFID
Complex health conditions affecting nutrition and growth
Constipation
Diagnosed food allergies
Fussy eating
Gastrointestinal conditions (eg Coeliac Disease; IBS; IBD)
Growth acceleration / weight concern
Growth faltering and malnutrition
Insulin resistance
Nutritional deficiency/ies
Texture modified diets
Tube feeding including blenderised tube feeding
Responsive Feeding Therapy
In keeping with our trauma-informed, neurodiversity affirming and inclusive approaches our paediatric dietitians are trained in and utilise a responsive feeding framework for managing significant eating difficulties.
We can help with:
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
When traditional feeding therapy has failed
When ‘exposure’ therapy has caused a child to regress
Improving family mealtimes and feeding relationships
Specific eating difficulties in autism and neurodivergent children
Follow this link to learn more about Responsive Feeding Therapy: https://responsivefeedingpro.com/about-rft/
Psychology
Our psychologist Amanda has a wealth of experience supporting children and adolescents (2-18 years old) with mental health concerns.
Common child & adolescent presentations Amanda supports include:
Anxiety & depression
ADHD
Autism
Bullying
Social skills
Behavioural concerns
School and exam stress
Eating disorders and body image concerns
Feeding/picky eating concerns
Chronic health conditions such as IBS, food allergies, coeliac disease.
Treatment modalities Amanda uses in the support she provides:
Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Relaxation skills
Emotion regulation skills
Social Skills training
Parent Coaching and training
Play Therapy
Amanda is strongly aligned with weight-neutral, neurodiversity affirming and trauma informed care that is the hallmark of Nourish & Thrive. She is an Eating Disorder Credentialled Registered Psychologist. Find the link to Amanda's practice Accentuate Psychology here.