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We're Family Dietetics
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Maternal and Paediatric Dietitian
Jessie Pearson
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Dietitian and Primary School Teacher
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Emma Turner
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Kane Stephens
Dietitian and Feeding Therapist
Kane Stephens
Kane Stephens
Kane Stephens
Allied Health Assistant
Elise Cain
Kane Stephens
Dani Merritt
Allied Health Assistant / Administrator
Dani Merritt
Kane Stephens
Dani Merritt
Allied Health Assistant / Administrator
Meghan Quinlan
Meghan Quinlan
Meghan Quinlan
Allied Health Assistant
Dr Brooke Harcourt
Passionate about all children achieving health through nutrition therapy
Paediatric Dietitian
Maternal Health Dietitian
Disability Dietitian
Medical Research Fellow
Mum
Brooke is an approachable nutrition therapist with over a decade of experience in infant and child nutrition and metabolism conditions.
She is nationally and internationally recognized for her medical research into diabetes and obesity. She has current research projects at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Here, Brooke investigates the early origins of metabolism and endocrine disorders and specialises in the causes and consequences of Childhood Obesity.
Brooke is passionate about giving children the best chance for health over the course of their life and believes that excellent early life nutrition is key for this. She understands that some members of the community have trouble accessing nutrition because of developmental conditions, disabilities and delayed skill development. Brooke has an indepth knowledge of the development of eating processes and skill development, the reasons behind food choices and optimising eating environments; so can help parents and children work towards making positive changes to their nutrition intake. Brooke is an SOS Feeding Therapist, but recognises this is not suitable for all clients so incorporates multiple approaches into her therapy design.
In more recent times Brooke has enjoyed teaching and passing on her feeding therapy methods to the newer Family Dietetics team members. This has allowed her practice to expand and ultimately help more learn how to love and access more foods.
Jessie Pearson
Dietitian
Primary School Teacher
SOS Feeding Therapist
Doting aunt and dog-mum
Jessie is an experienced Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Primary School Teacher who has worked in clinical, community and aged-care dietetics. She is passionate about providing expert nutrition advice to people of all ages.
Jessie enjoys taking time to develop rapport with her patients to ensure she is providing tailored advice suitable to their individual needs.
She loves to bake for friends and family and is also employed as a cooking demonstrator for a Not-for-profit organisation.
Jessie sees clients at Therapy Kitchen, Vermont South Medical Centre and Sensational Kids.
Emma Turner
Dietitian and Feeding Therapist
Dietitian
Feeding Therapist
Emma graduated with an Honours Degree Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics from Monash University. She then completed post graduate SOS Feeding Therapy training and is working towards refining her clinical paediatric dietetics skills and increasing her case load.
Emma enjoys exploring the sensory properties of foods with her clients and helping them to increase their food vocabulary.
So its no surprise that Emma describes herself as a passionate foodie, and loves to cook and enjoy good food with family and friends.
Emma sees clients at Therapy Kitchen, Complete Children's Health and Redhouse Paediatrics.
Kane Stephens
Allied Health Assistant
Whilst formerly studying Osteopathy, Kane found his love and passion for the importance of health and nutrition. After a few years, he decided to switch pathways to follow his goal of becoming a dietitian. Kane is currently completing his bachelor of nutrition science at Deakin University and will help as an AHA whilst planning to study his Master of Dietetics starting in 2021.
Kane has completed the SOS Feeding therapy course and has been kicking food goals with clients!
When he isn’t attending to study, Kane enjoys the simple things in life - running along the beach, Summer BBQ’s with friends and family, walking his Beaglier companion and playing golf with mates.
Meghan Quinlan
Allied Health Assistant and Administration
Originally from Sydney, Meghan obtained a Bachelor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Newcastle in 2015. Meghan is currently completing a Masters of Dietetics at Monash University.
She then spent the best part of a year travelling Europe and Asia, before moving to Melbourne 3 years ago to join a Graduate program as a Food Scientist! Megan one day wants to become a dietitian so will be helping as an AHA while she trains!
She loves the food and culture of Melbourne, but misses the warmer weather!
In her spare time, Meghan enjoys cooking meals and food from scratch, trying new restaurants, being involved in her community exercise group, and hanging out with family, friends and her two black cats. Meghan is an SOS Feeding therapist.
