Move beyond rigid food rules and fear to discover a more flexible, trusting relationship with food and your body
find freedom from the black and white
I'm Jessica Thompson, Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant here to help you heal from disordered eating through nutrition therapy that unpacks the thoughts, fears, and patterns keeping you stuck.
If food and body image struggles feel like they've taken over your life, you are not alone.
➔ Maybe you're constantly thinking about what you've eaten, what you're going to eat, or what you "shouldn't" eat.
➔ Maybe you feel like you need to obey a hundred food rules just to feel okay.
➔ Maybe you swing between rigid control and feeling completely out of control.
➔ Or maybe you're a parent watching your child struggle with food, exercise, or body image and wondering what the heck to do.
Either way, it’s overwhelming. And honestly, exhausting.
Now just imagine...
♥ A meal with friends doesn't come with a side of anxiety.
♥ Vacations aren't spent worrying about how you'll make up for what you ate later.
♥ You order what sounds good without negotiating with yourself first.
♥ Your inner critic isn't narrating every bite.
♥ You look in the mirror without immediately picking yourself apart.
♥ You trust yourself.
And maybe... just maybe...
Food stops being the main character and you have space for the people, experiences, and moments of your life that matter most.
all of this is possible for you, but...
If recovery was as simple as "just eat normal" you probably wouldn't be here.
Food is usually only part of the story.
Underneath most eating disorders, there’s usually a mix of fear, rules, perfectionism, shame, control, anxiety, guilt, black-and-white thinking, and years of harmful learned beliefs about food and bodies that quietly shape how you see food, your body, and yourself.
That’s why my approach goes beyond just telling you what to eat.
My specialty is helping you understand what's happening beneath the surface of your relationship with food, so we can begin actually changing it.
Together, we work on both sides of recovery:
The practical side:
• consistent nourishment
• flexibility with food
• fear foods
• understanding what your body needs
• rebuilding trust with eating
And the deeper side:
• perfectionism
• food rules
• fear and anxiety
• emotional patterns
• beliefs about food & your body
Because both matter.
And addressing one without the other is like playing tug-of-war with the symptoms instead of understanding what's pulling the rope.
Many of the struggles I see around food start long before an eating disorder diagnosis.
Conversations around the dinner table. Body comments. Pressure to be "healthy.'' Fear of weight gain. Social media. Fad diets and celebrity trends. A culture that's constantly telling us what health and worth are supposed to look like.
Some of our harmful beliefs about food have been around for so long, they've unpacked their bags, made themselves comfortable, and convinced us they're facts.
They just feel... normal.
Until someone shines a light on them.
Prevention matters just as much to me as treating eating disorders.
Yes, I'm passionate about helping people recover from eating disorders.
But I'm just as passionate about helping parents break the cycle before an eating disorder ever develops.
Many of us inherited harmful beliefs and behaviors around food and bodies without even realizing it. And without meaning to, we can pass them on too.
Not because we're bad parents. Usually, it's because we're trying incredibly hard to raise happy, healthy kids.
We're simply working with the information, beliefs, and experiences we were given.
And that's exactly why prevention matters.
Because when one person builds a healthier relationship with food, it has the potential to heal an entire family and even generations to come.
WORK WITH ME
my services
1:1 Nutrition Therapy Sessions
Highly personalized in-person or virtual nutrition therapy sessions to help you or your loved one find peace with food.
Clinical Consultation for Providers
Individual guidance and support to grow your skills, knowledge, expertise in treating eating disorders as a new or experienced dietitian.
Prevention & Family Support
Guidance for loved ones who want to better support recovery, reduce conflict around food, and/or create a home environment that feels safer, calmer, and less rooted in fear around food and bodies.
I highly recommend Jessica and will continue to sing her praises!
Jessica creates such a welcoming, non judgmental environment, is super respectful and takes things at a pace that works best for you. It is apparent that she cares deeply about each of her clients. She would bring up personal stories and events that related to what I was going through, which helped me even more than I would have ever imagined!
- Robin, former client
A big reason I care so deeply about this work comes from my own experiences with body image struggles and disordered eating.
I sometimes think I accidentally became exactly what my younger self needed.
So much of the work I do now connects back to things I personally struggled with for years: body image, food rules, perfectionism, overthinking, and feeling like my worth was somehow tied to my size and "doing things right.''
I know how consuming and isolating having an eating disorder can feel.
And I also know recovery is possible firsthand.
