As a Licensed Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist with Healthy Lifestyles PLLC, these are the root causes (yes, them again!) that I can help you identify and target your anxiety, depression and emotional eating struggles keeping you from the life you want to live:
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Blood sugar imbalance
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Neurotransmitter imbalance
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Poor nutrient intake
Call now to schedule your Initial Functional Nutrition Assessment
What is Nutrition Therapy:
Nutrition therapy sessions are offered in office or through online counseling. You and I will:
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identify emotions like anger, anxiety, boredom, and sadness that often accompany the binge and compulsive eating behaviors.
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reinforce the strategies you have learned in psychotherapy to manage these emotions so you don’t need to use the binge or compulsive eating behaviors.
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identify the emotional value that food and eating have held in your family, culture and other childhood experiences and use strategies to change this.
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create positive self talk to help you challenge the negative thoughts and emotions and develop more healthful, less emotionally driven behaviors around food and eating.
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develop a structured meal plan that complements your lifestyle and helps you to manage those cravings that seem at times to control you!!
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plan meals, visits to the grocery store or eat at a restaurant (if you need to) to challenge those emotions as they surface around food and binge and compulsive eating.
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ensure your body and brain is getting the nutrition it needs if anxiety and depression are affecting your appetite.
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NOT COUNT CALORIES!!!!!