John Hristoforidis

John is a trauma informed, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who holds a Master of Counselling Social Work. John has been working as a clinician in direct clinical practice for 15 years and his professional interests include complex trauma, disordered eating, sexuality and working with LGBTIQ+ communities. John provides therapy for carers of people with eating disorders. John has a keen passion for family therapy and building family/carer resilience. John works across two practices including the well known and reputable, The Birchtree Centre of Excellence for Trauma, Drugs and Alcohol and Eating Disorders, and private Virtual Clinic.

John's passion extends to building workforce capacity, empowering clinicians and teams, quality improvement and striving to achieve access and equity for people living with eating disorders, their carers, family and significant others. John enjoys providing clinical supervision for allied health staff. John's previous employment history included operating as the District Eating Disorders Coordinator for a Metro Health District where he developed better care pathways, Models of Care and services, as well as a Clinical Services Manager for a National Mental Health Service.