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Nutrition counseling built on what you add.

Two ways to work together, both online, both with the same clinician. None of them involves a cut list, a cleanse or a food you have to earn.

Vanessa Ribeiro, RDN, standing in a kitchen.
01 — the first appointment

One-to-one nutrition counseling

The first appointment is mostly me listening. We go through how you eat now — the schedule, the shopping, who else you're feeding, what you've already tried, and what you are not willing to give up. That last one matters more than people expect. A plan that quietly assumes you'll stop eating rice is a plan with a fixed expiry date.

Then we build the first Add List: three specific additions, in meals you already eat. Small enough to hold on your worst week, because that is the week that decides whether any of it survives.

You leave with

  • Three additions to make this week, in food you already buy
  • A plain explanation of why those three, and what each one is doing
  • Two or three meal templates you can rotate and adapt yourself
  • A way to handle the days when the plan does not happen — because there will be some

Who it's for

Adults who want to change how they eat and are tired of doing it by subtraction. Common reasons people come: weight that has moved up and down for years, no energy in the afternoon, a recent baby, an eating pattern that works Monday to Thursday and collapses on Friday, or a doctor's comment that landed badly and left no instructions.

What it isn't

It isn't medical nutrition therapy for a diagnosed condition — that belongs with your medical team, and I'll tell you plainly if that's what you need. It isn't a document I hand over and disappear. And it isn't a promise about a number on a scale, from me or from anyone else.

If you'd rather know who you'd be talking to first, here's my training and how I got to this way of working.

Fees

Fees are confirmed with you in writing before anything is scheduled, along with what the appointment includes and how follow-up works. Ask when you send your request and you'll have the answer before you commit to a time.

02 — the part that decides it

Ongoing follow-up

Almost nothing is decided in a first appointment. It's decided six weeks later, when the plan meets a school holiday, a work trip and a bad night's sleep in the same week.

Follow-up appointments exist for that. We look at what actually held, what didn't, and why — and then we change the plan. Not you. The plan. Most of the useful work I do is here, in the adjusting, and it is also where the habit of starting over on Monday finally dies.

How often

It depends on what you're working on and what you can commit to. Some people want a check-in every couple of weeks at the start and then monthly. Others need one appointment now and one in eight weeks. We decide together, and we can change it.

The shape of it

What working together looks like.

01

Ask for a time

A short request with a few details. You get availability, fees and what to expect, in writing, before anything is booked.

02

Tell me how you really eat

The honest version. There is nothing to confess here — I need the real week, not the version you'd like to have.

03

We build the first Add List

Three additions, in meals that already exist, with the reasoning behind each one.

04

We adjust it together

Follow-up against a real week. The plan flexes; you don't start over.

Before you ask

Things people check first.

Do I need a referral?

No. You can ask for an appointment yourself. If something you describe belongs with a physician, I'll say so and tell you what to ask them.

Where do appointments happen?

Online, by video. Eligibility for one-to-one counseling depends on the state you are physically located in during our sessions, because dietetic licensure is granted state by state. We confirm that with you before scheduling.

Do I have to track everything I eat?

No. Some people find a few days of notes useful at the start, and if it helps you, we'll use it. If logging your food has been part of what made eating miserable, we will not do it at all.

All frequently asked questions →

Start with what you're adding

Renew the way you eat. Renew the way you feel.

Bring the way you already eat. We'll build the first Add List together, and you'll leave the appointment with three things to put on the plate this week — not a list of what to give up.