Annette holds a Master of Social Work and is an experienced mental health clinician, having worked across the public and private sector, predominantly in the area of eating disorders. Much of Annette’s work and area of interest, is working with families to help them better understand the complexities of an eating disorder. Annette is also passionate about helping families recognise the importance of their own self-care when caring for a loved one with an eating disorder.

Bliss is the CEED Team Leader – Lived Experience. She is a professional by experience, having supported her daughter with Anorexia Nervosa and understands the distinct challenges of the caring role on the family and support system.

She draws on her years of experience of caring, a previous career in finance and now in her psychology studies to bring a depth of understanding, compassion to the work of evaluation and research.

Bliss is also a peer researcher and has experience in leadership positions; currently sitting on several Department of Health (Victoria) committees and state-wide leadership teams. She dedicated to the voice of lived experience being integrated at every level of the mental health system.

Bliss is passionate about family-inclusive (family of choice or family of origin) practices and encourages services to engage all networks and supports to see improved outcomes for people experiencing mental health challenges, and for those who love them.

Dr Campbell Thorpe is a psychiatrist working in child and youth mental health with the Alfred Hospital and in private practice, for the last 15 years. He has recently commenced as the Consultant Psychiatrist with the Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders, and is currently the Head of Clinical Services, headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program, South Eastern Melbourne. Campbell has an enthusiasm for understanding mental health difficulties within a broader social context and a strong belief in the importance of positive social connections in recovery.

Dr Katie Hill is a Clinical Psychologist with a background working in the child and youth public mental health sector. Katie has extensive experience working with young people and their families, with eating disorders, and body image concerns. Katie is motivated by a strong desire to increase the accessibility of eating disorder treatment and improving outcomes for people living with an eating disorder.

Holly is a Clinical Psychologist who has experience working with young people, adults, and their supports throughout Geelong and Melbourne. She has specialised in working with people with eating disorders and body image difficulties in outpatient and inpatient settings, in both the public and private sectors. Holly is passionate about continuing to improve access to high quality evidence based treatment, underpinned by compassion and hope.

Jasmin is a registered Occupational Therapist experienced in providing mental health support for young people and adults. She has worked in both public and private sectors across Melbourne and Geelong, specialising in the treatment of eating disorders and body image challenges. Jasmin has a particular interest in the use of sensory, somatic, and embodied-based approaches to treatment. Jasmin has experience in providing training, supervision, and consultation, as well as providing clinical supervision for eating disorder clinicians and Occupational Therapists. At the heart of Jasmin’s work ethic is a strong desire to improve treatment options and outcomes for people living with eating disorders in Australia.

Jess is a Clinical Psychologist and family therapist with extensive experience working with people with eating disorders across public and private sectors. Jess has completed additional postgraduate training at The Bouverie Centre (Victoria’s Family Institution) specialising in family therapy. She is passionate about family inclusive practices, believing that directly engaging families is beneficial in the recovery process and fostering greater understanding for those involved. At CEED, Jess works within the youth team, providing clinical consultation and delivering training for health professionals. Her work is motivated by a desire increase the accessibility of high quality eating disorder treatment across Victoria and improve outcomes for people with eating disorder.

Michelle Roberton is the Manager of the Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED) leading an interdisciplinary team to build and support health workforce and service capability in care and treatment of eating disorders in Victoria.

Michelle is an accredited practicing dietitian with extensive expertise and experience in the mental health and eating disorders sector in Victoria. In her 15 years at CEED Michelle has worked in Senior clinician and team leader roles, providing complex case consultation, training and service development in Victorian mental health services. Michelle has overseen the implementation and piloting of a number of innovative clinical programs in partnership with Area services, expansion of training services, and incorporating co-design and co-production into CEED’s work through the recruitment of a senior Lived Experience team at CEED.

Rhiannon holds a Master of Social Work and has experience working within the adult mental health sector. Rhiannon has specialised in working with people with eating disorders, as well as other co-occurring mental health concerns (including addiction), in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Rhiannon is passionate about ongoing service development in the hope of ensuring high quality evidence based treatment is available to individuals living with an eating disorder.

Tanya is a Senior Clinical Psychologist with a history of working with individuals with eating disorders in addition to supervising other clinicians in their work with eating disorders. She also has an extensive history working with individuals who have personality disorders from a DBT and RO-DBT framework. Tanya is passionate about understanding the factors that may underlie the development of an eating disorder, and understanding the holistic picture of a client rather than just a clinical diagnosis. At CEED, Tanya contributes to both the youth and adult teams and enjoys training clinicians and working through complex cases

Dr Alexandra Griffin is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience working with young people, adults, families & supports across metropolitan Melbourne and the Barwon Region. Alexandra has experience working within both primary and tertiary settings of public health, and private practice. Alexandra has a particular passion and background in supporting individuals with eating disorders and personality difficulties. Alexandra is a board approved supervisor, and welcomes the opportunity to foster growth and skills to clinicians across a range of services to support evidence based treatment. Alexandra works with a compassionate, relational approach, to support improving treatment and high quality care for both individuals, supports and systems. Alexandra strives to empower others, and believes that through collaboration we can develop a sense of awareness & understanding to current challenges and strengths.