It’s always wonderful to hear from dietitians who have meaningful and constructive conversations with their clients that don’t focus on food. Here’s a recent example:
“I find that I’m frequently using the Craving Change approach as it’s very helpful and easy to incorporate in my client sessions. It’s wonderful to be able to provide a list of different activities that have already been thought out that and are accessible and realistic for most clients. I appreciate the ability to personalize the activities and tools to the person I am supporting so that it is more realistic for their individual goals.”
“I recently used the cognitive-behavioural conversations and tools with a client who identified an urge to eat when she’s bored, feeling stressed or when she is in need of comfort. She felt guilty about this and was looking to improve her relationship with food for her long-term health and hoped to model healthy behaviors for her children.”
“After exploring the internal and external influences to her eating, she agreed to write out a list of accessible, low cost and ‘minimal planning’ activities that she could try to substitute for eating. She found the Nurture Yourself handout very helpful for ideas.”
“During her follow up appointment, the client shared that she was able to recognize how much stress impacts her food intake and choices, and how little time she had been spending prior to our last session working on her own self-care. She told me that doing the Nurture Yourself activity and having a list of different things she could do made her feel comforted knowing she has the choice to choose other things to do than eat. She acknowledged that more time was needed to unlearn this behavior, but felt optimistic about it.”
