Type 1 diabetes with disordered eating and/or body image concerns and/or disordered insulin use
Type 2 diabetes
Pre-diabetes and insulin resistance, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS)
Metabolic health
Eating Disorders
As a Nurse Practitioner and Diabetes Educator, Beck can:
Independently assess, diagnose and plan your treatment - without needing to go back to your GP first - or continue working collaboratively with your GP. The choice is yours.
Prescribe medications and issue scripts.
Provide medical, nutrition and metabolic support through perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause and for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).
Order and assess pathology tests and other relevant investigations.
Initiate and optimise diabetes medications and technology, including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps. I'm a Certified Product Trainer for Omnipod, Tandem T-Slim, Medtronic/MiniMed, and MyLife YpsoPump.
Complete NDSS forms — registration, blood glucose monitoring equipment, CGM access, insulin needles, and pump consumables.
Complete fitness-to-drive assessments for diabetes.
Provide absence-from-work/school certificates.
Write specialist referral letters.
Write letters of clinical need to support private health insurance funding for insulin pumps.
Deliver integrated medical, nutritional, and psychosocial care.
As a Dietitian, Beck can support you with:
Personalised nutrition - working with you to find the most suitable approach for your long-term health goals.
Carb awareness and counting; finding blood glucose friendly foods for whichever eating approach you use and insulin dosing suggestions for different types of foods.
Strategies for meeting nutritional requirement and improved glucose levels for various eating approaches, including lower carb eating, gluten free, plant based, animal based etc.
A nutrition approach to manage insulin resistance and other metabolic conditions such as fatty liver, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and PMOS.
Dietary support for people wanting to manage their mental health through diet (metabolic psychiatry)
Dietary support for people using medical weight-loss medications or recovering from bariatric surgery.
Managing worries or anxiety about food, insulin and body image to enhance your sense of general wellbeing and develop a healthy relationship with food and your body.
Dietary support and psychologically-informed approaches for disordered eating and eating disorders.
Mental health nutrition Beck is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Mental Health Nurse and Credentialled Eating Disorder Clinician. She can assist you with:
Nutrition to optimise mental health
Building a healthy relationship with food and eating
Disordered eating and eating disorders
Beck has additional training as a Nutrition, Health & Wellness Coach, as well as training in CBT, CBT-E, CBT-GSH, CBT-T, SSCM, which are psychological treatments allowed under an Eating Disorder Treatment Plan. She's also a faciliitator for both the Body Project and Project Health group-based eating disorder prevention programs. She can help you to reclaim your health and your relationship with food, eating and body image.
Supporting gut health - find out what your microbiome can tell you about your health by ordering an easy to use gut microbiome home test kit hereThen, book an appointment with Beck to discuss your results and the dietary suggestions that may improve your overall health and wellbeing. NB: I do not receive any income from Microba for these referrals.