Counseling

Offering individual sessions that are

  • Personalized

    During an initial session, I’ll assess your current status and create a personalized plan to fit your unique needs and goals.

    Follow-up sessions serve as a check-in for progress or to discuss challenges and re-strategizing. The frequency of follow-up appointments depends on your needs and availability but generally ranges from every 2-4 weeks with private messaging in between sessions for guidance and support.

  • supportive

    Change is not easy, and we can be hard on ourselves when we struggle with sticking to plans. Although effort originates with the individual, it is sustained by the collective.

    Counseling is less about “doing the task” and more about understanding the forces that create roadblocks. I will offer perspective and guidance through the challenges so that we build confidence and competence to meet your goals.

  • integrative

    Nutrition goes beyond a “calories-in-calories-out” model. It involves enjoyment, understanding your body language and systems, social relationships, environment, culture, and more.

    Food may be medicine, but sometimes you may require healing from other modalities such as bodywork or trauma-informed care. If these go beyond my scope of practice, I will help you find providers in your area.

Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs

  • I work with adults (18+) in a one-on-one setting.

    If you are a couple seeking nutrition counseling, please note that I meet with you individually first to distinguish your unique needs from your partner’s before we can begin to meet as a group.

  • At your initial visit, I listen to your health story and goals, analyze any nutrition-related lab work, and review your food journal. Then I’ll provide you with an overview of how I can help. At the end of the first session, you’ll have a few action steps to get you started.

    During follow-up sessions, we’ll review the action steps from previous sessions and make adjustments that work for you. At a minimum, some folks need 4-5 visits to get into a good rhythm. Some people may require more or less time - it all depends on your situation.

    Typically I start meeting with clients every 2-3 weeks and then eventually check in monthly to monitor your progress until we both feel you have graduated from my services.

  • For in-person and telehealth, here are my office hours:

    Monday: 1pm-7pm EST

    Tuesday: 9am-7pm EST

    Wednesday: 1pm-7pm EST

    Thursday: Closed

    Friday: 9am-6pm EST

    Saturday: 10am-5pm EST

    Sunday: Closed

    • Digestive issues: IBS, Crohn’s, Celiac disease, SIBO, candida, sucrase intolerance, fructose malabsorption, GERD or heartburn, LPR, gastroparesis, diarrhea, constipation, bloating

    • Hormone imbalances: PMS, PMDD, PCOS, adrenal insufficiency, prediabetes/diabetes, and hypothyroid (including Hashimoto’s)

    • Depression and Anxiety

    • General Wellness: how to eat and live healthy, overcome emotional eating, support with strategies given a busy lifestyle

    • Chronic Migraines and Headaches

    • Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

    • Food Intolerances and Sensitivities

    • High Cholesterol and NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

    • Therapeutic diets: Low FODMAP, Gluten-Free, Lactose Intolerance, Low Sucrose, GERD or Reflux, Low Sulfur, Low Histamine, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)

  • At this time, I do not offer informational calls. If you have questions about my services, you are welcome to contact me using the contact form. I will call you in 2-3 business days to introduce myself and answer your questions prior to setting you up on the client portal to schedule an appointment.

  • Yes, as long as your insurance plan includes coverage for services. I am in-network with most major providers.

    After you’ve completed your new client forms, a member of my staff will contact your insurance provider to verify your benefits before we meet.

  • I am in-network with the following insurance companies:

    • Aetna

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield

    • Care First BCBS

    • Cigna

    • Harvard Pilgrim

    • Mass General Brigham (formerly AllWays)

    • Oxford

    • Third-Party Administrators such as Meritain, UMR, Cypress, Health Plans Inc, and others

    • Tufts Health (commercial only)

    • United HealthCare

    • UMR

  • I am in-network with Medicare in the state of Massachusetts, only.

    Please note that coverage for nutrition is extremely limited under Medicare, so I will need to check your secondary insurance policy for adequate coverage.

  • I am not contracted with any public health plans. As an out-of network provider, there are two options for payment:

    1) If you have a PPO or POS plan that allows you to obtain services from non-participating providers, then your visits may be covered with a Prior Authorization obtained through your primary care physician.

    2) If you cannot obtain covered services through prior authorization, please contact me. Under the Good Faith Estimate provision of the No Surprises Act, I will provide you with my rates per service.

  • If this is the case for you, please contact me. Under the Good Faith Estimate provision of the No Surprises Act, I will provide you with my rates per service. Reduced out-of-pocket fees are available on a case-by-case basis.

    For payment of services, here are some options:

    • Self-pay: pay per session with check, Venmo, Zelle, credit card, HSA or FSA.

    • Superbills: if you have out-of-network coverage, pay your dietitian and request a superbill (medical receipt) that you then submit to your insurance for reimbursement

  • In our first session, I review your intake paperwork and may ask you additional questions to get a thorough baseline for our work. Then I will provide an overview of services based on your needs and offer you a few action steps to get you started.

    At follow-ups, we check in on your progress with the previously discussed action steps. If you find yourself struggling to make changes, that’s OK! It oftentimes means that there is a roadblock that we didn’t account for and we need to restrategize (this is common- not every thing works for every person). If we are waiting on test results, we’ll review the findings and talk about diet, lifestyle, and supplements (if needed).

On Cultural Relativism and the diet

As an AfroIndigenous dietitian working in a predominately White Eurocentric medical field, I recognize that many of our ancestral foods and dishes have been misrepresented as “unhealthy” in the scope of “a healthy diet”. Our foodways are a deep part of our ancestral heritage and identity as they are born out of stewardship of the land. Undoubtedly, colonialism has negatively altered many of those traditions and dishes over time into what I call a “memory” of what they used to be. I am committed to reframing the narrative and practice around our cultural foods by upholding their nutritional and medicinal values. Whereas I am particularly well versed in West African and Latin American foodways as a member of those diasporas, I have some experience and can provide resources for folks of Middle Eastern and Asian heritage.