Eating Disorders Therapists in Auckland, New Zealand

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Understand the parts of you that use food and change the relationship you have with these parts as you heal.

I support clients struggling with eating disorders by creating a safe space to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around food and body image. Together, we work on building self-compassion, healthier coping strategies, and a more balanced, nourishing relationship with yourself.

I work primarily from a Rogerian or Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) approach using a conversational style listening patiently to you, always with empathy, genuineness and without judgement, to help find the solutions you desire for your life whilst adjusting my techniques to fit your needs within each session. Due to my experience in nursing and mental health along with listening to many, many other peoples experiences of eating disorders and body dysmorphia, I feel I have a good understanding of eating disorders issues and how they can impact the person experiencing them, as well as how they can affect those around them. I can support you to find connection and empowerment within your body to restore balance, happiness and inner peace. I can do this by using various techniques of 'talk therapy' and somatic (mind/body) healing methods, along with offering practical strategies that may be useful where suitable and desired by you. Whatever you are going through, know that there is hope - Let me help you find that hope.

Do you eat restrictively because you’re terrified of eating too much? Do you binge eat and then find ways to compensate for doing so? Maybe you routinely overeat or find yourself constantly ‘grazing’ and gaining weight. The common factors with all eating disorders are the feelings that accompany them. Let us help you and know that your struggle does not have to continue and help is possible

Auckland houses the majority of New Zealand's therapy community, with practitioners concentrated in Parnell, Remuera, Grey Lynn, and the North Shore. The city's housing affordability crisis — one of the worst in the world relative to income — is a persistent source of financial anxiety, and therapists frequently address housing stress, displacement, and the difficulty of achieving stability in one of the world's most expensive property markets. Auckland's large Pacific Islander and Māori populations require therapists with cultural competence around Indigenous mental health, collectivist family systems, and the historical trauma of colonization. Te Whatu Ora — Health New Zealand provides public mental health services, with a growing private therapy community serving those with health insurance or the capacity to self-fund.

Gender ID

	75%	Female
	25%	Male

Session Type

	50%	In Person and Online
	50%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

75%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
75%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
75%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
50%	Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
50%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
50%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
50%	Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
100%	Senior
100%	Young Adult
50%	Teen
50%	Children

Client Focus

100%	Women
100%	LGBTQ+
100%	Men
75%	Asian
75%	Hindu

Eating Disorders therapists in Auckland, New Zealand NZ

Chris Chicoteau

The Becoming Practice

Gaye Mallinson - Somatic Psychotherapies

Kristen Bayliss