Melissa (she/her) is an anti-diet, weight-inclusive dietitian who completed her undergraduate degree and accredited internship through Iowa State University. She specializes in helping clients heal their relationships with food as part of the eating disorder treatment team and all along the disordered eating spectrum. Melissa meets clients where they're at and walks alongside them as they together navigate food, eating, body image, and movement concerns. The aim of her work with clients is to provide trauma-informed nutrition counseling that upholds HAES® principles, while challenging weight stigma and diet culture messaging, honoring each individual's lived experience, and facilitating values-based care.

She acknowledges that she has many privileges that allow her to do this work as a thin, white, cis-het, food-secure, financially stable, able-bodied woman. She also acknowledges the fact that health is a privilege, and not a moral obligation. No person, regardless of health status, is required to attain or even seek improved health in order to deserve respect, acceptance and care.

Melissa works with adolescents 13 and older (and/or their caregivers as appropriate), as well as adults. Melissa is not in network with insurance, but she can provide a Super Bill. Her rate is $150.00 for an intake session and $125.00 for ongoing sessions, with limited sliding scale availability.