Meet The Team
Bite Into Freedom is a supportive eating disorder clinic led by accredited practising dietitians and AHPRA registered psychologists. We provide a safe, non-judgmental space to help you rebuild a healthy relationship with food, body image, and yourself.
Sarah Why
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Sarah is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Dietitian, also certified in fertility nutrition. She provides compassionate, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming care for individuals navigating eating disorders and complex life stages. Sarah integrates psychological and physiological principles into evidence-based nutrition care, supporting clients to rebuild their relationship with food, strengthen resilience, and move toward recovery.
Jared Towers
AHPRA Registered Psychologist
Jared is a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar with experience in eating-disorder treatment and research. He has a particular interest in supporting adults with eating disorders, disordered eating and body-image concerns, and has experience providing evidence-based eating-disorder assessment and treatment. Jared takes a collaborative, curious and individualised approach, drawing on CBT, ACT, EMDR and psychodynamic approaches to understand both current difficulties and the underlying emotional patterns that contribute to them. He aims to support clients in developing a healthier relationship with food, their bodies and themselves.
Deborah Flower
AHPRA Registered Psychologist
Deborah is a registered psychologist who supports adults and young people aged 16+ to navigate challenges, build resilience, and create meaningful change. She has a particular interest in supporting clients with eating disorders, body image concerns, and disordered eating. With qualifications in both Psychology and Counselling, Deborah draws on training in evidence-based therapies, including enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-E), dialectical behaviour therapy for bulimia nervosa (DBT-BN), and certified dialectical behaviour therapy practice (C-DBT). Deborah tailors therapy to each client's needs, offering a client-centred and trauma-informed approach that helps people feel supported, understood, and empowered to take practical steps toward wellbeing.
Samantha Wright
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Samantha is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Sports Dietitian. She focuses on compassionate, weight-inclusive care for individuals navigating eating disorders and disordered eating, integrating eating disorder training into evidence-based nutrition care. Samantha supports clients to rebuild their relationship with food, restore trust in their bodies, and move toward sustainable recovery, and also works with athletes and active individuals navigating the sport-specific pressures around food and body image.
Eliza Hartley
AHPRA Registered Clinical Psychologist
Eliza is an AHPRA Registered Clinical Psychologist working with people experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns. She offers a warm, collaborative space and draws on evidence-based approaches, tailoring therapy to each person's circumstances and goals. Eliza works alongside clients, families, dietitians, GPs and other supports to provide compassionate, recovery-focused care.
Ted Murray
AHPRA Registered Clinical Psychologist
Ted is a Clinical Psychologist who takes a warm, compassionate, and collaborative approach to therapy. He draws on a range of evidence-based treatments, including Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E), Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM), Temperament Based Therapy with Supports (TBT-S), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy. His approach is flexible and tailored to each person's individual circumstances and goals. Ted is passionate about helping people recover from an eating disorder, and has worked with eating disorders across residential eating disorder treatment settings and community outpatient settings.
Louise Kelly
AHPRA Registered Psychologist
Louise is an AHPRA Registered Psychologist who works with adults experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns. Louise is passionate about helping people build a life that feels bigger than their eating disorder and understands that recovery can be both challenging and deeply rewarding. She has completed training in CBT-E and SSCM and draws on evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT, IFS and trauma-informed care. Louise works collaboratively with clients, families, dietitians, GPs, and other supports to provide compassionate, recovery-focused care.
Felicity Staedler
AHPRA Registered Psychologist
Felicity is an AHPRA registered Psychologist and member of the AAPi. She has worked in crisis support, schools and private practice and has worked extensively with clients with eating disorders, anxiety disorders and mood disorders. Felicity values the therapeutic relationship as an agent of change and places great importance on getting to know her clients thoroughly and helping them to feel safe in the therapeutic space. Felicity takes a collaborative approach to treatment and uses CBT, ACT and schema therapy approaches depending on the needs and goals of her clients.
Tiarna Foster
Accredited Practising Dietitian
With experience across both inpatient and community settings, Tiarna takes a compassionate, trauma informed approach to nutrition care. She understands that rebuilding trust with food can take time and works alongside you to develop practical, individualised strategies that feel achievable and fit into your life. Tiarna has an interest in supporting active individuals, as well as people navigating medical conditions alongside their relationship with food.
Gabriela Salant
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Gabriela is a dedicated dietitian working in eating disorders, passionate about helping people reconnect with food in a way that feels safe, balanced, and sustainable. She takes a whole-person approach to care, recognising that nutrition is shaped not only by the body, but also by emotions, experiences, and everyday life. Through compassionate, non-judgemental support and practical guidance, Gabriela works with clients to rebuild trust with food and move toward recovery at a pace that feels right for them.
Emma Bax
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Emma is a compassionate and dedicated dietitian working in eating disorders. With a genuine commitment to holistic wellbeing, she brings a blend of nutrition knowledge and empathetic understanding to support individuals on their journey to recovery.
Nicole Cipri - Director
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Nicole is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with training in the non-diet approach. She has developed skills in helping individuals heal their relationship with food, mind, and body. Passionate about guiding clients away from the dieting mindset and towards making peace with food, she incorporates Health At Every Size (HAES) and non-diet approach (Intuitive Eating) principles into her practice.
Our Treatment Philosophy
Weight-Inclusive Care
We practice from a Health at Every Size (HAES) framework. Your worth and your recovery are completely independent of the number on the scale.
Neurodiversity Affirming
We understand the intersection of eating disorders with ADHD and Autism. We adapt our strategies to accommodate sensory and executive functioning needs.
Multidisciplinary Care
Dietitians and psychologists working side by side, using evidence-based clinical treatments such as CBT-E and SSCM. You will never be judged for your food behaviours here.
Compassionate about healing.
Committed to freedom.
12
Dietitians &
Psychologists
100%
Private Telehealth
Convenience
6
Days A Week
Availability