Rebecca Harrison

ProfileRebecca (she/her) is an experienced and passionate eating disorders focused therapist, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) and Credentialed Eating Disorders Mental Health Clinician (CEDC - MH), working with those seeking help with eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety disorders as well as obsessive compulsive concerns, and those who struggle with self criticism and shame. Rebecca is passionate about neurodivergence affirming care, non judgement and safety as the starting point for the therapeutic relationship. She works with all eating disorder presentations and with all stages of illness and recovery. Rebecca has worked with the clinical care and recovery support teams at the Butterfly Foundation and with Sydney public hospitals RPA and St Vincent's, most recently as the senior eating disorders mental health clinician, co-leading the implementation of St Vincents Hospital Sydneys first public outpatient eating disorders service (EDOS). With 10 years dedicated to this area of practice, Rebecca remains passionate about continued professional development. She is a member of the AASW, ANZAED and the Eating Disorder MHPN to keep across research and innovations, including the important contributions that come from lived experience voices. Rebecca utilises a number of evidence based interventions, based on cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies, including MANTRA, CBT- E/AR, Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), SSCM, Motivation Enhancement (MET), Attachment based approaches such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and MBT and draws also from DBT and Narrative approaches, working together with her clients to find the best fit and way forward, for them. Rebecca can also incorporate play, writing and/or music to support rapport, regulation and expression Rebecca prioritises holding a calm, safe space for people to explore and experiment with change and welcomes all stages of this process. Rebecca's clients can use Mental Health and Eating Disorder care plans from their GP to access Medicare rebates. Rebecca can also support NDIS participants to meet their gorals.