Dietitian

Maud is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian & Nutritionist (APD) and a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician.

She is passionate about:

• Helping children and families relate to food in a more enjoyable and relaxed way
• Supporting children, adolescents and adults develop a healthier relationship with food and body using a Non-Diet Approach
• Promoting the role of our diet in gut and mental health

Maud works with age groups ranging from school age children to older adults. She can help with:

Eating concerns

• Fussy eating – helping families decrease stress around mealtimes.
• Emotional eating – making peace with food.
• Yo-yo dieting – stopping the diet cycle.
• Restricted eating – increasing food variety

Eating disorders

• Avoidance and restrictive feeding and intake disorders (ARFID).
• Anorexia nervosa (AN).
• Bulimia nervosa (BN).
• Binge eating disorder (BED).

Management of medication side effects

• Stimulants used to treat ADHD.
• Antipsychotics.

Maud’s background and qualifications

Maud was born in France and, although she doesn’t really drink wine, she loves bread and cheese! Before becoming a dietitian, she worked as a researcher inmolecular biology for more than 10 years and was also a scuba diving instructor. She has lived in The Netherland and Germany but really found her home in Queensland.

As a dietitian, she has experience working in hospital and community services specialising in mental health. She has also developed and facilitated several cooking programs for persons with a lived experience of mental illness to help them prepare stress-free meals that are both yummy and nutritious.

Her qualifications are listed below:

• Master of Dietetics Studies from the University of Queensland
• Accredited Mental Health First Aider (Mental Health First Aid Australia)
• PhD in Ecotoxicology
• Master in Toxicology

Additional trainings:

• Responsive Feeding Therapy (RFT) Approach for dietitians
• Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for dietitians
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT) for dietitians
• Trauma informed Binge Eating Disorder (BED) management
• Health at Every Size (HAES) approach for dietitians