New Beginnings

The journey begins with first improving how you relate to food and eating.  This process involves becoming more mindful how certain situations, thoughts, people, emotions and foods affect you.  Our sessions include reviewing these details in an inquisitive, non-judgmental manner.  The counseling sessions cannot only help with the accountability you want and need, but also provide important insight and perspective. This may include pointing out your black-and-white-thinking or critical self-judging stance. Or what about how you may have underestimated or ignored your hunger, or how you needed to plan better? Receiving this feedback and support during times when managing eating is especially difficult, is of utmost importance.

Our follow-up sessions begin with a reflection and assessment of your struggles and wins and concludes with at least one realistic behavioral/food-related goal which is both challenging a feasible for you to work towards during the week.  There is no one size fits all to how these sessions unfold.  All sessions and communications take place in Healthie, a secure tele-health platform (as a result of COVID-19).  

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Getting Started with Healthie Platform + App

My Approach

Yes, you can use your insurance if the following applies:

1. If I am in-network with your insurance.  I am in-network with Anthem, United Healthcare, Blue Shield of California and Medicare.
2. If your plan actually covers nutrition counseling (service codes 97802 and 97803) for your specific health condition (i.e. diabetes, overweight/obesity, hypertension, binge-eating disorder, high cholesterol, bariatric surgery, etc).  Some plans cover preventative nutrition counseling benefits where a medical diagnosis is not needed.  To verify your benefits and obtain your physician’s referral download this form.  Ask Your Insurance Template + Referral Form 2021

Let’s find a time to chat briefly to make sure any remaining questions about working together get answered and we are fit.  Here is a link to schedule a Discovery Call.

Schedule Discovery Call

Our work together involves you working towards finding foods that you enjoy and that satisfy you.  I find patients learn as they go what foods and combination of foods works best. 

We will begin with the most important meal/snack times that may be impacting your tendency to overeat.  This may include snacks and/or breakfast.  In our sessions we brainstorm multiple examples of what to eat, with the goal of consuming more plant foods and balanced meals and snacks.

I also like to approach “what to eat” with consideration of what you currently eat and making suggested “edits” to these meals and snacks.  I typically don’t provide a detailed meal plan initially, as I feel this is contrary to our work together.  Using the EatLove digital platform and app is a great way to develop more skill at meal planning and cooking.  See EatLove video above with the Meal Planning Support Program available to you.

Typically, new patients benefit from weekly sessions, as with  “The Works Support Program.”  This amount of support is helpful when learning how to eat amounts and food choices you can live with.  As you develop more confidence with your new eating patterns, sessions may decrease to every other week, as in the “Beginner Breakthrough Program” or the “Maintaining Momentum Program.”

Please ask me about my prompt pay discount rates if you aren’t using your insurance.  Payment must be received at the time of service to obtain this discount.  Otherwise, all rates of programs are listed above – for both insurance clients and cash pay clients.