Specialties
- Disordered eating
- Eating disorder
- Help gaining weight
- Weight stabilization
- Binge eating
- Emotional eating
- Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED)
- Bulimia
- Anorexia
- Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
Approaches
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Intuitive eatingš
Relationship with foodā
Weight-neutral
Minimum patient age
About Allison
Allison is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating. With her educational background in nutrition & psychology, Allison is passionate about the intersection between nutrition and mental health. As your dietitian, Allisonās goal is to provide support and guidance in developing a balanced and peaceful relationship with food. Prior to Nourish, Allison worked as a dietitian in a large behavioral healthcare system. Though she specialized in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, Allison has extensive experience working with both adult and child/adolescent patients coming from all levels of care.
Approach to care
Weight neutrality and Health at Every Size (HAES) principles are at the core of Allisonās practice as a dietitian. Allison believes that anyone seeking healthcare, regardless of body size, should be able to easily access compassionate care. Allison also utilizes principles of Intuitive Eating and the Plate-By-Plate approach to support you in developing a flexible and peaceful relationship with food. In certain cases, Allison can support with the creation and/or modification of custom meal plans for those in early eating disorder recovery.
Your first session with Allison
During your first session, Allison will spend time getting to know you and learning more about your goals & aspirations relating to food, nutrition, and body image. Together, you & Allison will explore your current relationship with food, your history of eating concerns, and how these concerns impact your day-to-day life. From there, Allison will support you in setting short-term and long-term goals and start identifying actionable steps to get you to where you want to be!
Location
š Madison, Wisconsin
Education
Allison earned her Bachelor of Science in Food & Nutrition with a minor in Psychology at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. She completed her 1200 hour Dietetic Internship at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WI.
Hobbies
In her free time, Allison enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time outdoors with her golden retriever, Crouton.