Referral Pathway for Dietitians

Bite Into Freedom

Eating Disorder Referral Pathway for Dietitians

Psychology and dietetics for eating disorders only. Telehealth, all ages.

Referrals and Intake
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Option 1: Psychology Alongside Your Care

  • You continue your client's dietetic care
  • Our psychologist joins the treatment team as multidisciplinary care
  • Our psychologists work alongside your nutrition plan, with updates after assessment and at review, with consent
  • Family based treatment (FBT) for children and adolescents

Option 2: Full Eating Disorder Care

  • For presentations that need more than a general dietetic consult can carry
  • Our dietitian and psychologist work together, coordinated within the one practice
  • Letter to you after assessment, with consent
  • We refer back to you for anything outside the eating disorder

When to Consider Referral

  • Ongoing restriction, or a list of accepted foods that keeps narrowing
  • Bingeing, purging or compensatory exercise
  • Rapid weight change, or weight loss being praised rather than questioned
  • A client who needs weekly sessions and a psychologist alongside

Presentations We See

  • Anorexia nervosa, including atypical presentations
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Binge eating disorder
  • Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
  • Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)

How to Refer

  1. Send DetailsEmail the client's name, number and preferred option to admin@biteintofreedom.com.au.
  2. We Contact the ClientOur intake team books the client and lodges any Medicare claims.
  3. AssessmentFirst appointment usually within a week, by telehealth.
  4. Shared CareUpdates to you after assessment and at review, with consent.

Funding

Presentation Pathway
Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, OSFED Eating Disorder Plan: up to 20 dietetic and 40 psychological sessions in 12 months. The Eating Disorder Plan is prepared by the client's GP, psychiatrist or paediatrician.
Psychology only, no Eating Disorder Plan Mental Health Treatment Plan from the client's GP, NDIS (self or plan managed) or private.
ARFID Not eligible for the Eating Disorder Plan. Clients can start through their GP's Chronic Condition Management plan (up to 5 allied health sessions a year), NDIS (self or plan managed) or privately.
Any presentation Clients can start privately or under NDIS while a plan is arranged. We claim the Medicare rebate for the client; we do not bulk bill.

Medical Care

  • Medical monitoring stays with the client's GP or treating doctor
  • Our clinicians raise any medical concerns with the treating doctor directly
  • Clients who are medically unstable need hospital assessment before outpatient treatment
Bite Into Freedom, telehealth eating disorder care across Australia. Fees and rebates: biteintofreedom.com.au/pages/faqMedicare details current for the 2026/27 financial year