Dietitian

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

Being neurodivergent herself, she is passionate about offering trauma-informed neurodiversity affirming services to better support children, adolescent and adults with feeding differences and/or eating disorder.

Her areas of interest include:

Eating disorders

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
• Anorexia nervosa (AN)
• Bulimia nervosa (BN)
• Binge eating disorder (BED)

ADHD and autism

• Reducing stress around mealtime
• Finding sensory friendly foods
• Planning executive function-friendly meals)

Body image concerns

• Improving relatinship with the body
• Gender-affirming care

Management of medication side effects

• Stimulants used to treat ADHD symptoms
• 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 also runs education sessions and workshops for health professionals, teaching them how to create a more accessible, safe and supportive space for all the diverse minds out there.

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)
• Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to feeding (Dr Maud no longer uses this approach, as she feels it does not align with neurodiversity affirming care principles)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for dietitians
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT)
• Trauma Informed Care
• Counselling for body image concerns
• Health at Every Size (HAES) approach for dietitians