Eating Disorder Therapy in Elsternwick

Eating disorders can affect every part of a person’s life. What starts as a difficult relationship with food, weight or body image can gradually begin to shape daily routines, relationships, work, confidence and emotional wellbeing.

For a lot of people, eating difficulties are also about much more than food. They can be tied to anxiety, perfectionism, low self-worth, a need for control, difficult life experiences or long-standing patterns in the way someone relates to themselves and others. Effective therapy needs to look beyond the behaviour itself and understand what may be driving it.

Franco Greco provides eating disorder therapy in Elsternwick for adults who are struggling with disordered eating, body image concerns and the emotional patterns that can sit underneath them. With more than 20 years of experience in counselling and coaching, Franco takes a practical, individualised approach to helping clients better understand the thoughts, emotions and behaviours that may be keeping them stuck.

Understanding What’s Behind the Pattern

Eating disorders don’t always look the way people expect them to. Someone may appear to be functioning well in their career, relationships or day-to-day life while privately dealing with restrictive eating, binge eating, compulsive behaviours, intense body dissatisfaction or persistent thoughts about food and weight.

Through eating disorder counselling in Elsternwick, Franco works with clients to explore these patterns without judgement. Rather than focusing only on stopping a particular behaviour, therapy can help uncover the beliefs, emotional triggers and coping strategies that have developed over time.

Depending on the individual, this may involve exploring themes such as perfectionism, shame, self-criticism, emotional regulation, control, anxiety, relationship difficulties or past experiences that continue to influence the present.

A Practical and Personalised Approach

Franco draws on evidence-based approaches including Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness-based strategies. The aim isn’t to apply a one-size-fits-all formula, but to understand what’s happening for you and build a therapeutic approach around your particular needs.

Working with an experienced eating disorder therapist can provide a space to make sense of behaviours that may otherwise feel confusing, frustrating or difficult to change. Therapy can also support the development of healthier coping strategies, a more balanced relationship with food and body image, and greater awareness of the emotional patterns that influence everyday choices.


Would you benefit from Franco Greco’s eating disorder counselling in Elsternwick?

If concerns around food, eating or body image are taking up too much mental space, affecting your relationships or making everyday life harder than it needs to be, professional support may help. Your Psychologist offers eating disorder counselling in Elsternwick with Franco Greco in a confidential, practical and supportive setting. Therapy is tailored to the person, with a focus on understanding the underlying issues as well as creating meaningful, sustainable change.