Nutrition For Eating Disorder Management
Find A Healthier Relationship With Food
Anita Dock, Dietitian, Nutrition Counseling, Cincinnati, Ohio
Get Started On The Road To Recovery
Find a new way of coping besides restricting or binge eating.
Let’s work together to help you be in control of your eating in a healthy and constructive way.
Success Comes With Support
Personalize
Everyone is different. Find success with a recovery program personalized to your individual situation and emotional needs.
Prepare
Get everything you need to prepare yourself for success and support you in practicing those new strategies.
Plan
With your fresh understanding of your challenges and strategies, plan a future with your eating disorder behind you.
I BEGAN TO BREAK MY EATING DISORDER RULES AND I LEARNED TO EAT INTUITIVELY
– KS
Learn To Eat Intuitively Again
Many people with eating disorders feel like their condition is controlling them.
Ruminating thoughts never stop. It is exhausting and isolating.
Taking back control in a healthy and constructive way means finding a new way of coping besides restricting or binge eating.
You can get expert support if it’s your first time seeking help or another step in years of treatment.
You can confidently work towards recovery and eating intuitively by getting to the root causes of your eating disorder.
When we work together, we focus on the underlying causes of your eating disorder. Working alongside your therapist, I help you address the psychological and emotional factors that contribute to disordered eating patterns.
Then, I work with you to understand more about nutrition as well as develop a range of tools, strategies and mindful eating skills that will support your journey towards recovery.
By developing positive food behaviors and attitudes, you can break free from the cycle of disordered eating and establish a new, nourishing relationship with food that lasts.
It’s Time To Get Started With A Clear Plan
medical assessment
I review your medical history, medication review, lab review, and any information that may need to be addressed to ensure we can address your concerns' root causes.
diet assessment
This is an opportunity to review your current dietary habits while identifying challenges that affect your healthy relationship with food. We might adjust meal and snack times, analyze meal content, and evaluate nutrient content, while helping you learn to master intuitive eating.
Lifestyle evaluation
Because healing comes from more than the food you eat, I take into account sleep, stress, and other integrative lifestyle factors. Working alongside your therapist or eating disorder team, this evaluation helps me really get to know the challenges you’ve been working through, and can tailor each session to your needs.
Personalized Plan
Looking at your past informs how your disordered eating may have started. Your individualized plan will address the root causes, while providing healing and support using a holistic approach that addresses nutrient deficiencies and the contribution of good nutrition for optimal mental health.
Discover a more positive relationship with food and confidently embrace a full life again
I’VE MADE MORE STRIDES IN MY EATING DISORDER RECOVERY THAN EVER
– KS
Hi, I'm
Anita.
Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Counselor.
I understand how overwhelming it can feel to start the road to recovery.
This is why I help my clients safely address the root cause of their challenges with eating.
For years, I have been working with people with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. I build a strong relationship with each person to help them experience freedom from their condition and live a full and enjoyable life.
My Qualifications
- University of Arizona, BS in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Dietetic Internship, University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
- Licensed Dietitian, State of Ohio
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics member
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Groups
- Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine Practice Group
- Diabetes Practice Group
- Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
- Certified Leap Therapist (CLT) Food Sensitivity Specialist
- Next Level Functional Nutrition
Certificate in Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy
Permanent Change Isn’t A Diet.
It Is A New Way Of Life.
Balance
Everything needs the right balance. Balancing your diet is as important as balancing your life. Finding where imbalances are occurring and nudging them back into balance by addressing life-work balance, sleep, stress, and exercise, as well as your diet, creates transformative changes.
Establish
Many people give up on positive changes they’ve made because they don’t get the results they are looking for. By returning to the root cause of your weight challenges, we establish enduring habits that last a lifetime, and from this, you see how you can experience a new way of life.
Personalize
Everyone is unique; therefore, each treatment must be personalized to your needs, lifestyle and goals. By working together with a plan that’s tailored specifically for you, you will find the changes are easier to make and keep.
Practical Nutrition Advice For Eating Disorder Management
Book A Free Discovery Call
We will talk about what you're experiencing and what you would like life to look like instead. In the process, we will get to know each other and make sure we are a great fit to work together.
Get A Personalized Plan
Your personalized plan incorporates all the tools to help you create a new way of life. Soon these new habits will become established and help make your goals a reality.
Experience Health And Vitality
See what it's like to experience health and energy across all aspects of your life - physical activity, sleep quality, mental and emotional needs and spirituality.
Your Health Destination Starts Here
Purchase nutrition counseling for individual appointments. or purchase Discounted Nutrition Packages.
Special Pricing is also available for shared appointments with a friend, a family member or even the whole family.
Preboarding:
Pre-Appointment Prep
Before your first appointment, you will be complete paperwork to document your medical, diet and weight history as well as any symptoms that interfere with your daily life. If you are struggling with disordered eating, there will be a separate questionnaire to address these struggles.
Boarding:
Initial Appointment
This is a one-hour session where diet, recent labs, blood sugar monitoring, lifestyle, and your relationship with food are assessed. Often a timeline is created to determine connections that might lead to the root cause of current health concerns. This lays the groundwork for your individualized plan to meet your goals. This plan might be a personalized meal plan, dietary modifications, lifestyle suggestions, or recommended testing/supplements.
Flying:
Follow-up Appointments
These appointments are typically 30 minutes but might be longer depending on your needs. We review understanding of past concepts and provide new information or skills each visit. If you did testing such as nutrient testing, we will review your results and put a plan or protocol in place to address nutrients that are low as just one example. The functional medicine 5 R’s of Remove, Replace, Reinoculate, Repair and Rebalance will be implemented as appropriate for your care. Evaluating progress is a continuous process and goals are set regularly during follow-up appointments.
Arrival
By your journey’s arrival, new ways to manage your nutrition and health challenges will be in place. Whether your goals were weight loss, blood sugar control or managing gastrointestinal ailments, making lifestyle changes can take time to course-correct. Having a knowledgeable clinician to provide a plan and support you on this journey is essential and is a rewarding, supportive and collaborative experience.
Take Advantage of Other Services:
Grocery Tours
Pantry Makeovers
Culinary Skill Building
Meal Planning
- Weight Management
- Diabetes
- Heart Health/High
- Cholesterol
- High Blood Pressure
- Fatty Liver
- Eating Disorders
- Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Food Sensitivities/Food Allergies
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Thyroid Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Migraines
- Fibromyalgia
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Psoriasis
- Malnutrition
- Nutrient Deficiencies
- Vegetarian/Vegan Diets
- Pregnancy Nutrition
- Osteoporosis
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Vomiting
- Heartburn/Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Crohn’s Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Celiac Disease
- Small Intestinal Bacterial
- Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Gastroparesis
- Pancreatitis
- Exocrine Pancreatic
- Insufficiency
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Bowel Obstructions
- Malabsorption Disorders
- Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)
Come to the Cincinnati office or virtually through telehealth!
Frequently Asked Questions
In the United States, the terms “Registered Dietitian” (RD) and “nutritionist” are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct differences when it comes to education, qualifications, and legal recognition.
A Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)] must have at least a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field from an accredited university. As part of their education, RDs/RDNs must complete a supervised internship program, pass the national registration examination, and maintain their registration by completing continuing education requirements throughout their careers. RDs/RDNs are recognized by state and federal laws as qualified professionals to provide medical nutrition therapy and nutrition counseling, and develop personalized meal plans.
The educational background for nutritionists varies widely, ranging from self-taught individuals to those with degrees in nutrition or related fields. There is no standardized accreditation or certification process for nutritionists in the United States. Nutritionists typically provide general nutrition advice and education rather than individualized medical nutrition therapy. The scope of practice for a nutritionist can vary depending on state laws and regulations. Nutritionists are not universally recognized as healthcare professionals in the same way RDs/RDNs are, and their ability to provide nutrition counseling and advice may be limited in some states.
It’s essential to note that the term “nutritionist” is not regulated in many states, so it’s crucial to verify a practitioner’s qualifications and credentials before seeking advice.
On the other hand, the “Registered Dietitian” title ensures a higher level of education, training, and expertise in the field of nutrition and dietetics.
