My Mantra

Having "greater willpower" or more "control" over food is not the answer! Your unique relationship to food and its connection to family of origin, automatic responses to stress, and underlying beliefs can cause self-sabotage in this area. 

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Experience

I was in the fitness/health industry for 10 years as a personal trainer/fitness instructor, director and continuing education course instructor.  As an RD for 11 years, I worked alongside MD's prescribing Medical Nutrition Therapy and Naturopathic remedies, developed worksite wellness programs for government employees, and opened my own private practice in 2015.

 

In 2018, I started training in functional medicine after discovering I had Celiac Disease without any gastrointestinal symptoms. They were 100% neurological!  (Depression, anxiety, adhd, fatigue, low blood sugar and binge eating!). I decided I NEEDED to help others uncover underlying contributing factors to neurological symptoms!  So here I am!​

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I earned a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics from Montclair State University, completed my Dietetic Internship through UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry). After 5 years of practicing as an RD, specializing in Gastrointestinal disease and Eating disorders, I became certified in Functional Medicine (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) and completed coursework through IFM (The Institute for Functional Medicine).  Having this training and experience, I was able to help diagnose/treat my son with LYME disease and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections). Since his diagnosis, my passion has also been to help parents, patients, and other health care providers determine/treat root causes of unexplained symptoms (tics, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, restrictive eating, sensory sensitivities, ext.) 

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I became a certified Hyperbaric technician through IHA (International Hyperbaric Association) in 2023. I decided to get certified after my own experience using hyperbaric to heal quickly from a concussion and improve fatigue/brain fog, pain from Lyme Disease. In practice, I have been prescribing treatments to those needing to increase energy from chronic immune challenges, recover quicker from injuries and improve both mental and physical performance!

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I completed a Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2024 through Psychiatry Redefined with a focus on nutritional Psychiatry. I also earned a certification as a functional medicine provider for ADHD. The integrative Psychiatry fellowship has afforded me the opportunity to help patients with alternative approaches to mental health challenges by digging deeper into root causes /factors and treatment of the WHOLE person, not just a diagnoses.