Marlee Croucher (APD)

She/Her

Accredited Practicing Dietitian 

Marlee is a non-diet dietitian who works alongside children, teens, and their families to build trusting relationships with food and body. She offers inclusive, neuro-affirming care with a focus on supporting neurodivergent individuals - including those with autism, ADHD, and sensory processing differences - through a lens of respect, safety, and autonomy. With deep experience in feeding and eating differences, Marlee specialises in working with children who experience ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), sensory-based eating differences, and mealtime challenges that may arise.  Her approach is weight-neutral, trauma-informed, and rooted in understanding that eating is more than just nutrition - it’s about connection, regulation, and choice. Marlee values collaboration with families, caregivers, and other support professionals, recognising that each person brings valuable insight to the table. She avoids rigid goals or one-size-fits-all advice, instead supporting each client to explore sustainable, individualised strategies that honour their lived experience. Marlee is passionate about dismantling diet culture, advocating for neurodiversity, and creating accessible, shame-free spaces where all bodies and brains are welcomed. Outside of clinical work, Marlee enjoys listening to music of varied genres, dancing, walks in nature, coffee and crafts.

BOOKING DETAILS

Marlee will be accepting new clients aged 1 years & above from October '25. Please contact reception should you wish to discuss working with her then on (03) 9087 8379. 

Please note: Rebecca is only able to accept new Self Managed NDIS participants at this time.

If would like to make a booking with Marlee, you can contact reception on (03) 9087 8379 or book online via: Marlee's online booking link

What will happen at the first session with an Eat Love Live Dietitian?

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.