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Compassionate, evidence-based nutrition care for eating disorders, working alongside the rest of your treatment team.
Eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate of any mental health condition, yet many people struggle to access timely, appropriate care.
of people in the U.S., about 28.8 million, will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime.
Care is often delayed because symptoms are minimized, misunderstood, or hidden.
Early, appropriate intervention at the right level of care significantly improves outcomes.
Outpatient nutrition counseling can be effective when medical and psychological safety are established.
A serious eating disorder characterized by persistent restriction of intake, intense fear of weight gain, and distorted body image. It can impact physical health, mental health, and daily functioning.
Cycles of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging, fasting, or excessive exercise. These patterns can disrupt digestion, metabolism, and emotional well-being.
Recurrent episodes of eating large amounts of food with a sense of loss of control, often followed by distress, guilt, or shame, without compensatory behaviors.
Limited food intake driven by sensory sensitivities, fear of adverse consequences, or lack of interest in eating, rather than weight or shape concerns. It can impact growth, nutrition status, and daily life.
Used when eating disorder symptoms cause significant distress or impairment but do not fit neatly into one diagnostic category. These experiences are valid and deserving of care.
Our Practice Administrator can match you with the dietitian who specializes in your concern.
Schedule a free callUse formal intake and ongoing assessments to evaluate eating disorder behaviors, nutritional status, symptom severity, and risk factors to ensure outpatient care remains appropriate and safe.
Support the establishment of regular meals and snacks to restore energy availability, stabilize physiology, and reduce the physical and psychological effects of restriction.
Identify and gently challenge rigid food rules, fear foods, and avoidance patterns using structured, trauma-informed nutrition strategies that prioritize safety and collaboration.
Support reconnection with hunger, fullness, energy, and satiety cues over time, recognizing that these signals may be blunted or unreliable early in recovery.
Create individualized meal structure that supports nutritional adequacy while reducing decision fatigue, anxiety, and all-or-nothing thinking around food.
Address common gastrointestinal symptoms during restriction and refeeding, including bloating, constipation, nausea, and early fullness, without reinforcing avoidance or restriction.
Provide clear, paced nutrition education around metabolism, energy needs, and the effects of restriction to support understanding without reinforcing food fixation.
Support gradual, planned reintroduction of avoided foods and eating situations within a person’s window of tolerance to build confidence and reduce fear over time.
Collaborate with therapists, medical providers, and higher levels of care as needed to ensure alignment, safety, and continuity of treatment.
Continuously reassess symptoms and risk to determine whether outpatient nutrition counseling remains appropriate and recommend escalation of care when necessary.
We provide outpatient nutrition counseling, which is the lowest level of care for eating disorders.
Interdisciplinary collaboration with doctors, therapists, psychiatrists, and other providers
Continuous reassessment of whether outpatient nutrition counseling remains appropriate
Recommendation of a higher level of care when needed
Treat eating disorders without appropriate medical or psychological support.
Ignore red flags or delay escalation of care.
Promote weight-centric or appearance-focused goals for individuals with active eating disorders.
Encourage restrictive diets or meal plans that worsen eating disorder symptoms.
Continue outpatient care when it is no longer clinically appropriate.
Take a full eating disorder–informed clinical history to understand medical, nutritional, and psychological context.
Deepen understanding while beginning gentle, supportive nutrition work.
Support consistent nourishment and begin actively reducing restriction.
Shift focus toward the cognitive and emotional drivers of disordered eating.
Practice eating in everyday settings with greater confidence.
Build long-term recovery skills and self-trust.
New East Hartford Location Coming July 1st, 2026
