Send us an email with your questions about verifying health
insurance benefits or call us at 646-400-8723.
If needed, we can assist you with the process.
We are in-network with most insurances including HMSA, HMAA (Hawaii Medical Assurance Association) and Medicare. While we are in network, each client policy is unique, which is why nutrition benefits have to be verified prior to your appointment. We do not accept Medicaid or any Medicaid plans.
I am available for virtual and phone sessions around the world.
I use a HIPPA compliant telehealth platform for secure messaging and video conferencing for sessions and in between check ins.
If you are considered in recovery your provider can refer you to me for Intuitive Eating coaching. I will work jointly with your provider/team to ensure a safe and supportive healing journey.
If you have an active eating disorder, please email us for a referral.
Fees vary per package/service and I offer a10% discount for prepaid 1:1 packages. Email or call us at 646-400-8723 for more details.
Nutrition counseling is highly personalized to your needs and where you are on your healthy eating journey. Therefore each client is different. Some people need one or two visits for education and awareness, but many clients require multiple sessions or ongoing support to create and maintain lifelong habits. Research shows that ongoing, regular visits with a RDN help clients reach and maintain health and nutrition goals.
Many clients meet weekly or bi-weekly to start and then move to more spaced out check ins for accountability and to stay on track.
If you have a session limit or are paying out of pocket we will be mindful of that and plan accordingly.
Initial appointments are 75-90 minutes and follow ups 45-60 minutes. Shorter sessions can be offered in the maintenance phase to help you stay on track.
Please have your physician fax us our referral form, your most recent visit notes, and labs to 808-663-0321 BEFORE your first appointment. Many insurances require a referral and medical documentation in order to bill. If we do not receive this documentation prior to your appointment we may need to reschedule your appointment.
You should receive a telehealth link with your appointment confirmation and reminders. You can check your spam folder and make sure to add our email to your contacts. If you can't find the link, please contact our office.
We use Practice Better, a practice management platform fully compliant with HIPAA, PIPEDA, PHIPA, and GDPR regulations.
We use Telehealth for Medical Nutrition Therapy and Nutrition Counseling utilizing real-time, secure, HIPAA privacy-compliant video sessions.
Luckily Intuitive Eating is not a diet! It is an entirely different approach to health and eating which focuses on ditching the diet mentality so you can make peace with food and your body.
Many of my clients are at odds with their body and are looking for a new way to lose weight. However, in order to help you become an intuitive eater, we have to put weight loss on the backburner. In fact, many of my clients feel relieved to not focus on weight for the first time in their lives. By exploring your relationship to food and attune you to your body’s signals you’ll shift to intuitive nourishment and your weight might change. But this is not the focus of our work. Through the journey of intuitive eating you will heal your mind from the diet mentality, your body from the trauma of diets, and your weight will find its’ “True north”.
This is one of the biggest concerns I hear. Interestingly enough, our restrictive diet thinking is much more of a trigger for overeating. Even science is showing this. But once you’ve made peace with all foods and know how to listen to your body’s feelings of hunger, fullness, and satisfaction your food choices and eating patterns will normalize and “off limit” foods will lose their appeal.
Everybody's process is different. It depends on your personal history of dieting and “un-intuitive” eating. Some of us have a lot of diet mentality to let go off and others need to re-learn to connect with their body, it’s signals, and their true needs. While this sounds like a lot to do it is meaningful work and will get you off the diet roller coaster for good. Our sessions meet you where you are at and help you build habits that nourish while shedding those which don’t.