APT Clinical Experts
APT NEW ZEALAND
Exciting Collaboration Announcement
I am delighted to share that Dr. Marion Roberts, from Nurture Psychology in New Zealand, has joined APT Therapeutic Solutions as a Clinical Collaborator and Research Lead.
Dr. Roberts brings extensive expertise and a shared passion for advancing innovative, evidence-based approaches to adolescent eating disorder treatment. Her leadership in research will strengthen our commitment to bridging clinical practice with cutting-edge knowledge, ensuring that young people and their families receive the best possible care.
Together, we look forward to expanding the reach and impact of APT Therapeutic Solutions, fostering collaboration across Australia and New Zealand, and continuing to develop resources that empower both clinicians and families.
About Dr Roberts
Dr Marion Roberts
Clinical Psychologist
PhD (KCL), DClinPsych, BSc Hons (1st), BSc, MNZCCP
- Clinical Director, Nurture Psychology
- Registered Psychologist (NZ Psychologists Board, Clinical Scope)
- Member (& former board member), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders
- Member, New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists
- Member, (International) Eating Disorder Research Society
- Senior Lecturer in Primary Mental Health, University of Auckland
- Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Otago
I am a clinical psychologist and academic with 20 years specialist experience in the field of eating disorders. I love working in this area and genuinely believe that recovery is possible for every individual.
I enjoy working in a warm, collaborative manner with my clients. I see a wide range of clients across all ages and eating disorder presentations, including adults & adolescents with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and/or body image concerns. I am passionate about recovery at every stage of the journey, with a particular passion for early intervention: creating prompt access to specialist input for clients (& parents) with concerns around early forms of disordered eating, body confidence concerns, or those wanting freedom from diet culture.
I have a strong background in clinical research, having completed a PhD (Psychological Medicine) in 2009 at the world-renowned Section of Eating Disorders at the Maudsley Hospital in the UK (King’s College London). My specialist academic training allows my treatment approach with clients to be firmly grounded in the modalities that research tells us works best (evidence-based treatment), whilst also drawing from clinical experience and incorporating new & emerging knowledge or treatment approaches (evidence-informed practice).
I began working clinically in New Zealand in 2015 at Thrive Eating Disorder Service residential & day program (now Tupu Ora). After 3 years working privately in Ponsonby, I started Nurture Psychology to expand availability of private psychological services for eating disorders, to pursue my passion for early intervention work, and to focus on training/supervision in best-practice treatment for eating disorders. This involves training Intern Psychologists, providing regular clinical supervision for our in-house registered psychology team, providing clinician training, and delivering invited community seminars/workshops on the prevention & community support of those with eating disorders.
To date I have supported 15 psychologists to develop a specialisation in eating disorders through training & individual supervision-to-competency, contributing to the vision at Nurture Psychology of expanding the specialist eating disorder workforce.
Alongside my clinical work, I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago, Christchurch. In my academic role I teach general mental health for primary care clinicians (such as GP’s), and supervise PhD, DClinPsych and MSc students conducting research within the eating disorder field. I am actively involved in both local and international research collaborations (e.g. the international genomics consortium for anorexia nervosa PGC-EDS & the Treat private practice collaboration), am a Senior Editor for the Journal of Eating Disorders and served as the NZ representative on the ANZ Academy of Eating Disorders Board from 2017-2023. I have co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed academic articles in the field and regularly attend/present at international conferences on eating disorders (including leadership organisational roles), which helps me keep up to date with the latest advances.
I am driven to help develop emerging, evidence-informed treatment options particularly for adolescent anorexia nervosa and am currently working with Australian colleagues in training psychologists and developing the empirical base for Adolescent & Parent Treatment (APT). I also have an interest in the impact of neurocognition (thinking styles) on eating disorders, stemming from my doctoral research. With my London colleagues, I have been involved in the development and trialling of Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) for eating disorders. I provide training, supervision and case consultation for clinicians working with eating disorders (including APT/CRT/CBT-E & brief intervention for primary care) across public and private sectors.
My academic/research profile can be found here.
