Nourish Therapy

Nourish Therapy 'Creating positive kai times together'. Occupational Therapy Service to support children and whānau with paediatric feeding challenges. Christchurch, New Zealand

We are a private practice service offering community based services in the Canterbury region or nationally via telehealth. Our services are for:
Children aged 2 years to adolescent who have paediatric feeding challenges. Funding: Private, Individualised Funding, ACC. Rebecca, our experienced and compassionate therapist provides the following services. Assessment for children with paediatric feedin

g challenges.

1-1 Therapy, with approaches including:
Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS)
Sensory integration
Behavioral support and anxiety management
Trauma informed and neuroscience based
Mealtime environment management

Sensory profile assessment and sensory diets supporting mealtimes on request or at recommendation

Workshops for parents, teachers, and other professionals

Contact us to discuss your needs today!

Feedback from recent programme clients 🥲No matter if the changes are big or small, moving in a positive direction, with ...
13/05/2026

Feedback from recent programme clients 🥲

No matter if the changes are big or small, moving in a positive direction, with parents feeling empowered to continue to make change and move upwards... priceless!

Get in touch to begin your programme today.

Let’s change the way we talk about feeding.ARFID & PFD are real, complex, and often misunderstood.This month is about bu...
11/05/2026

Let’s change the way we talk about feeding.

ARFID & PFD are real, complex, and often misunderstood.
This month is about building understanding, compassion, and support for children and families navigating feeding challenges

5 years of Nourish Therapy 💛From our very first families to the many we support today, what a journey it’s been. Every c...
05/05/2026

5 years of Nourish Therapy 💛

From our very first families to the many we support today, what a journey it’s been. Every child, every mealtime win (big or small), every step forward has shaped who we are.

We’ve learnt so much, grown so much, and feel incredibly grateful to walk alongside families navigating feeding challenges.

Thank you for being part of our story, whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just joined us recently.

Let's take a quick walk down memory lane.

We’re celebrating our 5th birthday at Nourish Therapy, and to mark this special milestone we’re inviting 5 families read...
04/05/2026

We’re celebrating our 5th birthday at Nourish Therapy, and to mark this special milestone we’re inviting 5 families ready for support to join our Empower & Support Feeding Programme.

Over the past five years, we’ve had the privilege of supporting children with feeding challenges ranging from mild food selectivity to more complex feeding difficulties, including restricted diets, food-related anxiety, sensory differences, and mealtime stress.

This is for families who may have already tried the usual approaches, pressure, rewards, repeated exposure, or “just keep offering it”, without lasting success, and are ready to better understand the 'why' behind their child’s feeding challenges.

Together, we look at the whole picture: regulation, sensory processing, gut health, anxiety, oral motor skills, and the family mealtime environment.

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to seek support, this could be it.

Send us a DM to learn more about securing one of our 5 birthday spots.

ATTENTION Nelson/Tasman Families.... Meet your new Feeding Therapist & Dietitian Kimberly Kimberly is an Australian trai...
29/04/2026

ATTENTION Nelson/Tasman Families.... Meet your new Feeding Therapist & Dietitian Kimberly

Kimberly is an Australian trained New Zealand Registered Dietitian. She primarily worked in the feeding space in Melbourne with neurodiverse families using a responsive feeding approach. Kimberly has a special interest in helping families with restricted eaters, ARFID, PFD and disordered eating. She has recently moved to sunny Nelson to be closer to her husband’s family and raise their little one.

Kimberly is dedicated to finding what works best for your child and family, building confidence and taking the pressure and stress away from food and mealtimes.

Kimberly's diary is open for homevisits in the Nelson/Tasman area + is available online! Complete our registration form in our bio.

Welcome Kimberly

If “just keep offering it” hasn’t worked, you’re not doing it wrong.For many restricted eaters, progress doesn’t come fr...
22/04/2026

If “just keep offering it” hasn’t worked, you’re not doing it wrong.

For many restricted eaters, progress doesn’t come from exposure alone, it comes from feeling safe, building regulation and building awareness.

When we support regulation, reduce pressure, and build trust, that’s when change starts to happen.

Oral motor difficulties can make chewing and swallowing feel hard, tiring, or even unsafe. And when that’s the case, avo...
20/04/2026

Oral motor difficulties can make chewing and swallowing feel hard, tiring, or even unsafe. And when that’s the case, avoidance makes sense.

You might notice a preference for soft foods, difficulty with textures, long mealtimes, or things like gagging and food pocketing.

These aren’t behavioural issues - they’re often skill-based challenges.

The good news is, with the right support, these skills can be built over time in a way that feels safe and manageable.

Because when we understand the why, we can support children in ways that actually help

Individiualised Funding changes now mean improved access to how funding plans are used... including easier use for Feedi...
16/04/2026

Individiualised Funding changes now mean improved access to how funding plans are used... including easier use for Feeding Therapy. As long as your goals reflect feeding difficulties.

Get in touch with us to discuss how you can use your plan to access therapy.

It can feel counterintuitive to encourage chocolate and baked goods, especially when you’re worried about nutrition.But ...
15/04/2026

It can feel counterintuitive to encourage chocolate and baked goods, especially when you’re worried about nutrition.

But for children with very restricted diets, familiar foods are often the safest and most effective place to start.

Instead of removing preferred foods, we can use them intentionally through food chaining to gently expand variety, build confidence, and introduce new flavours and ingredients.

This might look like moving from milk chocolate to slightly darker chocolate, or adding to baking to support and increase nutrition.

What are your baking additions?

Expanding your child’s food doesn’t have to mean more pressure.In fact, the more we push, the more resistance we often s...
13/04/2026

Expanding your child’s food doesn’t have to mean more pressure.

In fact, the more we push, the more resistance we often see.

Small shifts can make a big difference - like considering the language you use, focusing on exposure and curiosity instead of consumption, using food chaining, and simply modelling the foods you’d like your child to feel comfortable around.

Save this as a reminder: and send us a DM if you are ready to make changes!

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Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
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