Accredited Practicing Dietitians are qualified and registered health professionals who can assist people to translate scientifically relevant nutritional information to their own lives and circumstances. Whether you’re seeking general guidance or have a specific goal in mind, working with a dietitian can help establish eating patterns that nourish both body and mind, supporting mental health, physical wellbeing, and a more balanced lifestyle.

A dietetic consultation can assist anyone who wants to improve their health and nutrition through food and lifestyle change, supporting people to build a healthy relationship with food and with their bodies.

Dietetic therapy not only focuses on food and eating but can also address concerns about body image, weight, physical activities and thought patterns that may be preventing people from living a healthy balanced life. The team of Dietitians and Nutritionists at Mind Body Well are experienced in this field and provide therapy at our Melbourne office and also via online sessions.

Therapy Structure
Assessment Phase
All therapy at Mind Body Well begins with an initial Assessment Phase, which may take between 1–3 sessions, depending on the complexity of the issues to be addressed in therapy. At the end of this Assessment Phase, your therapist will negotiate with you a Treatment Plan, which will outline:

• the focus and goals of your therapy

• the treatment approaches to be used

• your treatment team – which along with seeing a psychologist may also include seeing one of the dietitian’s at Mind Body Well

Treatment Phase
Each ‘Phase’ of therapy will have clear treatment goals, and a timeframe after which the effectiveness of therapy will be measured by you and your therapist. Some clients will have multiple ‘phases’ of treatment, whereas others may have more short term treatment.

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MEDICARE AND PRIVATE HEALTH CLAIMS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY
You may be eligible to claim Medicare OR Private Health Insurance rebates for part of your session fees at Mind Body Well.

In order to claim a Medicare rebate you will need:

• A current Medicare card, details of which you will have the opportunity to provide us in your initial client forms

• A valid written referral and treatment plan from your Doctor (which needs to be provided to our administrative team prior to your appointment). These treatment plans can include the following types: Mental Health Care Plan, Eating Disorder Management Plan, and Chronic Disease Management Plan

• We will process Medicare claims on your behalf, providing the above two have been provided to us prior to your appointment

• Please note – this is a partial rebate only, we are not a bulk billing service.

In order to claim a rebate from your Private Health Insurance you will need:

• An appropriate level of cover (check with your fund)

• A receipt from us which you issue yourself to your private health insurance provider (we are unable to process these on your behalf)

• Please note – you are unable to claim from both Medicare and Private Health insurance for the same session

Please contact our administrative team if you need any further information about claiming rebates.