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Three Birds Counseling & Clinical Supervision provides Fat Positive, Queer Affirming, Faith Affirming and Trauma-Informed therapy and Clinical Supervision in English and Spanish. All providers specialize in eating disorders and body image concerns, are trained in a trauma protocol (i.e., EMDR, Brainspotting, TFCBT, IFS, DBT, DCT), and operate from a Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating approach. We provide hardship evaluations in English and Spanish for loved ones of individuals facing deportation or seeking asylum and gestational carrier/donor candidate evaluations and consultation. We also help those walking the scary and painful path of infertility and pregnancy loss, and the exhausting experience of anxiety and trauma, both of which often overlap body and food concerns.

I am a trained Maternal Mental Health Specialist in addition to many years of experience working with individuals struggling with an eating disorder. I specialize in mindfulness-based treatments and work with clients to improve their body image and break free from a disordered eating mindset by teaching Intuitive Eating techniques. I work with many moms with navigating the various dynamics of parenthood including helping them to develop healthy relationships with food and body positivity for themselves and to set sound examples for their children.

My approach is to assume that the parent is the expert on their child. My role is to be an outside perspective on what is working and not working and to provide ideas to make changes that can help parent and child get to the outcome they desire.

I provide outpatient Telehealth nutrition counseling to adolescents and adults struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating. During the first phase of nutrition care, I work with clients (and/or their caregivers) to create an individually-tailored meal plan and eating pattern that meets their nutritional needs and promotes physiological stabilization. Once clients are more stable in their recovery, we work on adding variety and flexibility to their food choices, ensuring they are comfortable eating in most or all environments and situations. Eventually, we explore the principles of Intuitive Eating, and discuss how to develop and maintain sustainable, health-promoting lifestyle behaviors that fully align with eating disorder recovery.

Throughout my career, I have worked in all levels of eating disorder treatment (residential, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient), providing nutrition counseling to adolescents and adults of all ages. In my private practice, I utilize a combination of treatment modalities (DBT, exposure and response prevention, meal support) in addition to medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders. I am comfortable providing family based treatment (FBT) as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. I'm also comfortable working with clients who have co-occurring mental health conditions. I am passionate about helping people to heal their relationships with food and their bodies!

When working with parents, I utilize a mixture of Ellyn Satter's DOR and Intuitive eating. I address the parents' own relationship with food/body with these models and support them in building more DOR oriented systems/structures into their family dynamics around food.

I use the Ellyn Satter division of responsibility and work with families to identify barriers and blocks to providing new food experiences, assist with strategies to help kids come to the table in a calm, non-stressed mindset to help with gradually building food acceptance.

I am a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with extensive experience in treating individuals with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Over the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work in a variety of settings, including residential treatment programs, partial hospitalization (PHP), and inpatient units, which has provided me with a comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of those dealing with eating disorders. I also specialize in treating co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, and substance use, which often accompany eating disorders.

At Beyond Barriers Psychiatric Services, I offer personalized medication management and therapeutic support through telehealth to clients across Colorado. My approach is client-centered and collaborative, ensuring that each individual receives a treatment plan tailored to their unique needs and recovery goals. I’m committed to providing compassionate care to individuals of all backgrounds, including neurodiverse and LGBTQ+ clients, helping them achieve lasting recovery and improved mental health..

Melissa is an anti-diet, Health At Every Size® aligned, and all-foods-fit Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She works with children, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with eating disorders. She also provides nutrition counseling to parents. Melissa worked at a behavioral health facility on the eating disorder unit for over 3 years. She worked with clients at the inpatient, partial hospitalization program (PHP), and intensive outpatient program (IOP) levels of care. She now works with clients at the outpatient level.

Melissa believes food is so much more than fuel. Food can bring joy and pleasure, comfort and memories, and helps us build connections with others. Melissa aims to fight diet culture myths and eating disorder beliefs that are often so destructive. Melissa’s hope for all her clients is that they work to remove guilt associated with food and are able to incorporate it in their lives in a pleasurable way. While each client is treated individually, her clients can expect to work on fueling their body, including variety and balance throughout each day, relearning how to listen to and honor body cues, and fight diet culture.

For more than 35 years Melrose Center has helped treat and support patients and families struggling with all types of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. Our multidisciplinary team provides personalized and evidence-based treatment for all genders and ages (8+). We offer a comprehensive continuum of care including outpatient, inpatient and residential care at five Minneapolis-St. Paul metro locations.

I work with children, adults, and families in eating disorder recovery and helping everyone find food freedom. I use a Family Based Therapy approach when appropriate to bring families into the recovery process. I am also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and use an intuitive eating approach. I work within the framework of the Division of Responsibility when working with children and families to help empower both parents and children.