Understanding your brain
Translating the diagnosis into how your day actually runs — executive function, time, energy, motivation — without shame.
You’ve got the diagnosis. Now what?
A diagnosis is a doorway, not a destination. This is where you land next: neurodivergent-led, affirming support for making sense of an ADHD diagnosis — and for the brain, body, eating and identity that come with it.
Now welcoming new clients
Medicare rebates via Better Access
Therapy & support, not assessment
ANZAED-credentialed ED clinician
Neurodivergent-led
Nedlands + telehealth Australia-wide
The diagnosis is the easy part.
More WA GPs can now diagnose and prescribe, but the support for everything after is so often left unheld. We don’t diagnose and we don’t assess — we work alongside your GP and hold the “now what”. Lauren is an ADHD clinician who is ADHD herself, so she knows that in-between from the inside.
Sound familiar?
- You’ve just been diagnosed, and you’re somewhere between relief and “so… what do I actually do with this?”
- Your relationship with eating and your body suddenly makes a different kind of sense.
- You’re grieving the years you spent thinking you were just “bad at being a person”.
- You were handed a script and a leaflet, and not much else.
Any of these? You’re in the right room, and you don’t need to have it figured out to begin.
Support for the whole picture, not just the script.
The eating & body side
For many ADHDers, eating and body image are tangled up with the brain. This is home ground for us. ADHD & disordered eating →
Rejection sensitivity & overwhelm
The big feelings and the way criticism can flatten a whole day — held as a nervous system turned up loud, not a flaw. ADHD support →
Late-diagnosis grief & identity
The relief, the anger, the re-reading of your whole life through a new lens — and who you get to be now. At your pace.
The post-diagnosis landing pad.
A short, focused package for the weeks after a diagnosis: two or three sessions to make sense of what ADHD means for your brain, your eating and body, and everyday life, and to leave with a few kind next steps. Carry on into ongoing therapy, or don’t — no pressure either way.
$200 a session (50 minutes), in Nedlands or by telehealth. Medicare rebates may apply for eligible clients; no referral needed to begin privately. Full fees & how to begin →
Want something smaller first? Quick Chair is a 20-minute telehealth chat, bulk-billed for eligible clients — fully covered by Medicare — made for exactly this moment.
Questions, answered.
Can Body Belonging diagnose my ADHD?
No. Body Belonging provides therapy and support, not assessment or diagnosis. Lauren is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, not a diagnosing clinician. We work alongside your GP or assessment service, and we’re where you land for the ongoing support after a diagnosis.
My GP just diagnosed me — can you help with what comes next?
Yes. With more WA GPs now able to diagnose and prescribe for ADHD, many people have a diagnosis but no ongoing support. That’s exactly the gap we hold, affirming therapy for making sense of it, and for the body, eating, identity and everyday-life side of being ADHD.
Do I need to be on medication to start?
No. Medication is a decision for you and your prescriber. Support here is about the rest of it, and works whether or not you take medication.
Can I use Medicare?
Medicare rebates may be available for eligible clients with a valid GP Mental Health Treatment Plan or an eligible Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan. Out-of-pocket costs may apply — see full fees.
In person or online?
Both — in person in Nedlands, and by telehealth across Australia where clinically appropriate.
This is not a crisis service.
Body Belonging Clinic is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000. For 24/7 support: Lifeline 13 11 14, 13YARN 13 92 76, Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800, or the Butterfly Foundation 1800 33 4673.