SERVICES
Nutrition & Therapy
INDIVIDuaLIZED
What to expect ?
When you are working on your health and your relationship to food/body it can feel scary and sometimes daunting. We get it.
When working with us, you can expect to be heard, cared for and supported. We are so excited to be on this journey with you.
We believe in a comprehensive approach that involves your mental and physical health.
You can expect to:
have a supportive team who truly understands and cares for you.
work with our team for severals months. This is not a quick fix, we are here to support you.
be empowered in your own care. We will listen to you and individualize everything for you.
We work from an anti-diet, weight-inclusive and trauma informed approach to give you the best care possible. All our services are evidence based.
We are here to support you.
YOU ARE NO LONGER ALONE.
EMPOWERING
YOU
FOOD - BODY - MIND
NUTRITION COUNSELLING
The Balanced Practice
Registered Dietitians (RD) combine their scientific knowledge with their love of food to support every client in having a better relationship with food an their body. We believe that YOU are the expert of your body and we are here to help you discover your balance in a judgment free, collaborative way! When working with the RDs at The Balanced Practice, you can expect to feel seen, heard and valued. We are here to support you through whatever food struggles you are facing.
Change takes time and that's ok! Your RD will be supporting you along the way. The follow ups will be a chance to make sure the plan is successful, continue to work on your goal and support you with any challenges that occur along the way.
Step One:
Step Two:
This first meeting is all about getting to know you. We will ask you a variety of questions to better understand your current situation and the best steps to move forward towards your goal. Once the assessment is complete, your registered dietitian will work on a care plan. *
* If you are part of the ED Recovery Program, your RD will be connecting with your therapist to create a collaborative recovery plan.
Nutrition Assessment
Continued Care
*If we are working with you on eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, intuitive eating, body image, trauma or emotional eating, please know that this work takes time. We see most of our clients for 6-8 months on average
THERAPY
We know that therapy can feel awkward. But it doesn't have to be! Therapy can be an important part of healing. We believe in a client-centered approach and therefore we use various therapeutic modalities to best support you (see more below). When working with the therapists at The Balanced Practice, you can expect to feel seen, heard, supported and valued. We are here to support you and give you the tools you need to face your current mental health challenges.
Step One:
This first meeting is all about getting to know you and starting to build trust with your therapist. We will ask you a variety of questions to better understand your current situation and the best steps to move forward towards your goal. Once the assessment is complete, your therapist will develop your care plan.*
* If you are part of the ED Recovery Program, your therapist will be connecting with your dietitian to create a collaborative recovery plan.
Therapy Assessment
Change takes time and that's ok! Your therapist will be supporting you along the way. The follow ups will be a chance to make sure the plan is successful, continue to work on your goal and support you with any challenges that occur along the way.
Step Two:
Continued Healing
*If we are working with you on eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, intuitive eating, body image, trauma or emotional eating, please know that this work takes time. We see most of our clients for 6-8 months on average
We have the knowledge and experience to fully support you in this journey.
We know that working on your relationship with food and your body is so important. We are here to support in a compassionate and non-judgemental way.
Our approach is weight inclusive, sexuality & gender inclusivity, trauma-informed and anti diet culture.
Because we get it.
Why work with us?
The Balanced Practice
is a place where you can be seen for you are, supported without judgement and empowered with evidence based knowledge.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our services are weight neutral which means that we do not use weight as a measure of success. We work from a weight inclusive standpoint and will work on your relationship to food and body and achieve goals regardless of weight. Some people lose weight, some remain the same and some gain weight. This depends where your body needs to be!
This will depend on your individual needs and goals. For eating disorders or disordered recovery, the average time is 6-8 months. For intuitive eating or building sustainable habits, the average is 3-6 months. The care plan will be created with your needs and capacity in mind.
As a registered dietitians and psychotherapists all information, personal and medical, shared with us will be kept confidential unless you consent to sharing information with 3rd party health professionals.
This is what we specialize in! We are here to support you through full recovery. We can support you from a nutrition and therapy standpoint. Our team works together to provide you the best care.
We can still support you. Unfortunately there are many barriers to getting a diagnosis and whether are not you have been diagnosed, your experience is valid and we are here to support. You do not need to wait to get help.
Although we work a lot with folx with eating disorders, we also LOVE to support folx who are looking to work on their food and body relationship from an anti diet perspective. We can work through emotional eating, intuitive eating, chronic illnesses and sports nutrition.
Yes! Most of our clinicians are trained with kids, teens and adults. When working with kids, we use a family based approach to get parents or caregivers involved. Book a connection call to see which team member would be a better fit.
Yes! We can work with couples as well. In terms of booking, you can book under 1 person’s account and specify in notes that this will be for the couple. Each session with a couple is the price of appointment + $50.
At this time, we do not directly take insurance. However, many insurance companies cover dietetic services as well as psychotherapy. Please speak to your insurance company to find out more about this.
