Jacinta Sherlock

About Me

I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and Credentialed Eating Disorder Dietitian with a deep commitment to helping people heal from trauma. I am Autistic, Queer and my approach is informed by my own experience of healing from trauma and an eating disorder. My own lived experience also informs my advocacy efforts centred around trauma informed dietetics and humanising care. 

Navigating the system both personally and professionally and having the privilege to be supported to understand my own life experiences and challenges, provides me with deep commitment to provide others with the same kindness, care and compassion. I bring genuine curiosity to my practice, meeting you where you’re at and creating a space where your feel safe to explore your relationship with food without judgment.

I work with adolescents and adults experiencing a broad range of eating concerns, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and other disordered eating presentations. I also regularly work with the LGBTIQA+ community, the autistic and ADHD community, people seeking weight management support and women in the perimenopause and menopause stages of life. I collaborate closely with psychiatrists, psychologists, support co-ordinators and GPs to provide truly integrated, multidisciplinary care.

With ongoing training in eating disorders, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and over 10 years of clinical experience, I understand that healing and behaviour change is not linear and takes time — and that meaningful, lasting change is a process requiring patience, trust, and a highly individualised approach.

Behind the scenes:

Outside of my role as a Dietitian, I love spending time with my daughter, my partner and our smoochy cat. I enjoy singing and dancing and can be regularly found learning new pole tricks and moves. I spend a lot of time on country, swimming, hiking, listening and connecting. As a student of life, I am committed to my process of indigenising my own ways of being and knowing.    

My Approach

I believe in a holistic relational collaborative approach, that sees the individual with their unique life experiences. My practice is based on a non-diet, weight-inclusive framework. I don’t prescribe restrictive eating plans or focus on weight as a measure of health or recovery. Instead, together we build insight, awareness and understanding around your relationship with food, we work together to understand and build skills around nervous system regulation, and we work together to help you rebuild trust with your body, develop flexible and sustainable eating behaviours, and find freedom from food rules.

Sessions are collaborative and led by you. We work together at the pace that feels right for you, and the support is individualised based on your unique history, values, and goals.

Core principles:

· Non-diet & weight-inclusive — health and wellbeing are not defined by body size

· Trauma-informed — sensitive to the complex factors that contribute to eating and human behaviour

· Evidence-informed — grounded in clinical practice experience, supervision, current clinical research and best-practice guidelines

· Holistic — Looking beyond the symptoms and behaviours 

· Individualised — no two sessions look the same

What to Expect

Your first appointment is a chance for us to understand your story together — your history with food, your current challenges, and what matters to you. There is no pressure to have all the answers. From there, we will work together to develop a plan that feels realistic and respectful of where you are right now. Appointments are available in-person and via telehealth.