Rachel Lawson

Rachel is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Head of the South Island Eating Disorders Service for the Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand. Rachel has extensive experience in the treatment of eating disorders in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She supervises, consults, and trains local and national audiences, and presents at national and international conferences. She has an interest in workforce development, for which she has held both national and Australasian-wide project roles. She was made a Fellow of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP) in 2017 in recognition of her work in the field of eating disorders. Rachel served as a member of the ANZAED executive board for two terms. She organized ANZAED’s webinar series over this time and was a member of the professional development, advocacy and partnership committee. In 2016 she was chair of the ANZAED annual conference and was co-chair of the ANZAED Autumn workshop series in 2019. In 2020 she was a member of the scientific committee which organized the joint AED and ANZAED Virtual conference. She co-chaired the Keynote address at the conference and worked with the ANZAED team to organize the Meet the expert’s session.