Frequently Asked Questions

Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) is evidence-based nutrition care for specific health conditions and medical needs. Through MNT, we look at how food and nutrition affect your health and develop an individualized approach to support your nutritional needs.

Personalized nutrition coaching focuses on your relationship with food and eating, including the thoughts, behaviors and lifestyle factors that may be contributing to your concerns. Coaching can help you move away from chronic dieting and external food rules while developing sustainable practices that work for you in your body and life.

I provide MNT for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders including Celiac disease, IBS, SIBO and GERD, PCOS, cardiovascular health, eating disorders.and weight concerns

I work with individuals and families around intuitive and mindful eating, disordered eating, chronic dieting and weight cycling, body image and weight concerns, family feeding, and preventive and balanced nutrition for wellbeing.

Coaching combines evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle information with guidance and support for behavioral change, helping you develop a more sustainable relationship with food, eating and your body.

I am contracted with Blue Shield of California for Medical Nutrition Therapy and am out of network with all other insurance providers. Personalized nutrition coaching is not covered by insurance.

A doctor’s referral with a diagnosis code is required to submit MNT services to insurance.

We begin with a complimentary 10–15 minute call to discuss what you are looking for, make sure I am able to meet your needs and determine if I am a good fit for you.

Yes. I see clients in my Thousand Oaks, California office and online through HIPAA-compliant telehealth.

Yes. I am bilingual and welcome Spanish-speaking clients.

My work brings together nutrition science with a biopsychosocial, non-diet and weight-inclusive approach to food, eating and health. I use evidence-based practices while considering your individual needs, experiences and wellbeing.

When appropriate and accessible, I also draw from intuitive, mindful and somatic eating principles. These practices can help you become more attuned to your body's needs and recognize how emotions, habits and other factors influence eating.

A biopsychosocial approach recognizes that nutrition is influenced by more than food alone. Biology and physiology interact with our thoughts, behaviors, experiences and the social and cultural role of food. Looking at these factors together allows nutrition care to reflect your individual health, needs and circumstances.

Weight-inclusive care focuses on supporting health and wellbeing without making weight loss the goal of treatment. It recognizes that health and body size are influenced by many factors and that nutrition care should be based on your individual needs rather than assumptions based on weight.

Health at Every Size® is a weight-inclusive framework that informs my approach to care. It recognizes body diversity and supports health-promoting behaviors and respectful, individualized care without centering weight loss as the measure of health or success.

A non-diet approach moves away from restrictive diets and externally imposed rules about food. Instead, the focus is on sustainable eating practices that support your health, nutritional needs and relationship with food.

Repeated restriction can contribute to weight cycling and increased food preoccupation. Our bodies are designed to resist food deprivation, which is one reason restrictive diets can be difficult to sustain over time. A non-diet approach helps shift attention toward nourishing your body and developing eating practices that can be maintained over the long term.