Our new Local Community Garden built by our incredible speaker & volunteer!
March 29, 2023
Our incredible speaker & volunteer Nadia has built & donated a beautiful garden bed to
OUR PEOPLE
OUR PEOPLE
We are a team of caring, qualified individuals, many with a lived experience with eating disorders, who are here to help you.
Belinda Chelius
Chief Executive Officer
A skilled, dedicated and passionate feminist Senior Social Work Clinician.
SENIOR PRACTITIONERS
Christophe Langlassé
Senior Eating Disorder Practitioner
An accredited social worker in the Individual Clinical stream.
Emma Trappett
Senior Carer and Family Coach
(Maternity Leave)
A registered Psychologist, with a Bachelor of Psychological Science.
David Langford
Senior Carer & Family Coach
An early career Social Work Clinician with a Bachelor of Behavioural Science.
PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM
Rohie Marshall
Care Navigator & Public Health Lead
Linking clients, staff, and external organisations.
Jess Tone
Research Administrative & Public Health Officer
Jess undertakes internal program evaluations for EDQ’s individual and group therapies.
CLINICAL TEAM
Nat Scales
Eating Disorder Practitioner
A practitioner in the Individual Clinical stream, with a Masters in Counselling.
Lisa Kelly
Eating Disorder Practitioner
A lived-experience counsellor and group facilitator, with a Degree in Psychology and Masters in Social Work.
David Langford
Eating Disorder Practitioner
An early career Social Work Clinician with a Bachelor of Behavioural Science.
Sarah Larsen
Eating Disorder Practitioner
Sarah is a practitioner in the individual clinical stream.
Lucy Galbraith
Eating Disorder Practitioner
Lucy has 10 years social work experience across the community sector.
Amber Dwinell
Eating Disorder Practitioner
Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours.
Poppy-Louise Batts
Eating Disorder Practitioner
Master of Psychotherapy with Honours and Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
Kayla Lazzam
Eating Disorder Practitioner
Bachelor of Psychology and Master’s in Public Health (Health Promotion)
CARER & KEY SUPPORT TEAM
LIVED EXPERIENCE SUPPORT WORKERS
Laura Zuber
Peer Worker
Laura is a photographer, freelance writer and a fully qualified recovery coach. Laura’s framework is collaborative and person-centred.
Mandy Long
Peer Worker
Mandy has over 20 years’ experience providing peer support, recovery coaching and care services both in the community and private practice.
Amira Hassan
Peer Worker
Amira has moved into the Peer Worker position after completing her Masters of Social Work placement at EDQ. With a lived experience, she hopes to support people move towards their ideal life free from the eating disorder.
ALLIED HEALTH TEAM
Megan Bray
Contracted Dietitian
(Medicare & NDIS)
Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and a Master of Dietetic Studies.
Jane Bowman
Mental Health Social Worker
(Medicare & NDIS)
Utilising CBT, ACT, Internal Family Systems and more.
Sarah Why
Contracted Dietitian
(Medicare & NDIS)
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician.
EDQ BOARD
Karen Dare
Chairperson, Director
Expertise: Community Sector
Karen has a social sciences background and over 35 years of experience in the community sector, working with Communify since 1994. She works with a strong community development focus and has extensive experience as a board member for prominent community and other organisations. Karen is recipient of the 2001 Centenary Medal and the Brisbane Australia Day Award for her contribution to the community sector.
Stacey Horder
Secretary, Director
Expertise: HR
Stacey has worked across the full growth cycle of companies – from start-ups, to mergers and acquisitions, alongside managing billion-dollar ventures. Throughout her career, Stacey has consistently advocated for culture and creating organisations that have a strong sense of community. She also spends time mentoring for start-ups and being involved in a Director capacity for not-for-profits.
Karolina Pemberton
Treasurer, Director
Expertise: Finance
Karolina is a qualified accountant with over 17 years of experience across a range of sectors and specialities, including Financial and Management accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting, and not-for-profits. Outside her professional life, Karolina has a love of family, cooking and tennis.
Susan Gobbart
Banking Signatory
Expertise: Psychology/Service Delivery
Susan is a psychologist with a special interest in complex trauma, co-occuring AOD and mental health concerns, and Clinical Governance, particularly program evaluation and service/client outcome measures. She is currently working with an Indigenous Birthing program as a Perinatal and Parenting Psychologist. She has over 30 years of professional experience across a range of areas in the mental health field.
Rex Brar
Ordinary Member
Expertise: Finance and Business Development
Rex is a Chartered Accountant with public practice experience and with commercial exposure in business operations, financial and management reporting, leading ERP implementation, improving business efficiencies, project management, MandA deals and currently setting up a start-up business.
Anastasia Blake
Ordinary Member (Banking Signatory)
Expertise: Nutrition
Anastasia worked in Education for more than 20 years, primarily in Computer Education and Policy managing initiatives. She has extensive experience in managing and delivering food programmes in various settings. Anastasia first began volunteering with EDQ in its very early days. She now supervises Health Science Dietetics students and is finalising a cookbook with Dr. Leanne Barron for those recovering from eating disorders.
Marc Bryant
Ordinary Member
Expertise: Carer/IT
Marc is a current member of the Qld Government Advisory Group (Eating Disorders), and also has more than 20 years’ experience in State Government public service, including various expert panels and consulting groups, with special interest in IT systems and information management. Marc has had approximately 6 years’ lived experience with eating disorders as a carer and has mentored other carers.
Suzannah D’Juliet
Director
Expertise: Legal
Suzannah is a commercial lawyer who works in Executive Management in the Resources Industry. She has special interests in insurance, risk and compliance and has experience as a Non-Executive Director in the private sector. Suzannah has a lived experience of eating disorders and is passionate about EDQ’s quality, client centered care and service delivery model.
Eating Disorders Queensland
We support a vibrant community of individuals recovering from an eating disorder, including people with lived experiences, carers and family members.
LOCATION:
51 Edmondstone Street,
Yuggera Country,
South Brisbane, QLD 4101
CALL: (07) 3844 6055
Subscribe to newsletter
Partners
