Holistic Nutrition + Wellness Counseling
Guess what? You don’t need to go on another diet.
We provide virtual 1:1 holistic nutrition and wellness counseling to help heal your relationship to food, mood, and body.
Feeling like you’re at war with your body and food? Noticing hangry headaches, irritability, and frustration as you attempt to nourish yourself?
Together we work to find food freedom so that you can make life palatable. In our journey together we address the interwoven dynamics between food, sleep, relationships, stress, body, mental health, symptoms, and energy levels to help you find balance and feelings of grounding. We’re looking at your WHOLE system.
Through behavior modification and mindset shifts, we’ll address ways you can break free from black and white thinking, honor your hunger, and discover your inner intuition.
Through collaboration, laughter, exploration, guidance, and support I’m along for the ride with you every step of the way.
Holistic Nutrition + Wellness Counseling
*1:1 telehealth meetings with email support, collaboration with other providers, resources, recipes, product and restaurant recommendations, pantry lists and more!
Although there is no minimum or maximum time commitment, please note that this is not a quick fix or detox. This is not weight loss-centered care. This is not macros, calorie-counting, or dieting. This is a program dedicated to highly individualized lifestyle and behavior changes that focus on non-scale wins such as honoring your hunger and fullness, breaking free of diet culture, and allowing food to be your ally. On average, clients remain in our care for at least 6-9 months.
Initial Assessment (60 minutes): In this initial assessment session we take a deep dive into your relationship with food and mood, health and medical history, goals, and lifestyle. We’ll then create a customized roadmap to get you on your way towards a better dynamic with food.
Follow-up Sessions (45 minutes): After we establish your goals and plan, we’ll target symptoms, behaviors, and relationship to food in a non-judgmental and exploratory way. You will come out of follow-up sessions having established specific goals for you to work on. You will have access to a variety of resources including an Intuitive Eating Workbook, recipe recommendations, grocery store, and pantry lists, and more!
Our gentle intentions include allowing food freedom and liberalization, acknowledge and pinpoint triggering foods or other attunement disrupters, and learn to operate in a way that is most comfortable both mentally and physically.
Stool Testing: When appropriate Rachel Naar Nutrition utilizes The GI-MAP (GI-Microbial Assay Plus) stool test, which utilizes cutting edge, Quantitative PCR technology to provide a true DNA/PCR based stool analysis The test can detect bacterial pathogens, parasites, viruses, paint a picture of normal flora, uncover opportunistic bacteria overgrowth, autoimmune triggers, and information on digestive health including digestive enzymes, food intolerance, and immune function. Together we can identify and address the underlying root cause of your symptoms and create an individualized protocol that also takes into consideration your relationship to food.
Hormone Testing: When appropriate Rachel Naar Nutrition utilizes The DUTCH Test, at-home hormone testing using saliva and dried urine offering an extensive profile of sex and adrenal hormones and melatonin, along with their metabolites. The test helps to identify symptoms of hormonal imbalances such as PCOS, PMDD, PMS, and Estrogen Dominance. Together we create a customized protocol to help balance your hormones and provide nutritional support from an anti-oppressive lens.
Get Started With A Complimentary Discovery Call.
Looking to learn more? Discuss your overall physical and mental well-being concerns, symptoms, and goals while learning more about our process and feeling out if we’re a good fit.
This is for you if you feel:
Sick of tracking calories/points/macros
Consumed by food thoughts 24/7
Nervous to bump up against “a plan” of food
Frustrated with nutrition noise
Lost when it comes to creating satisfying meals
Unclear if you’re reacting to certain foods negatively
Recently given a new diagnoses or looking to explore where food/lifestyle may be supportive
Stressed out when you are not in control (vacation, dining out, a guest)
Excited to enjoy a healthful colorful lifestyle free of guilt around food
Our practice specializes in the treatment of (but is not limited to):
Eating Disorder Recovery (with particular speciality around Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and ARFID, Pregnancy/Postpartum, Obsessive Exercising)
Freedom from disordered Eating and Chronic Dieting through an Intuitive Eating lens with focus on mental health and body experience
Nutritional Considerations for Actors/Dancers/Performers + Athletes
Gastrointestinal Distress
Food and Mental Health
Food Allergies/Intolerances/Sensitivities (Inclusive of management of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Histamine Intolerances, EDS, and POTS)
Hormonal Imbalance (Fertility + Pregnancy, PCOS, Estrogen Dominance, Endometriosis, Amenorrhea )
ALL BODIES ARE WELCOME
LGBTQ+ Affirming Care (including nutrition considerations & body support during gender affirming therapies and surgeries)
Trauma-Informed Care
Weight Neutral Care: Health at Every Size®
Neurodivergent Affirming Care
facts + questions
What’s included in Holistic Nutrition + Wellness Counseling?
Monthly Holistic Nutrition + Wellness Counseling includes the client sessions as well as email support, research, resources, meal guidance, recipe ideas, referrals, as well as collaboration between Rachel Naar Nutrition and the rest of your treatment team to coordinate care (e.g.; Therapist, Psychiatrist/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Physician, other appropriate providers and specialists as necessary).
Do you accept health insurance?
Rachel Naar Nutrition is an out-of-network provider and does not participate on insurance panels or communicate directly with insurance. If you have out-of-network insurance benefits, these may apply to nutrition services. If so, you would provide the practice payment directly and then we provide you with a superbill receipt that you can submit to your insurance company. Depending on your benefits, you may be able to receive full or partial reimbursement for your nutrition counseling sessions.
If you have out-of-network benefits we recommend that you call your insurance company directly to learn about coverage. They can inform you of whether you will receive any reimbursement for our services, or whether the cost can be applied towards any deductible.
Step 1: Call Your Insurance Customer Service Line
The phone number for customer service is generally located on the back of your insurance card. Call and ask to speak to the benefits department. If your employer provides your plan, your HR department may be able to call on your behalf.
Step 2: Ask The Following Questions About Your Benefits
Are Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)/Nutrition Counseling covered by my out-of-network benefits with CPT code: 97802 (initial assessment) and 97803(follow-up sessions)?
For the above codes do I need my provider to add any additional modifers (ex. 95 for telehealth)
Is coverage dependent on my diagnosis (ICD-10 diagnosis code)?
Are there certain diagnosis codes that are covered or are not covered?
Are there any out-of-network benefits for preventative care (Z codes)?
If so, which Z codes and what are the requirements?
What percentage of outpatient medical nutrition therapy sessions are covered per session and for what amount of sessions?
Are there a certain number of nutrition visits per calendar year?
Is there a co-pay?
What is my out-of-network deductible and how much of my deductible has been met?
Are out-of-network telehealth visits covered? If yes, what place of service code should my provider use?
Do I need a referral from my primary care provider?
Do I need pre-authorization?
Is there a maximum reimbursement allowed per unit?
How long is each allowed visit?
What is the process for submitting claims?
Information you may need:
Business name: Rachel Naar Nutrition LLC
NPI for Rachel: 1194376392
NPI for Sam: 1629707203
NPI for Lucy: 1760076202
NPI for Julia: 1447026901
NPI for Sarah: 1508458068
Please don't hesitate to email us with any questions at rachel@rachelnaarnutrition.com.
Who do you work with?
We work with highly committed adolescents (13+), adults, couples, and families who place trust in our process and are serious about taking action. These individuals are in a position to make an investment in their health, willing to learn and try new things, and willing to reimagine their relationship to food, mood, and body.
How often and how long are sessions?
At the beginning of treatment, we recommend meeting once per week, as many meals and food circumstances come up over the course of a week, we are getting to know each other, and you are forming trust, safety, and comfort within our collaboration. We often check in and collaborate to determine flow of frequency to meet moving forward after we’ve established a rhythm and are hitting milestones we’ve set together. Comprehensive initial assessments are 60 minutes, and follow-ups are ~30-45 minutes.
How long can I expect to work with you?
It depends! We have some clients that have come to nutrition counseling to work on very specific goals and find that after 6 months we’ve found a pausing point. We have other clients who previously met with us weekly, and now they’ve scaled back to less frequently as they’ve developed more nutrition-based skills and supports. Although there is no minimum or maximum time commitment, on average, clients remain in our care for at least 6-9 months.
How does payment work?
Payment is due at the time of service via square via a credit card and is subject to a credit card fee or bank account ACH transfer. Should you have eligibility you are welcome to utilize your FSA account. We require that you save your billing information on file. Superbills may be requested and are given to the client monthly.
Alternative Financial Assistance
If you do not have out-of-network coverage and finances are a concern, we do offer a limited number of lower-price nutrition coaching spots for people with at least one marginalized identity who are also low-income.
To inquire about financial aid availability and eligibility, please email sam@rachelnaarnutrition.com with the subject line 'scholarship request'.
Please consider donating to our scholarship fund if you have the means to pay it forward. Every little bit counts!
