Nutrition Support

Nourish your health, transform your mind.

Learn about the relationship between mental health and nutrition and improve your mind-body connection.

It's not just in your head.

How is your nutrition affecting your mental health?

→ Low energy levels from poor nutrition can leave you feeling drained and affect your mood.

→ Lack of nutrition can make it hard for you to focus or stay grounded, leading to greater stress.

→ High levels stress and anxiety can increase cravings for unhealthy foods

→ High caffeine or sugar diets can increase your anxiety and racing thoughts.

Why is it so hard to make changes?

→ More than ever, we have packed schedules and often need convenience-based choices.

→ There’s an overwhelming amount of information about different diets, making it hard to stay informed and motivated.

→ Food provides a connection to memories, emotions and social events, which makes it hard to break unhealthy habits.

Overall, you may fear that making changes to your nutrition may just be too much effort, be too costly and will restrict you from eating foods you love.

We understand, and we’re here to help.

nutritional support from a psychotherapist can you help you

We are here to empower you to optimize your nutrition for your health.

✔ Learn the signs of deficiency in several vitamins/minerals and understand the impacts on your health.

✔ Gain easy-to-apply strategies on making nutrition more accessible, time and cost-effective for you.

✔ Learn mindfulness techniques to slow down, recognize hunger cues and reduce impulsive eating.

✔ Identify triggers for emotional eating and build new coping strategies.

✔ Explore your beliefs about food, body image and self-worth that may be affecting your eating habits.

✔ Make changes that are suited to your lifestyle through a compassionate approach that allows you to continue to adapt and grow without judgement.

Q&A

Have questions about nutrition support?

  • Nutrition support through psychotherapy focuses on helping clients change their relationship with food and address underlying mental health factors such as stress, emotional eating or self-image that may impact your choices and behaviours. We also provide you with education on the mental health impact of deficiencies in various vitamins and minerals so you can understand the relationship between your nutrition and mental health.

  • No, psychotherapists are not able to create meal plans or prescribe any dietary changes to clients. We can work in collaboration with your Registered Dietician or Family Physician and support you with any mental or emotional barriers as you implement their recommended dietary changes.

  • While services provided by Registered Psychotherapists or Registered Social Workers are not covered by OHIP at this time, many extended health insurance plans do offer coverage for mental health services provided by either profession. Please refer to your plan details or contact your provider to find out which service providers are covered under your specific plan.

Still have questions?

Please fill out a contact form or book a consultation and we would be happy to connect with you.