Welcome to Shelly Beach Practice

Thank you for your enquiry.

 We’re a team of experienced clinical psychologists and dietitians who specialise in the treatment of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, overeating, and weight and body image issues. We are a private service located in Ponsonby, Auckland.


We understand that it takes courage to reach out for help when you suspect you or someone close to you may have an eating disorder. Regardless of how long you or they’ve been been living with it, we strongly believe that given the right support, change is possible.

WE SUPPORT CLIENTS

  • recover from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and ARFID (clinically significant fussy or picky eating)

  • eliminate overeating, yoyo dieting and food related anxiety

  • with body image concerns

  • develop a more peaceful relationship with food by helping them understand the psychology around food and eating

  • break free from a diet mentality and adopt a non-diet approach to nutrition management

TREATMENT

You’re in experienced hands when you undergo treatment with our clinicians, most of whom have been working together for many years. We were the first private multi- disciplinary practice to treat eating disorders in the country - over ten years ago now. Our team approach is a key to the success of our personalised treatment plans. Using our combined clinical experience, we’ve developed the effective Shelly Beach Practice model. As part of the overall treatment approach and depending on their needs, clients can see a psychologist, dietitian and physiotherapist. They receive the benefit of all our experience and inputs throughout the treatment process.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

Dr Jan Geary, Emily Peterson and Dr Natalie Flynn are our specialist clinical psychologists. While our main focus is on the treatment of eating disorders, we also have expertise in anxiety and depression, mood concerns, relationship difficulties, addiction, trauma, couples therapy and family-based therapy. Having experience in a wide range of areas is very useful in helping us identify and treat the many factors that can contribute to disordered eating.

DIETITIANS

We, Estella Leek and Kate Syers, are medically trained dietitians. We have a strong interest in the psychological factors that influence eating behaviours and work very closely with the psychologists. We have extensive experience in areas such as paediatric and adolescent nutrition, body positivity, orthorexia, hypothalamic amenorrhea, and food allergies and intolerances. Advocates of the Health at Every Size and a non-diet approach to nutrition, we enjoy helping clients develop happier, healthier relationships with food and their bodies.