I will work in partnership with any other healthcare providers you may be seeing. Everyone benefits from strong, positive partnerships, and I believe in working together with your medical team to help you work toward your desired outcomes.

Appointments and fees will be handled separately through their practice. We can collaborate over your results to develop the best course of treatment to bring resolution to your symptoms.

Insurance: Like many functional nutrition practices, Integrative Body Wellness counseling services are an out-of-pocket expense. Your health and wellness are my priority, and I will provide you with access to the most current nutrition and lifestyle care that I am able to provide. I would not want to limit your care to what is covered by health insurance policies.

I’m unable to provide insurance billing codes or NPI numbers, which is outside my scope of practice as a nutrition and lifestyle professional, but I am happy to partner with any other practitioners on your team.

Payment Plans: My fees and services have been thoughtfully considered to offer you the best value for the quality and quantity of service I provide. To look at fees simply as an “hourly rate” denies the innumerable hours of education, training, and preparation that have become my foundation, as well as the behind-the-scenes hours after your session has ended. I write notes, complete supplement suggestions, pool resources, review food and activity journals, research for you, and individualize your plan every time we meet. Session fees reflect the greater part of our time together, and I always find myself putting in more because I’m just as excited about your feeling better and experiencing results as you are! As such, I have made the full payment due upon booking sessions. This way we can move past the transactional into the relational, where you will receive the very best value every time.

I do have a selection of supplements that have been handpicked for purity and personalized for you. You will be able to easily order supplements directly from websites or Amazon, should you choose to use suggested supplements.

Supplements are not required but can be extremely beneficial to fill the gap in nutritional deficiencies, especially if you have had a poor diet for a long time. You are not obligated to purchase recommended supplements. I provide the option for your ease so you do not have to do research to find the cleanest, most potent supplements on the market.

A note about medications: As a nutrition and lifestyle professional, it is outside my scope of practice to diagnose conditions or prescribe medication. However, I will work with your physician to bring my perspective, when appropriate.

Weight Inclusive: Many people seek nutritional counseling services for weight loss after spending years and shedding many tears on programs that haven’t worked for them. They end up feeling not like the “diet” failed them, but like they are a failure. I help people of all sizes by first taking a thorough assessment and making a personalized plan to address the root causes that are often interacting with and sabotaging your efforts. I also apply an empathic and gentle approach, leaving room for you to heal and recover from weight-related traumas and learn to nourish and nurture your body at any size.

Trauma Informed Care: Your biology (body) is inseparably interrelated to your biography (your history/your story, your hopes and dreams.) I seek to have utmost sensitivity and honesty to provide a safe space for you to learn new and empowering skills. You will be listened to and validated. We will form a therapeutic partnership, and your input into your care will help us develop a plan, and we will move at a pace that prevents stress and promotes healing.

Body + Mind Approach: You have an important life to live. Feeling your best should not be optional or unpredictable. Many people have “nutrition dissonance,” meaning they have separated what they are thinking from what they are eating. Sometimes they know “something is off,” but they have no idea what to do about it, so they plod along the path toward more and more dis-ease. The truth is your health really is in your hands. I will help you reconnect your body’s needs with sound nutrition and leverage lifestyle habits to help bring clarity and peace of mind.

The time it takes for the body to heal or lose weight depends on many factors. As you can imagine, there are personalized answers to this very personalized service. However, you have my commitment that I am working toward equipping and empowering you to live a health-centered life on your own. My goal is to teach you the tools to build upon our work together when you are ready to continue without me. And should seasons change or other health issues arise, we can often pick up where we left off, without restarting.

My approach to your health is best seen through the lens of two foundational truths. The first is that you are unique. Your symptoms are presenting the way they are because of the culmination of factors that are unique to you. I will never see you as a statistic or diagnosis. You are a precious person with a particular history, body, and lifestyle. I also incorporate your goals and dreams as we work with all these factors to create a custom plan unique to you.

The second foundational truth is there are many root causes of your conditions. Your symptoms are telling a story. Like a tree has many roots, there are many factors that are contributing to your situation, and they all need to be addressed. While a conventional medicine approach is to prescribe medications to alleviate symptoms, this rarely treats the root problems. The unique approach I’ve learned through the science of Functional Nutrition allows me to uncover the sources of dysfunction and create a customized nutrition and lifestyle solution for you.