The Team
Dietitian, Credentialed Eating Disorder Therapist, Clinic Director
With a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and a diploma of counselling, Grace is highly skilled in the area of nutrition counselling for behaviour change. Grace has eight years experience, specialising in Eating Disorders across a range of setting including community mental health, private inpatient clinic and private practice. Her warm, empathetic style together with keen insights and a perceptive nature allows Grace to work well with individuals and families to illicit change.
Grace is very passionate about helping those suffering from eating disorders reclaim their health through changing their thoughts and behaviour around food. She also has a passion for mental heath and understanding those with a lived experience of mental illness. Grace has worked alongside GP’s, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses and other allied health staff, giving a well rounded understanding to her work with clients. She concurrently works at the Eating Disorders Outpatient Service on the Central Coast.
She has completed training in Family Based Therapy (FBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Ten (CBT-T), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to provide practical and personal advice leading to lasting change.
Her goal is to empower more people to recover their natural way of eating so they can do more of what is truly nourishing and satisfying.
Jessica Bailes
Dietitian, Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician
With a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Jess has worked as a dietitian from a holistic, non-diet approach for over nine years, specialising in Eating Disorders across a range of settings including private practice, day program and private inpatient treatment.
She has a deep passion for promoting a healthy relationship with food and eating. She has completed training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to emphasise the long-term, sustainable change.
