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Dr Karen Spielman

General Practitioner
Panellists have generously contributed to our CPD webinars. Please note that they are not employed by MHPN, and we are unable to contact them or provide referrals on your behalf. Please do not send us patient details.

Karen is has worked as a GP for nearly 30 years and practices person-centred psychologically-informed medicine. She works part-time in a normal general practice as well as a specialist Eating Disorder practice. She is interested in chronic complex medical conditions including eating disorders and has expertise in mental health, youth health and trauma-informed care. She provides peer supervision to GPs through the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine and is GP Consultant and Research Associate at InsideOut Institute.

Above all, she values collaborating with like-minded health practitioners as she understands that the more the team communicates and is on the same page, the better the care and outcome is for the patient/consumer.

As far as Eating Disorders go, she believes that they are an example of a situation where the mind and body are equally important and interconnected and that the provision of respectful, informed, collaborative medical care is vital in treatment and recovery.

Dr Karen Spielman has presented on the following MHPN activities:

Providing care in the community for people with eating disorders – a specialist insight into engagement and treatment, 13 Sep 2017
Multidisciplinary Masterclass: Best Practice in Eating Disorders, 02 Sep 2025 7:00pm

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