Eating Disorder Nutritionist

Denville, NJ | Montclair, NJ | Virtual

Do you:

• Experience guilt and anxiety when you eat certain foods?

• Worry your child’s eating patterns stop them from enjoying life to its fullest?

• Feel frustrated when friends tell you to just eat normally?

• Struggle to have a positive body image while nourishing yourself amidst a hectic schedule?

If you said yes to any of these, you are not alone.

Eating disorders affect 9% of the United States population - this means nearly 30 million people are struggling with disordered eating of one kind or another. And you could have an eating disorder regardless of your age or gender: People between 5 and 105 years old have struggled with disordered eating, and the lifetime prevalence of eating disorders among males is estimated at 4.07%.

Why are these numbers so high? The short answer is diet culture. With an extreme financial incentive (i.e. a billion-dollar industry 💰), countless ‘influencers’ and ‘nutritionists’ are peddling messages to get you or your loved one to feel insecure about body image and food choices. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

If you are feeling ready to leave the world of diet culture and comparison behind and take a step toward food freedom, I would love to work with you 🌟

Grace’s areas of specialty include:

• Chronic dieting. Get off the hamster-wheel race of yo-yo dieting and build an intuitive relationship with food to sustain you through all of life’s twists and turns.

• Orthorexia. When a desire to be as healthy as possible leads to disordered thoughts and behaviors, we must question if ‘health’ is truly being achieved. Challenge your choices in an environment of support and curiosity with 1:1 counseling with Grace.

• Anorexia nervosa. Work toward food freedom by cultivating a positive relationship with food and a peaceful perspective on body image.

• Bulimia nervosa. With multiple negative side effects, is is important to find ways to reduce behavior use while at the same time finding healthy ways to help you feel better in those distressing moments.

• Binge eating disorder. Dig to the root of what goes on behind a binge/overeating by understanding different elements that can drive that urge and better ways to cope.

• Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED). Disordered eating of any kind can be disruptive to life in many ways. Whether it’s a bothersome food ritual, or a slight aversion to textures or smells, Grace is here to support you.

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) & picky eating. Click here to learn more specific’s on Grace’s methods for treating ARFID and working with picky eaters.

Whether you’re struggling with an eating disorder, uncomfortable with your relationship to food, tired of bingeing, or hoping to find peace with food, you’re in the right place.

My philosophy and nutrition approach is non-diet, weight-inclusive, and rooted in intuitive eating. I provide solid nutrition education in my sessions that is rooted in Medical Nutrition Therapy, evidence-based research, and reliable food science. My aim is to help you understand the ins-and-outs of nutrition so you can be empowered to make mindful food decisions you feel good about.

When we are stressed or anxious, it is more difficult to make mindful food decisions. Very often, food ends up being used as a means of coping with stress or anxiety. I help my clients identify scenarios that increase the likelihood they’ll engage in a disordered food-related behavior and work to find other healthier ways to address their concerns or cope with the stress that arises.

Typically, I recommend weekly 1:1 counseling sessions in the beginning of figuring out how to reduce disordered behavior use and improve nutrition; then, as the client and I see fit, we will step down to bi-weekly then monthly sessions for on-going support.

Wherever you are in your recovery journey, I am here to support you.