Karen has been a GP for nearly 30 years. She practices person-centred psychologically-informed medicine, working 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 a GP Consultant and Research Associate at InsideOut Institute.
Karen 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.
Karen believes that eating disorders are an example 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.