Navigating Food and Body Talk During the Holidays
We hope that by working toward a positive relationship with food and caring for yourself, you can make the holidays a time of genuine joy and connection.
Eating Disorders Nutrition Consultation & Services
Nutrition Support for Your Recovery Journey
Recovering from an eating disorder is possible.
When you work together with a trained dietitian, physician, and mental health professional, they can provide you with a well-rounded care plan and support you throughout your recovery journey.
Struggling with an eating disorder can be debilitating and intensely overwhelming.
We help children, teens and adults struggling with:
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Nocturnal Sleep-Related Eating Disorder
- Orthorexia
- Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder
- Other Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
If you're struggling with an eating disorder, you may have these questions:
The mental exhaustion from intrusive thoughts about food, weight, and body image is one of the most challenging aspects of eating disorders. Our eating disorder specialists understand that these thoughts can feel consuming and endless. Recovery does get easier with proper support and treatment. We help you develop strategies to manage these thoughts, work through the underlying beliefs driving them, and gradually reduce their intensity and frequency as you heal your relationship with food and your body.
After being trapped in rigid food rules and eating patterns, many people feel completely lost about what healthy, flexible eating looks like. Our BC Dietitians help you understand that normal eating includes variety, flexibility, and yes – sometimes eating for pleasure rather than just fuel. We guide you through rebuilding trust with your body’s hunger and fullness cues while challenging the food rules that keep you stuck in eating disorder patterns.
The urge to compensate after binge eating is completely understandable but can trap you in a dangerous cycle. Our BC Dietitians provide specific, gentle guidance for what to do after binge episodes, including how to nourish your body the next day, process difficult emotions that come up, and break the restrict-binge pattern that keeps many people stuck. We help you respond to these episodes with care rather than punishment.
Social situations involving food can be incredibly challenging during eating disorder recovery. Our eating disorder specialists provide practical strategies for managing holiday meals, social eating, and family gatherings while protecting your recovery. We help you plan ahead, set boundaries with well-meaning family members, and develop coping strategies for when situations feel overwhelming, so you don’t have to isolate yourself from important social connections.
How BC Dietitians can support your recovery
Restore physical health through compassionate means
- Implement structured meal plans that support medical stability and weight restoration when indicated
- Address nutritional deficiencies and physical complications from eating disorder behaviors
- Rebuild trust with your body’s hunger and fullness cues through mechanical eating when needed
- Coordinate closely with your medical team and therapist to ensure comprehensive, safe care
Assist you in rebuilding your relationship with food
- Challenge rigid food rules, “good/bad” food thinking, and eating disorder myths
- Practice intuitive eating principles appropriate for your recovery stage
- Address fear foods in a safe, supported environment while expanding food variety
- Work through guilt, shame, and the “food police” thoughts that maintain eating disorder patterns
Implement ways to recover that build acceptance in the long run
- Develop practical strategies for meal planning, grocery shopping, and eating in social situations
- Address co-occurring concerns like autism, ADHD, diabetes, or other medical conditions
- Create relapse prevention plans and coping skills for stress, emotions, and life changes
- Foster body acceptance, self-compassion, and a positive relationship with movement
Find your eating disorders dietitian
Browse local dietitians with expertise in eating disorders. Each profile includes their specific areas of focus, location, and booking information.
Frequently asked questions
Private practice dietitians are not covered by MSP. However, many extended health benefit plans and insurance providers will cover a portion or all of the services provided by a Registered Dietitian (RD). Please confirm with your plan provider your maximum yearly and visit allowance.
Registered dietitians are authorized medical practitioners recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency.
If you pay out of pocket for your dietitian services, you can claim these expenses as medical expense for tax credit purposes.
A doctor’s referral is not necessary to book in with a BC Dietitian. While a referral is not needed to start your journey with us, we do appreciate connecting with your healthcare provider to coordinate care and provide a holistic and comprehensive care plan.
We make it easy for your to find a specialized eating disorder dietitian in BC.
Check out the dietitians listed on this page (or jump here), click on their profiles to read more about their qualifications, experience, and services.
Connect directly with your ED dietitian and get started!
Need help finding the right dietitian?
Not sure where to start? Our “match with a BC Dietitian” pathway can help you get matched to a dietitian based on your needs and preferences, check your insurance coverage, and book your first appointment with confidence.
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