Exhale Psychology Centre

Exhale Psychology Centre Psychology Centre in New Farm Brisbane
Help for eating disorders, trauma, and other complex issues

-🔍 Hey clinicians, could you be missing neurodivergence in your ED clients?Research shows roughly one third of eating di...
20/02/2026

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🔍 Hey clinicians, could you be missing neurodivergence in your ED clients?

Research shows roughly one third of eating disorder clients are neurodivergent*. Many go unidentified.

Traits to look out for:
✨ Strong preferences for food texture / temperature
✨ Finding eating a lot easier or harder based on the environment
✨ Preference for specific eating routines or same foods that were present from childhood
✨ Heightened sensitivity to tastes and smells

Our free SAFETY framework helps you create truly inclusive ED treatment. Download now via link in bio
Want to dive deeper? Check out our comprehensive training program - link in bio for both! 💫

*Cobbaert, L., & Rose, A. (2023). Eating disorders and neurodivergence: A stepped care approach

-Please stop beating yourself up for the decisions you made when you were trying to find a way out. Anything can look li...
19/02/2026

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Please stop beating yourself up for the decisions you made when you were trying to find a way out. Anything can look like a solution when you’re in survival mode.
- Nate Postlethwait

Australia’s Eating Disorder Plan still trips up most clinicians we talk to. When does the plan actually start? Can a cli...
19/02/2026

Australia’s Eating Disorder Plan still trips up most clinicians we talk to. When does the plan actually start? Can a client switch back to a MHCP? What happens if the wrong item code gets used?

We’ve put together a free 4-page EDMP quick reference guide that covers the key rules, a referral validity checklist, the full flowchart for sessions and reviews, and 10 common scenarios with answers.

It’s designed to sit on your desk or live in your inbox for when those billing questions come up mid-session. Free to download, link in pinned stories.

-5 CONTROVERSIAL THINGS ABOUT OUR DIETITIANS 😲Our dietitians don’t follow the standard playbook. Here’s why their approa...
17/02/2026

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5 CONTROVERSIAL THINGS ABOUT OUR DIETITIANS 😲

Our dietitians don’t follow the standard playbook. 
Here’s why their approach can be controversial… (although it shouldn’t be)

1.  They practice HARM REDUCTION. Our dietitians emphasise working at YOUR pace without demanding you be “ready” for change. Your journey, your timeline.

2. Progress isn’t tracked using weight. Because weight is not a reliable indicator of what you eat or your overall health.

3. They do more counselling than writing meal plans. Their focus is helping you explore your complex relationship with food and body, as well as deciding what to eat

4. They HATE the phrase “healthy eating”. Because there are countless ways to nourish yourself well. There is no one right way to eat (despite what health influencers say)

5. They care less about WHAT you eat and more about ENSURING ADEQUACY. Improving your relationship with food is central. The specifics? Less important.
Ultimately you are the expert in your experience. When diet culture, ableism, or eating disorder thoughts get in the way, a dietitian can help you reclaim your voice and autonomy.

Ready to try something different? Join the waitlist to see a dietitian who will meet you exactly where you are. Link in bio!

-When you’re the first in your family to sit in that therapy room, you’re not just showing up for yourself. You’re rewri...
15/02/2026

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When you’re the first in your family to sit in that therapy room, you’re not just showing up for yourself. You’re rewriting the script for everyone who comes after you. 

It’s lonely sometimes, carrying wounds that others don’t understand or acknowledge. But every session, every breakthrough, every moment you choose to feel instead of numb - that’s you planting seeds of change. 

Your family might not get it, and that’s okay. 

You’re not doing this for applause. 

You’re doing this because you knew there had to be another way, and you were brave enough to find it. That takes everything. And it matters more than you know.

- The person who is always afraid someone’s mad at them has often grown up focusing on others needs being met out of the...
12/02/2026

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The person who is always afraid someone’s mad at them has often grown up focusing on others needs being met out of their survival.

They may have been shamed for needing help.

Or got the silent treatment with no warning.

Maybe they’re on high alert, because they’re hoping not to get hurt like that again. 

Adapted from

-“I’m barely eating. Why am I not losing any weight?”People can be in a calorie deficit and have their body weight stay ...
10/02/2026

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“I’m barely eating. Why am I not losing any weight?”
People can be in a calorie deficit and have their body weight stay relatively stable. This is largely due to metabolic adaptation. Metabolic adaptation occurs when one’s body identifies a pattern of under-eating. The body learns that it cannot trust that it will receive regular and adequate nourishment, and so the metabolism slows right down to conserve energy.
This attempt to conserve energy is particularly common in individuals that have been attempting to under-eat for a number of years, but every body is different, and some people can find that their metabolism adapts to under-eating quite quickly making any weight loss at all near impossible.

In the famous Minnesota semi-starvation experiment, after only 6 months in a calorie deficit, the mens metabolic rate dropped an average of 40%. This means that their body could maintain weight eating only 60% of an adequate intake.

Some common signs of a slowed metabolism include:
• Maintaining weight despite being in a deficit
• Constipation
• Fatigue
• Feeling cold
• Mood swings and irritability
• Insomnia
• Hair loss
• Brain fog and dizziness

Unfortunately the diet industry preys on the distress of people in this exact scenario and offers promises and ‘formulas’ to speed up one’s metabolism. Make no mistake, any further attempts to reduce intake or increase exercise only alert the body that further conservation is needed.

What the diet industry (and too often the medical and allied health industry) do not tell you, is that chronic dieting leads to hormonal issues, thyroid problems, chronic health issues, weight gain or maintenance at a low intake, impaired cognitive functioning, and impaired mental health.

It can be so freeing for people when they stop trying to resist the weight their body fights harder and harder to reach. By eating consistently and adequately and accepting your body’s weight, you can start to restore your physical and mental health - and get your life back too.

Want to know more? Join the waitlist to see Andrea or Nicole, our friendly anti-diet dietitians (link in bio).

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Empathy isn’t about understanding someone’s experience completely - it’s about choosing to believe them.
Believe what ...
08/02/2026

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Empathy isn’t about understanding someone’s experience completely - it’s about choosing to believe them.

Believe what happened to them. Believe how it impacted them.

Meet their story with sensitivity, not skepticism.

Even when you’ve been through something similar, remember: only they have lived their unique cocktail of bullsh*t.

People rarely want input (and they’ll let you know if they do). 

They just need someone to hold space.

-We need to meet people where they are at instead of demanding commitment to “full recovery”Meeting clients where they a...
06/02/2026

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We need to meet people where they are at instead of demanding commitment to “full recovery”

Meeting clients where they are looks like:
    •    Building trust
    •    Not requiring the client to be ready to change
    •    Creating realistic goals
    •    Valuing quality of life rather over recovery
    •    Honouring autonomy

Better outcomes start with better understanding.

To learn more about a harm-reduction approach, check out our free resource Build Sustainable Progress with Your Most Challenging Cases: A Harm Reduction Guide via our story highlights.

Or to learn more about the training we offer, see the link in bio.

-Surround yourself with people who consider how their behaviour affects youSurround yourself with people who consider ho...
05/02/2026

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Surround yourself with people who consider how their behaviour affects you
Surround yourself with people who consider how their behaviour affects others
Be someone who considers how their behaviour affects others 

Adapted from Sarah Crosby

-Your trauma is valid, even if...- You can’t remember it properly- It’s been years since it happened- You haven’t told a...
03/02/2026

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Your trauma is valid, even if...
- You can’t remember it properly
- It’s been years since it happened
- You haven’t told anyone about it
- Your symptoms don’t look like someone else’s
- Someone else wasn’t traumatised by a similar event
- Someone didn’t think it was a big deal
- You think other people have it worse
- It took a while for you to realise it was trauma
- You didn’t develop trauma symptoms until much later

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-While well meaning, “that’s just your eating disorder talking” can be deeply invalidating. It suggests to people that t...
01/02/2026

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While well meaning, “that’s just your eating disorder talking” can be deeply invalidating. It suggests to people that their experiences are just part of an illness and therefore aren’t real or worthy of being heard.
Someone’s relationship with their eating disorder is complex and intertwined with their identity. Their struggles aren’t just symptoms - they’re real emotions, real fears, and real pain that deserve to be acknowledged and held with compassion.
This disconnect between intention and impact matters. Recovery isn’t about dismissing these feelings. It’s about creating space to understand them, process them, and gradually build new patterns of relating to food, body, and self.
For clients - if this was said to you and felt dismissive, we’re sorry. As health professionals, we to do better.
For clinicians: If you’ve used this phrase before, you’re not alone - many of us have. The invitation here isn’t to feel guilty, but to get curious about the words we use and the impact they carry.
Check out our free resource: When The Manual Doesn’t Work: Your Person-Centred Guide to ED Treatment That Actually Fits Each Client
Link in pinned stories

Address

65 Eildon Road, Windsor
Brisbane, QLD
4030

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2am
Tuesday 9am - 5am
Wednesday 9am - 5am
Thursday 9am - 5am
Friday 9am - 5am

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