Email the referral
Send the referral, care plan or enquiry to the clinic with the person’s consent to be contacted, their contact details, referral reason, current supports and any relevant risk information.
Referrals made clear.
Specialist eating disorder and body image care, in the community, that fits how a person’s brain, body, culture and story actually work — neurodivergent-led and identity-affirming.
Now accepting referrals
AMHSW, AASW member
ANZAED Credentialed ED Clinician
Neurodivergent-led
Medicare Better Access & EDP
Telehealth Australia-wide
In partnership with ADHD WA
A warm, credentialed front door.
A specialised home for clients where ADHD and disordered eating overlap, plus eating disorders, body image and identity-affirming care — with clinical experience spanning queer and gender-affirming services and perinatal and parent–infant mental health. Body Belonging Clinic welcomes referrals from GPs, psychologists, dietitians, psychiatrists, paediatricians, school counsellors, Aboriginal health workers, LGBTQIA+ services, allied health and community organisations.
Verify the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential on connect·ed →
Medicare & EDP
Medicare rebates may be available with a valid GP Mental Health Treatment Plan, psychiatrist or paediatrician referral. As an ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician, Lauren can also work under an eligible Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan, giving eligible clients access to up to 40 Medicare-rebated sessions a year, against 10 under a standard plan, where criteria are met. From 1 November 2025, a Mental Health Treatment Plan must be prepared by the patient’s MyMedicare-registered or usual GP practice for rebates to apply. Body Belonging is also a registered DVA provider: eligible veterans and their families can be referred for DVA-funded mental health sessions.
Nedlands + telehealth
Appointments in Nedlands and by telehealth across Australia, including Quick Chair — a 25-minute bulk-billed telehealth session (MBS 91175) for eligible clients with a valid referral.
You diagnose. We’re where they land next.
With more WA GPs now able to diagnose and prescribe for ADHD, more people than ever have a diagnosis and need somewhere for the ongoing work. Body Belonging is that next step — a neurodivergent-led, affirming practice for eating, body image and identity, by an ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician and Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) who knows the terrain from the inside. Refer knowing your clients land somewhere that gets it.
See where newly diagnosed clients land → Submit a referral online →
We close the loop on every referral.
Every referral is confirmed within 48 hours, and we contact your patient directly to arrange a first appointment. You receive a written update at the start and close of care — and at plan review points — with direct access to Lauren, not a call centre. And because Body Belonging doesn’t assess ADHD or autism, there’s no diagnostic overlap with your own work.
Government-endorsed credential
Accredited Mental Health Social Workers hold a credential assessed by the AASW through a process endorsed by the Australian Government, and are Medicare-recognised providers of Focussed Psychological Strategies under Better Access and the EDP. Rebates are the same as for registered psychologists and occupational therapists delivering FPS. Body Belonging is also a registered DVA provider, recognised under WorkCover WA, and social work is a funded therapy support under the NDIS.
Community care, before crisis
The WA Eating Disorders Framework 2025–2030 calls for earlier, community-based eating disorder care and stronger primary-care pathways. Body Belonging adds specialist community capacity on exactly that front — by telehealth across Australia, with in-person sessions in Nedlands from November 2026.
The overlap is documented
Peer-reviewed research links ADHD and autism with substantially higher rates of eating disorders and disordered eating, and ARFID co-occurs strongly with both — the overlap this practice was built for.
What helps in a referral.
When available, please include the client’s preferred name, pronouns, date of birth, contact details, Medicare referral pathway, current supports, relevant medical information, eating or body image concerns, risk concerns, cultural or accessibility considerations, and whether family, kin, carers or other practitioners are involved.
For urgent risk, medical instability or crisis concerns, please use emergency or acute services. Body Belonging Clinic is not an emergency or crisis service.
we kept one for them.
Our secure online form keeps first contact to brief, general details; sensitive clinical information is collected afterwards through our secure practice system, so it’s always handled safely and respectfully.
