Sandi James

I can help: Teens aged 14+ and adults 18+

I specialise in: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), trauma recovery, harm reduction, eating disorder and addiction treatment, lived experience-informed care, family and carer recovery coaching, sibling support, and the iMove Program for compulsive exercise. My approach is trauma-informed, neurodiversity affirming, gender affirming and person-centred.

Medicare Rebate Available: Yes

NDIS-Funded: Yes

Sandi James is a registered Psychologist and Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach with more than 15 years working in mental health, eating disorder, and addiction treatment. She is a lived experience clinician and dedicates her career to working with clients that feel let down by current systems of care and treatment approaches. Her primary focus includes mental health and trauma recovery, with a particular focus on co-occurring presentations including substance use or food and compulsive exercise related difficulties.

Treatment approaches are trauma-informed, Neurodiversity affirming, and gender affirming and treatment is approached from a harm reduction perspective, utilising evidence-based approaches, including:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

• Family, Carer, and Support Network Recovery Coaching

• Sibling Support and Coaching

• iMove Program for Compulsive Exercise

  
  

Sandi has extensive experience working with individuals and families to heal and recover from trauma, addictions, eating disorders, and other mental health conditions. She is dedicated to working with clients and families from an inclusive and person centred approach to improve quality of life from a harm reduction perspective. She is a passionate and committed clinician, working alongside and guiding clients in the recovery process. Sandi is building a practice integrating joyful movement and somatic healing approaches to treatment as well as working towards her PhD conducting qualitative research looking at experiences of eating disorder treatment: identifying, responding to, and addressing harm experienced throughout the treatment process.