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Josephine is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC), Founder and director of Eat Love Live and co-Founder of Eat Love Live Education. 

Jo has over 20 years experience, in the Eating disorders field,  providing  client centred, individual, social justice informed nutrition counselling. Jo has experience across a diverse range of settings including private, community and public health and in a variety of models including working with individuals, groups and program development.

Jo is aware of the multiple privileges she has as a cis, straight, white, able bodied person  that makes it easier to move through this world then others. Jo appreciates the courage and generosity of her many clients who have shared their lived experience with her that have contributed to her own learning and skills in supporting others. Jo has lived experience of living in a small fat body and the challenges that come with this and is passionate to support others where she can. 

Jo leads a team of experienced CEDC and APDs at Eat Love Live providing internal clinical supervision and case conferencing. Jo is passionate about continuing to upskill the eating disorder workforce to be trauma informed and practice in a social justice aware and weight inclusive lens through her Eat Love Live education platform, individual and group supervision and advocacy.

Jo’s experience is from a range of places including:

• Eating Disorders Foundation Victoria, as an employee and latter a board member
• Eating Disorders Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Eating Disorder Program at The Melbourne Clinic
• The Big Girls Group at the Royal Women’s hospital, supporting women with PCOS.
• The Body Image and Eating Disorder Recovery centre (BETRS); a joint initiative between St Vincent’s and The Austin hospital.

Jo values working closely as part of a multidisciplinary team (Psychologist, General Practitioner, Psychiatrists) as this is advantageous to positive outcomes for her clients. It is important to recognise that many other factors can manifest in negative eating behaviours and food beliefs and that support from medical practitioners, mental health workers, social workers and support for families is important.

This additional training has helped Jo develop skills in complementary psychological tools to assist clients to make positive changes.

Jo engages in regular clinical supervision and reflective self-practice to ensure that she is providing optimum care for her clients.