Therapy Kitchen is a designated space to learn about food and how to eat it.
At Family Dietetics, we pride ourselves on delivering dietetics, nutrition and feeding therapy in a way that translates back to the family table.
Our Therapy Kitchens spaces are equipped like home kitchens with kitchen benches, sinks, ovens and appliances like you'd see at home. We learn at our benches and investigate foods at our dining tables.
We understand that 'fussy eating' is more physiological than behavioural,
and we individualise our weekly, fortnightly and school holiday programs to account for this.
Our team of Feeding Therapists are trained in disordered eating profiles such as
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID),
Delayed Oromotor skills,
Paediatric Feeding Disorder
Tube Weaning.
Feeding Therapy programs that we draw from to develop our individualised Feeding Therapy programs include:
- Responsive Feeding Therapy
- Food Chaining / Linking
- AEIOU
- DIR Floortime
- Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS)
Dietitians are uniquely placed to bridge all the placed you access foods, and to maximise on the nutrition received in every bite - no matter the food! We're experts at packing that nutrition in - a term called Fortification!
We can additionally work on: food knowledge, cutlery skills, sensory processing difficulties
anxiety, resilience building and confidence through CBT and DBT techniques.
Acute exacerbations of ARFID and other Eating Disorders require prompt and expert teams, our Credentialed Eating Disorder clinician team members can assist with the set up and management of Family Based Treatment protocols, re-feeding, and re-nourishment protocols. We use food as our counselling tool.
We work with clients of all ages and abilities at Therapy Kitchen.
