Centre for Integrative Health

Thanks for using your voice and wisdom to light the path forward for so many others Evangeline Rong 💕

🚍 On the Move: Centre for Integrative Health Bus 🚍 Keep an eye out for our CFIH bus as it travels between Carindale and Capalaba depot! We’re bringing awareness to the importance of addressing eating and body image concerns and creating a world for everyBODY. 🌿 Have you spotted us on the road? Snap a photo and tag us – we’d love to see it! 📸

Annie Ramsden and the team at CFIH look forward to welcoming another warm, dedicated, and passionate member to our Client Care Coordination team. The role is based at our Sunshine Coast clinic with travel to our Brisbane clinic required on occasion. Don't miss out on the opportunity to work within a team culture that is second-to-none and to make a meaningful difference with the work that you do.

📢 Shout out to our kind, compassionate, and committed Client Care Coordinator, Annie Ramsden, for the pivotal role she plays in engaging consumers and carers from the first point of contact and helping them overcome the many barriers to recovery from an eating disorder.

The Centre for Integrative Health (CFIH) team are thrilled to have been short-listed for the Medicare Champions 2024 awards. This recognition is a testament to our team's devotion to utilising Medicare services to provide effective, evidence-based treatment in a timely manner.

🌟 Meet Ash, Our Dedicated Provisional Psychologist! 🌟 We are thrilled to welcome Ash to the Centre for Integrative Health team. With a Master’s degree in Professional Psychology and a specialization in body image and eating concerns, Ash brings a wealth of knowledge and a compassionate approach to her work. Ash is committed to utilizing evidence-based frameworks like CBT-E and FBT, always with a focus on Health at Every Size (HAES) principles. She is passionate about creating a supportive and inclusive environment for neurodivergent individuals and those from diverse cultural backgrounds. At the Centre for Integrative Health, Ash will be working alongside our multidisciplinary team to provide holistic care that prioritizes mental, physical, and emotional well-being. We’re excited to see the positive impact Ash will make in the lives of our clients!

Last weekend’s Healthed GP conference was a great opportunity to get to better know our friends at EDFA Eating Disorders Families Australia; a national organisation devoted to careers and families impacted by an eating disorder.

Yesterday, Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) attended the HealthED Australia’s Annual Women's and Children's Health Update in Brisbane. We had a joint table with the Centre for Integrative Health (CFIH) and met with 64 GPs, nurses, and other health professionals, to talk about how we can help them in their work by providing support for carers and families of those with an eating disorder while their loved ones are in treatment. As part of a collaboration between EDFA, CFIH and ANZAED, CFIH director Dr Kiera Buchanan presented to a room of 1,400 General Practitioners on the topic of Binge Eating Disorder. Image from left: Psychologist Georgia Darr from CFIH, EDFA Research and Evaluation Assistant Laura McCosker, EDFA Executive Director Jane Rowan. #EDFA #conference #eatingdisordertreatment #eatingdisorders #generalpractice #clinicians

I had the immense pleasure and privilege of presenting to a room of 1,400 General Practitioners on the topic of Binge Eating Disorder at today’s Healthed Australia annual conference. Here’s a summary of the 8 takeaway points that were delivered for the accurate identification and effective treatment; 1) Use language that reflects the normal and healthy distribution of weight/shape (ie., “average BMI”, “higher weight”) and which avoids pathologising bodies. 2) Remember that you can’t ’see’ an eating disorder; refrain from using weight/shape as an indicator of eating disorder risk and instead, utilise unbiased, objective data. 3) There are no evidence-based, long-term weight-loss interventions. However, the efficacious treatment for eating disorder treatment does exist. 4) Dieting and weight loss are the strongest predictors (and therefore, the most sensitive flags) of eating disorder vulnerability. 5) Weight loss is NEVER a target of binge-eating disorder treatment. 6) Binge eating is a commonly-occurring response following episodes of dietary restriction and restraint, therefore, it is important to rule out Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa before diagnosing Binge Eating Disorder. 7) Health and happiness can be improved in the absence of weight loss. 8) All people with an eating disorder, irrespective of body size or eating disorder diagnosis, are at risk of medical instability and psychiatric compromise - making the ongoing medical monitoring of all individuals with an eating disorder a necessary and important part of treatment. ANZAED Eating Disorders Families Australia Centre for Integrative Health Healthed Australia Georgia Darr Gary Leong Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

We are beyond thrilled to welcome this newest addition to our team ✨ Ashleigh Cooper is equal parts passion, professionalism, and purpose-driven. We’re confident she will be a strong and empowering part of any recovery journey from an eating disorder and look forward to supporting the positive impact we trust she will have on our community.