Eating Disorder Center
Eating disorders and disordered eating can be incredibly complex and isolating. At Whole Nutrition Center, our experienced Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians are here to support each person's unique needs and personal recovery goals.
In our cozy and supportive office, we are here to meet you where you are at and support you using the tools you find most helpful. Nutrition counseling at Whole Nutrition Center can take many forms including individual sessions, food exposures, and group sessions. We will help you to navigate diet culture and reach a place of peace with food and body using the standard, approved, and evidence based frameworks including Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size (HAES). We will help you find liberation in your body, regardless of size. We will teach you how to tune into yourself to meet your body’s needs so you can begin trusting and honoring your cues.
We have experience working with various eating disorder presentations including Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and other specified feeding or eating disorders.
At Whole Nutrition Center, we are here to guide you throughout your ED journey and help you reach your end goals leading to the path of recovery.
Registered Dietitians
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What to Expect
Goals
Eating disorders are serious conditions associated with persistent food related behaviors that negatively impact one's health: physically, mentally, and emotionally. As medical nutrition therapists, our eating disorder RD's are educated and trained in food as medicine while incorporating therapeutic approaches to help individuals release the rigid rules, rituals, and behaviors they have cultivated related to food and body.
Our dietitians help to guide individuals in finding and strengthening the voice that soothes them to help combat dysfunctional eating thoughts, urges, and behaviors. This may be done through challenges and practices that allow them to dig deeper to understand the root of this behavior and/or triggers.
The aim is to help patients develop their understanding of their eating disorder and take their power back to embrace food and body freedom. This can be done by identifying one’s attitudes towards body weight and body shape, disordered weight control behaviors amongst food control behaviors, external influences such as peers, family, and friends, and ensure the conversation surrounding nutrition education is mindful, engaging, and supportive.
We specialize in:
Anorexia
Arfid
Binge Eating Disorder
Body Image Issues
Bulimia
Our Favorite Resources
Calm The Chaos: Journal
A creative way to practice self-care: Creating the space for a simple daily routine of reflection and intention can do wonders to calm inner chaos when the outside world starts to take over.
Calm The Chaos: Cards
For anyone overwhelmed by the stresses of daily life, this book is a simple tool to promote calm and well-being.
8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder
Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience
Intuitive Eating: 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
Make peace with food.
Free yourself from chronic dieting forever.
Rediscover the pleasures of eating.
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: 10 Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food
The Intuitive Eating Workbook offers a comprehensive, evidence-based program to help you develop a healthy relationship with food, pay attention to cues of hunger and satisfaction, and cultivate a profound connection with your mind and body.
Emma Hesse, RDN
Emma Hesse is a non-diet dietitian who specializes in providing medical nutrition therapy for individuals with eating disorders or disordered eating. She completed her undergraduate at Montclair State University in Nutrition with a concentration in Dietetics. During her time completing her clinical hours, she focused on eating disorders and disordered eating by actively seeking out experiences to gain experience and knowledge. She practices using a Health at Every Size (HAES®), weight inclusive approach. She is passionate about healing people’s relationship with food and their body. She also uses the therapeutic framework of Intuitive Eating to help individuals improve their relationship with food.
She has past experience working at the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient levels of care for eating disorder treatment. In this setting, she has worked with both adolescents and adults from a variety of backgrounds and different experiences. Emma will work with each individual in a personalized manner and be with you every step through your recovery journey. She understands recovery is not a quick fix, but she believes it is possible for all.
In her free time, she loves hanging out with her friends and family, being outside, and traveling. She also has a Golden Retriever puppy, named Bruce, who she adores!
Katie Hawkins MS, RDN
Katie is a registered dietitian who specializes in working with those who struggle with eating disorders and disordered eating. Katie provides medical nutrition therapy through an avidly anti-diet and Health at Every Size® lens.
Katie completed her Bachelors of Science in Dietetics at Ohio University and her Masters of Science in Clinical Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Katie has a background in endocrinology working with those diagnosed with diabetes as well as other endocrine health conditions. Katie then went on to work in eating disorder treatment, she spent several years working at the Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) levels of care as a lead and senior dietitian. Through these experiences, Katie has incorporated a DBT and trauma informed approach to her practice. During this time Katie had the privilege to work with adults and adolescents with a variety of lived experiences.
Sessions with Katie are supportive, empathetic, educational and encouraging- this is her practice philosophy! She is here to walk alongside you on this journey, through all the different types of terrain you might encounter. Katie believes that recovery is possible- whatever that looks like for you.
When not working, you can find Katie at a plant store, outdoors, playing with her german shepherd dogs, or reading!
Claire Callaghan, RDN
Claire Callaghan is a Registered Dietitian with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise from Virginia Tech. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from Rutgers University and completing her dietetic clerkship at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. Claire continued her inpatient clinical experience at Overlook Medical Center where she honed her skills in providing tailored nutrition plans for individuals, particularly focusing on pediatric patients with Eating Disorders.
With a deep understanding of the complex nature of disordered eating, Claire is dedicated to helping others reestablish a positive relationship with food and their bodies. She is committed to offering realistic and sustainable nutrition guidance, rooted in evidence-based practices, to support long-term health and wellness goals. Claire prioritizes building trust with her clients and fostering an environment that encourages engagement and support. Claire's passion lies in enhancing the overall well-being of individuals by addressing their physical, mental, and emotional health needs through personalized nutrition strategies.
She aims to guide clients towards a healthier lifestyle while promoting self-care and body positivity.
Testimonial
“I have worked with Emma for quite a few months and have found her extremely helpful in my recovery. She has a good balance of being kind and encouraging while also making sure to hold me accountable. She is great at providing tasks that challenge me in recovery but are still achievable. I think something that makes Emma unique is that she wants to help with not only the physical aspect of recovery but also the mental aspect. She is someone I feel very comfortable talking to about my struggles and feel that she creates a very safe and non judgemental environment. She also does a great job of working with my therapist to make sure that what we are working on in our meetings also carries over to my other providers, in order to make my recovery very cohesive. I am very grateful that I get to work with Emma and have her supporting me during my recovery.”
Where to Find Us
Eating Disorder Center
154 US-206 , Suite 2E
Chester NJ 07930
Hours:
By Appointment Only