Shift Nutrition & Counselling

Specifically, I have worked with the Vancouver Coastal Health Eating Disorders Program in Richmond for 9 years, the Fraser Health Eating Disorders Program for 2 years and the internationally renowned Community Outreach Partnership Program for Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital Eating Disorders Program for 4 years and private practice throughout this time. My work in the area of disordered eating started as a dietitian. But quickly I realized that in order to properly support my clients, I needed to help address the deeper concerns of their relationship with food and their body. So I completed a Masters in Counselling Psychology to more effectively support my clients address the myriad of ways food intersects in their life in such things as depression, anxiety and trauma. As such, I work from a trauma-informed, weight-inclusive, anti-diet or non-diet approach (such as Health at Every Size® (HAES) and Intuitive Eating (IE)). I hold degrees in Biology from Simon Fraser University, Food and Nutrition from Ryerson University in Toronto and Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary. I am a member of the College of Dietitians of British Columbia, Dietitians of Canada and the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. I have also co-authored a manual for the self-management of chronic disease and am a regular contributor to local and national news outlets, and magazines such as Chatelaine, Flare and Elle.