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Feeding Therapy (Kids & Teens) 

Helping children and teens expand their diet with less stress — and more support.

Does this sound familiar?

  • Mealtimes feel like a battleground — stress, refusal, or meltdowns.

  • Your child eats fewer than 20 foods, avoids entire textures, or has strong brand preferences.

  • You worry they’re not getting enough variety or nutrition.

  • You're unsure if it's “just fussy eating” or something more complex like ARFID.

  • You’ve tried everything — but nothing seems to work.

 

 

How Feeding Therapy Can Help

Feeding therapy isn’t about forcing foods or pressure-based approaches. It’s a child-led, relationship-based way of helping kids and teens explore, accept, and eventually enjoy new foods — at their own pace.

We support children aged 2 to 18 (and their families) to:

  • Improve confidence and reduce anxiety around food

  • Increase food variety without fear or overwhelm

  • Work through sensory sensitivities and oral motor challenges

  • Manage ARFID, extreme fussy eating, and food jagging

  • Support family dynamics and reduce mealtime stress

What You Can Expect

 

Feeding therapy sessions are tailored to your child’s needs. You’ll receive:

  • A full nutrition and feeding assessment

  • Collaborative goal-setting with parents and/or teens

  • Individualised strategies using evidence-based models like SOS, CBT-AR, RAVES and responsive feeding

  • Sensory-based food exposure games and activities

  • A take-home plan to build consistency at home

Sessions are available in-clinic on the Sunshine Coast or online.

 

 

Not sure if it's ARFID or fussy eating? 

Download our free Could It Be ARFID Guide for a practical, parent-friendly breakdown of what to look for — and what to do next.

Download the FREE Guide

Why Work With Me?

I'm a feeding therapist and dietitian who understands that fussy eating isn't just a phase — and it’s not your fault. As someone who once struggled with food variety myself, I know how complex eating can be for children and how emotional it is for parents.

I combine professional training with real-life compassion to support families in a way that’s non-judgemental, evidence-based, and effective.

Ready to get support?

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