Clinical Psychologist

Sarah is a warm and friendly psychologist with over 8 years of experience in Private Practice. Sarah works from a strengths-based approach with clients across the lifespan. This includes children, adolescents and adults presenting with a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, adjustment to life stressors, neurodiverse presentations, workplace difficulties and grief and loss. Sarah has experience with a wide range of therapeutic approaches including Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Brief Solution-Focused Therapy (BSFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy. Sarah has undertaken specialized training in treating eating disorders to enable her to provide individualized support for clients to build a more positive relationship with body image, eating and weight. Sarah aims to work collaboratively with both the individual and their families to help achieve their goals as they journey towards wellness. Sarah is currently completing her Masters in Clinical Psychology (Post Registration) and is working through the process to finalize her accreditation as an ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician. In her spare time, you will find Sarah hanging out with her Pomeranian named Basil and tending to her beloved plant collection! Sarah is accessible for appointments at our Tuggerah practice or is happy to undertake appointments online via our telehealth options as required.

Jodie Sheraton is the Director of two Private Practice clinics; the award winning Optimum Intake Dietitians and the Myrtle Oak Eating Disorder Recovery Clinic. She is a university qualified Accredited Practising Dietitians and is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with over 15yrs in the sector. Jodie leads a team of 10 eating disorder clinicians, an additional 16 dietitians and a team of 8 administration support coordinators. By combining her passion to celebrate the deliciousness, functionality and enjoyment of food, her university qualification and professional experience as an eating disorder dietitian in the public sector, she discovered the desire to create her clinics to provide client focused care and individualised therapy options for people living with an eating disorder and families supporting a someone with an eating disorder, with a philosophy aligning with the Health At Every Size (HAES), Body Acceptance and Body Positivity, evidence based therapies, Intuitive Eating and Non-Diet Approaches. With the success of both practices, Jodie has created a business, Elevated Dietetics, to support and elevate other private practice, clinic based, dietitian lead businesses to develop the business, delegation, leadership and decision making skills needed to create, grow and sustain a thriving practice. While creating harmony between work and lifestyle goals. Jodie offers 1:1 services and also a training program called Elevate your Practice and is taking new enrolments now.