Eating Disorder and Body Image Therapy
Specialist therapy for eating disorders, disordered eating, food fear, body checking, avoidance and recovery from eating and body distress.
Nedlands clinic + telehealth across Australia
body BELONGingclinic
Eating disorder, body image and identity-affirming support where every body belongs.
Specialist mental health support for people whose story does not sit neatly in one box — eating, body, identity, relationships, culture, neurodivergence, systems, safety and recovery.
AMHSWANZAED credentialed clinicianMedicare Better Access
The point of view
Not just eating disorder therapy.
A specialist clinic for eating, body image, identity and wellbeing.
Body Belonging Clinic is a private practice in Nedlands offering eating disorder therapy, body image work, identity-affirming mental health support, recovery planning and telehealth across Australia.
This is also a broader mental health space for identity, relationships, safety, shame, systems and belonging — with room for culture, family, kin, community and the parts of life that shape how people feel and cope.
Led by Lauren Lynch (she/her)
Recovery with room for the whole story.
Body Belonging brings together specialist eating disorder and body image therapy with broader mental health support and identity-affirming practice. It is Aboriginal and LGBTQIA+ led, neuroaffirming, relational and grounded in social and emotional wellbeing.
Lauren is an AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), Medicare Better Access Provider and ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician. Her practice draws on CBT-E, ACT, DBT-informed skills, creative therapy and play therapy training with children, adolescents and adults.
Lauren’s point of difference is the combination of strong clinical training and lived leadership: practice that understands safety, identity, relationships, culture, family, kin, community and self-determination as part of mental health and recovery.
From the founder
Built around safety, connection and the whole person.
“I created Body Belonging to be part of changing what support can feel like: safer, more relational, more connected, and built around the whole person — body, identity, culture, community and belonging.”
Pathways
Choose your way in.
These pathways are intentionally interconnected. We hold the overlap between body, identity, relationships, culture, systems and recovery.
Identity-Affirming Practice
Affirming mental health support for people navigating identity, relationships, safety, shame, systems or belonging. This may include sexuality, gender, culture, family, neurodivergence, community and the parts of life that shape how you move through the world.
Clinically Governed Recovery Support
Structured recovery planning, routines, values, motivation and support between appointments, where clinically appropriate.
20-Minute Telehealth Access Sessions
Shorter telehealth appointments across Australia for eligible Medicare clients who do not want or need a standard 50-minute session. Intended for pathway planning, focused check-ins or brief recovery support; bulk billing may be available where referral, Medicare item and clinical requirements are met.
Queer Fertility, Pregnancy and Postnatal Support
Support for LGBTQIA+ people navigating fertility, IVF, pregnancy, postnatal adjustment, body changes and healthcare exclusion.
How the work holds together
Practical, relational and grounded.
Body Belonging brings clinical practice together with the relationships, identities and systems that shape recovery and wellbeing.
Understand the whole picture
Eating, body, risk, identity, relationships, culture, strengths, support needs and what has or has not felt safe or useful before.
Build recovery foundations
Safety, routines, practical skills, family or kin involvement where helpful, and steps that fit real life.
Move towards belonging
A more liveable relationship with eating, body and self — in a way that respects who you are and where you come from.
Referrals and resources
Clear next steps.
For referrals, booking questions or help choosing a starting point, email the clinic or book through Halaxy.
Refer a client
Email admin@bodybelongingclinic.com.au with the referral reason, current supports and relevant risk information.
For supporters
Resources for families, carers, kin and communities who want to support recovery without increasing pressure, shame or control.
The Belonging Room
A growing resource space for recovery notes, referrer education and conversations about eating, body and identity.
Begin here
Ready to begin?
Book online through Halaxy, or email the clinic for referrals, questions about fit, or help choosing a starting point.