MARINA PAYNE (APD, CEDC)
She/Her
Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD)
Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC)
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Welcome and Hello! I’m Marina. I’m an eating disorder dietitian who cares deeply about helping people find more peace with food, their bodies, and their health. During my time at Eat Love Live I have worked with all kinds of eating disorder presentations and understand how these experiences often overlap with other co-occurring conditions — like neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, body image concerns, digestive issues, chronic illness, women’s health conditions such as PCOS or endometriosis, POTS, and diabetes and blood sugar management. I have particular interests in working with people who are neurodivergent and those living in higher-weight bodies. My work involves dismantling ableism and anti-fat biases, which can deeply compound distress and create additional barriers to care. I believe everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and supported without judgement, and I’m committed to creating spaces where clients feel safe and understood. By zooming out to see the bigger picture, I’m able to map out a pathway forward and support my clients step by step as they grow stronger foundations of trust, confidence, and connection with food and their bodies.” I deeply value lived experience and tailor every step of the process to the individual. My work is rooted in non-diet, neuroaffirming, trauma-informed, and fat-positive frameworks, helping clients reconnect to themselves in a way that feels sustainable, supportive, and empowering.
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Marina engages in regular clinical supervision and self-reflection practices to ensure her clients receive high quality care. |
BOOKING DETAILS:
Marina is currently accepting new clients aged 12 years and above.
If you would like to use NDIS funding to support your sessions, please check current capacity to accept new NDIS clients on (03) 9087 8379.
If you would like to make a booking with Marina, you can contact reception on (03) 9087 8379 or book online via: Marina's online booking link
| Availability: Marina is available for consultation:
| Please send all referrals to:Email: reception@eatlovelive.com.auFax: (03) 9445 9261 |
EAT LOVE LIVE POLICY
We require that all clients be linked in with regular medical support to ensure their ongoing medical safety.
We require clients to be engaged with or planning to engage with psychological support to ensure that we are providing safe, ethical and evidence-based support.
AGE LIMITS FOR ACCEPTING NEW REFERRALS:
Please note some practitioners have boundaries on the age of clients they will accept as new referrals.
We request that for all new clients aged 15 years and younger that a pre-assessment questionnaire be completed to assist us in triaging the young person and family.
For all clients aged 15 or younger we request that the initial assessment be with the parents/ carer only.
Eating disorders do not just affect the person but families as a whole.
This is an important part of the assessment process and will help us to get a clear history of the development of the eating disorder and aid in setting up a treatment team and clear treatment goals moving forward.
Family Based Therapy/Treatment (FBT) is the gold standard for supporting children and adolescents with eating disorders. The Eat Love Live team are not trained in FBT or family therapy.
We can be an adjunct to this important treatment process, provide a safe space for discussion around meal planning, information about eating disorders, physical and psychological risks associated with the eating disorder, normal puberty changes to the body, guidelines to adequate amounts of nutrition and help clear many of the myths about food and bodies in our community.
We appreciate that accessing paediatric and adolescent services is difficult and there are long wait lists. As with all clients, we insist that all adolescents are linked in with a multidisciplinary team including a GP and a mental health clinician - be it a psychologist or psychiatrist. And we suggest that clients make the referral to CAMHS/CYMHS and / or private family therapy and be on the waiting list for this support.
Along with the GP or paediatrician we can provide information and support while families are waiting for this important more intensive support.
Parents can speak with their GP or Paediatrician about referrals to these supports.