Eating Disorder Center
Emma Hesse, RDN
Katie Hawkins, MS, RDN
Claire Callaghan, MS, RDN
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.
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