What To Expect

Meeting regularly at first can be particularly helpful if you are feeling ready to dive into making some changes. Ongoing accountability and support has been shown to help cement behaviors into regular habits!

Initial visit: 50 minute virtual or phone appointment.  During this session we will discuss your nutrition history, medical history, and general behaviors.  Client needs differ, and our session is driven by your needs.  All my clients get an e-mail visit summary including important action items.  They may also receive: handouts when education is needed, recipes, food lists, referrals to other health care practitioners or for lab work when needed.

Follow up visits:  Also 50 minute virtual or phone appointment.  Follow ups are particularly helpful for sustaining motivation and/or delving into complex issues.  The timing recommended for follow up visits will vary depending on the individual.  Dietary changes can be very difficult to make as our habits are instilled in us from an early age.  Following up can really help with long term success, sustaining motivation, and for digestive health patients in particular finding a nutrition plan that is really going to work to control symptoms.  Again, clients will receive an after visit e-mail summary with any action items and resources that would benefit them we discuss in-session.

Who I Help

I like to call myself a “family practice dietitian”.  I have experience with many types of patients, as well as with clients who need general “coaching” but aren’t managing a diagnosis per se.

• Family wellness including streamlining family meal planning and troubleshooting multiple special diets in a household, improving nutritional value of family meals, transitioning your family to a healthier way of life.
• Women’s wellness
• Sports nutrition
• Vegan/vegetarian diets
• Gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD: Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroparesis, celiac disease, fatty liver disease, post-intestinal surgery, post-bariatric surgery with or without GI complications, eosinophilic esophagitis, and others.
• Tube fed patients
• Heart disease/atherosclerosis
• Cholesterol lowering
• High blood pressure
• General healthful eating and wellness

Feel free to reach out to see if we’re a good fit! I never mind jumping on a 5 minute call when I’m available! If I am unfamiliar with how to help you or feel that your concern is outside the scope of my training and experience, I will refer you to another professional in my network.