I hear you: meeting for regular sessions feels impossible to squeeze into your jam-packed schedule.
You want support for binge eating, emotional eating, or chronic dieting cycles that actually works at a time that works for you.
Maybe…
- You want to stop binge eating and repair your relationship with food— but you’re too exhausted from early morning emails and back-to-back meetings to even want to fit in appointments.
- You spend ⅓ of your life at airports or traveling for work, and rarely spend enough time in the same city to get consistent support.
- When you have a spare moment or some unstructured time during the week, the last thing you want to do is fill it with more work. You dread the thought of regular appointments sucking up the little bit of free time you have on a Friday morning.
- You’ve done some nutrition or therapy work, but the sessions felt disconnected and scattered. You want to do planned, targeted work rather than addressing different issues from session to session.
- You’re highly ambitious, perfectionistic, and high-performing, and you simply don’t want to spend so much of your time dedicated to this issue.
- You want a directive approach with someone who isn’t afraid to have difficult conversations or reflect uncomfortable truths, so you can stop second-guessing yourself and actually get somewhere.
- You like working efficiently and intensively to address problems head-on.
- You want to maximize your investment. Intensives shave off time you’d otherwise spend catching up on the previous weeks and closing the session.
intensives
A 1:1 somatic nutrition therapy service for women and gender non-conforming folks who want to start feeling better sooner.
Introducing Nutrition & Somatic Experiencing Intensives for Food & Body Image Concerns
Imagine what could shift if you gave your relationship with food your full, undivided attention for a few focused hours, not months of weekly or bi-weekly sessions.
You’re highly ambitious, perfectionistic, and high-performing, and you simply don’t want to spend so much of your time dedicated to this issue. You like working efficiently and intensively to address problems head-on.
You want to maximize your investment. Intensives shave off time you’d otherwise spend catching up on the previous weeks and closing the session.
weekday sessions:
start at $200 CAD/hr
weekend sessions:
$220 CAD/hour
Intensive Rates:
Some Ontario health insurance providers cover Registered Holistic Nutritionists (under "paramedical" or HSA.) Unfortunately, I am unable to advise on insurance-related questions. Please connect with your insurance provider directly.
Intensive Pricing
“I struggled with disordered eating for as long as I can remember. Sarah was an incredible nutritionist who patiently supported me in breaking down years of control, rigid rules, and anxieties that I had towards eating. Sarah made me feel heard, understood, and validated throughout our entire time together. I finished seeing her a year ago and I still use the strategies she gave me on a daily basis as guidelines to continue to be free of the overwhelming burden of disordered eating.”
She never made me feel judged for my struggles
"I have been so fortunate to work with Sarah on several aspects of my eating and body image, including binging, emotional eating, and learning how to be compassionate with myself. She is one of the sweetest and most empathetic human beings you will ever meet!
instead she would gently help me peel away the layers to get to the root of what I was struggling with. I was AMAZED at how her process helped me with emotional eating! She isn’t going to tell you WHAT to eat, or that one food is “good” and one is “bad.” She helps you understand that eating should be a joyful experience! I enjoy food now, more than ever, but I no longer feel out of control around it. I highly recommend working with Sarah if you want to stop the restrict-binge merry-go round! She has truly changed my life for the better.”
After working for several years as an Intuitive Eating Counselor, I realized there were a lot of folks with a history of adverse events or trauma who were struggling to embody Intuitive Eating and really let go of dieting (I can relate!). And even those who didn’t identify with having a trauma history were still showing up with the food and body image symptoms of people who had.
And I’ve done the additional training to meet you where you are, including…
- Registered Holistic Nutritionist®, Canadian School of Natural Nutrition
- Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, The Original Intuitive Eating Pros® (Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)
- Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing International
- Certificate in Body Positive Psychotherapy, The Body Positive Institute
- Non-Diet Nutrition Counselling Skills, Advanced/Somatic Nutrition Counselling Skills, and 50+ hours of individual and group supervision, Tracy Brown
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Russ Harris
- Body Image Healing, Marci Evans and Fiona Sutherland
- Eating Disorders and Digestive Disorders, Marci Evans and Lauren Dear
- Eating Disorders Training, Marci Evans
- Multiple continuing education webinars through EDRDPro
- Anti-Diet Work as Death Work, Angela Alberto and Virgie Tovar
- Stop Fighting Food Masterclass & professional mentorship, Isabel Foxen Duke
- Certified Diet Recovery Coach, Certified Weight Neutral Coach, The Center for Weight Neutral Coaching™
- Member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
- 1.5 years experience and supervision at a private eating disorder outpatient centre
- 100+ hours of professional supervision
- 150+ hours group and individual therapy
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My experience with her was life changing.
“I reached out to Sarah when I was finally at the point of no longer wanting to diet.
Sarah has a way of making you feel safe along this lonely journey. She is intuitive, authentic, wise and the perfect partner in healing your relationship with food. It was the best choice I ever made. I was nervous I was always going to want to eat every dessert in front of me and it would never end. I trusted her and I am so glad I did. After 35 years of watching everything that went into my body I can finally say I found freedom. I eat what I want and stop when I do not feel like it anymore. I never thought I would get to this point. I believed something was wrong with me and that intuitive eating was only for other people. I can now say I have made peace with food and enjoy eating all foods.”
-T. S., toronto, ontario
This for you if:
You’re seeking relief from food obsession
You want to feel comfortable in your body
You’re ready for a sustainable way of eating
It's probably for you if...
You want weight loss more than food peace
You’re looking for a quick fix
You want to be told what and how much to eat
Efeel safe with food is perfect for adults who struggle with one or more of the following
AND ARE SEEKING A MIND-BODY APPROACH TO RECOVERY:
- Chronic dieting
- Disordered eating
- Binge eating
- Emotional eating
- “Food addiction”
- Food and weight preoccupation
- Orthorexia or an obsession with healthy eating
- Body image concerns
- What is a nutrition therapist?
Nutrition therapists are professionals – typically Registered Dietitians or nutritionists – who fuse nutrition counseling with therapy models. Elyse Resch, RD, defines nutrition therapy as “a client-focused, process-oriented, and relationship-building” process. Unlike traditional nutrition counseling, which focuses on what to eat and what not to eat and may include structured meal plans, nutrition therapy aims to explore an individual’s thoughts and feelings about food and their relationship to it.
- What’s the difference between nutrition therapy and therapy?
Nutrition therapy focuses exclusively on food, body, and movement.
- How do I know if I’m ready?
Most people are ambivalent about starting this work, which makes so much sense. If you’ve hit diet bottom and/or want to try something different, you’re ready! You’re also welcome to discuss your hesitations during the call.
- What are your hours of service?
Monday from 12-7pm, Tuesday 9-7pm, Wednesday 9-7pm, Thursday 9am-7pm, and Friday 8am-4pm. Weekend appointments are available exclusively for Nutrition Intensives.
- How long does it take to get results?
Most people I work with require at least 12 sessions (6 months) to see results. On average, I work with most of my clients for 6 months to 3 years. That said, everyone is different.
- What if I'm "too far gone"?
I believe it's never too late (or too soon!) to recover from dieting or disordered eating. I've helped folks who've been struggling for less than a year and many who've been living with an eating disorder for 20+ years.
- Is full recovery actually possible?
While the answer to this is complicated, in short: yes! That said, you will get what you put into the work. I'm happy to provide suggestions for how to make the most of our time together.
- Do I need to work with a therapist?
I often recommend that folks work with a therapist to get the most out of both therapy and nutrition therapy.
- I have a busy life. How many hours will this take up?
Consider that this work is a part of life, and not separate from it. You can spend as little or as much time on this work as you like. You will have a say in any experiential work that gets assigned to you.
- Do you have a set plan or is the work individualized?
The work is incredibly individualized. While there are common patterns and phases that all folks go through, everyone is different. This is not a set cookie-cutter program.
- What forms of payment do you accept?
E-transfer, Paypal, and major credit cards.
- Can’t I just work with a general Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, or Health Coach?
Most general practitioners are not trained in eating disorders or somatic nutrition, so while you may learn some skills, most people I work with find they need more specific support around food, movement, and their body image.
- I have a chronic health condition. Can you help me?
It depends! I encourage you to discuss this on the call. I sometimes share clients with RDs when clinical work is required.
- I have an active eating disorder or a history of an eating disorder. Is this service suitable for me?
I encourage you to discuss this during the first call.
