Deborah Kerchner

About Deborah

Deborah has been a Registered Dietitian for over 18 years. Prior to working at Nourish, she had a private practice, counseling women of all ages in nutrition while raising her children. Five years ago she became a certified breastfeeding specialist, and two years ago a certified functional health coach. Deborah believes we all can grow more balanced and healthy with easy science-based tools, an open heart and curiosity. She believes our mind, body and emotions, are strongly impacted by our social connections. Small, positive shifts in behavior help move us from just surviving to thriving. At Nourish, Deborah is so grateful to be able to help others love themselves, renew their joy of eating and support their holistic health.

Approach to care

Deborah is passionate about helping her clients with their mindset shifts. In her work she gently guides clients as they cultivate a more peaceful, loving relationship with themselves. She specializes in a non-diet approach and an Intuitive and Mindful Eating, from a Health At Every Size® (HAES) perspective. Your size doesn't determine your health, and your mind, body, spirit and emotions are all connected. She uses a positive psychology, personalized, values and strengths-based, holistic approach to work with her clients. Deborah aims to help you avoid the cycle of low self-esteem and unhealthful emotional eating. She will help you to improve your relationship with yourself including your mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health and she will help you empower yourself to make self-led changes using your priorities and intuition.

Your first session with Deborah

During your initial meeting you will answer questions that inform Deborah about your needs. You may want to share about your relationship with food, your body image, food sensitivities, food preferences, physical activity level and your overall stress. Together, you will fine-tune what you hope to get out of your nutrition journey. By the end of the first session, you will co-create a personalized plan with actionable steps towards your goals so that you can improve and see yourself holistically in much better health.

Location

📍 Silver Spring, Maryland

Education

B.S. Nutritional Science (Cornell University) M.S. Nutrition Education (Columbia University) Registered Dietitian -RD(Columbia University), Certified Breastfeeding Specialist™ -CBS (LER), Adapt-Certified Functional Health Coach -A-CFHC(Kresser Institute)

Hobbies

Deborah loves smelling the roses, dancing to music, cooking and baking, playing games with her kids and partner, and taking nature walks.

Licenses and Certifications