About

I have been working with people with disordered eating since 2005 at many levels of care. My amazing team and I work closely together to provide an inclusive, safe experience for our clients.

I first began working in the field of eating disorders at The Renfrew Center in Florida, leading Intensive Outpatient groups and seeing individual clients for nutrition counseling. It was at that time that I really evaluated my own relationship with food, and realized it was pretty disordered. I am so grateful to have been able to normalize my own relationship with food and my body---it has been one of the most liberating experiences of my life.

In 2006, my partner, Roger Pereira, my first born and I moved to Texas to be closer to my grandmother. I was fortunate enough to work alongside Jessica Setnick in her practice in Dallas. The following year I opened my own practice, Nutrition Paradox. During this time I was devastated by how many of my clients could not get access to higher levels of treatment because of insurance or out-of-pocket costs.

In 2012, I felt compelled to open Project Bliss, a non-profit home for the treatment of eating disorders. We were lucky enough to get it off the ground and provide full and partial scholarships for many clients who otherwise would not have been able to access residential treatment. Sadly, we had to close Project Bliss in 2015 due to lack of funding---we are grateful it made a difference while it lasted.

In 2015, my family moved to Austin, where we have wanted to live for years. Since then we have been providing outpatient counseling and nutrition services for individuals in the Austin, Cedar Park, and Lakeway, and virtually throughout Texas at Austin Counseling and Nutrition.

In 2020, due to the high demand for eating disorder treatment, we expanded into a group practice when we hired Najeeha Khan. Since then we have added another 13 clinicians, and a handful of interns, to our team. We are a mix of counselors and dietitians, all able to help people with eating disorders and body image issues.

In 2023, Roger and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. Our oldest child also turned 18 years old. We have the lived experience of being parents, partners, business owners, and more. It's a rollercoaster, for sure, and we can help you move through the difficult parts. We are both trained in Imago relationship therapy and offer couples therapy and coaching. We continue to grow and learn so that we can bring this knowledge and experience to our clients.