CREDN Provider Directory

Emily Velasquez, registered dietitian nutritionist, has been a caregiver with Providence since 2022. Emily provides one-on-one nutrition counseling rooted in the Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size ® philosophy, specializing in patients with disordered eating and eating disorders. She received a dual bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dance from Buffalo State College, where she also completed her 1,200-hour supervised practice experience within the coordinated dietetics program. Her interest in eating disorders began as a dancer, and while in college she researched perceived energy needs of dancers compared to their actual needs. This interest carried on into the general population, seeing the ubiquitous damage of diet culture and the growing prevalence of eating disorders. Prior to Providence Emily's experience includes working at a higher level of care with eating disorder patients at Center for Discovery, as well as working at Nike World Headquarters. Emily is passionate about helping individuals fuel their bodies while developing a healthy relationship with food. Emily’s interest in dance nutrition continues, with a passion to prevent and treat eating disorders in dancers, as well as improve overall performance and reduce injury risk. Emily still loves to dance in styles of ballet, contemporary, salsa and bachata.

As a registered dietitian and nutrition counselor, I partner with people exploring questions and emotions surrounding food and their body.

So, your relationship with food has brought you here, but maybe you’re unsure if what you consider some form of overeating warrants seeking professional help. You don't have to suffer from anorexia and/or bulimia to "deserve" treatment and support. People who are enduring binge and emotional eating are often blamed (by themselves and others) for their use of food. If this is you, you may believe you have no "will power" and your relationship with food/body is your "fault". You aren't yet aware there are reasons (always other than will power) that explain your experience with food/body. You are not to blame. My mission is to help you find relief, so that food is just food again—free of stress and shame. I specialize in the treatment of binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating, emotional overeating, eating addiction, and their related struggles, such as depression. To help you become fully present, and live a life not overshadowed by worry. I believe in harnessing your critical thinking skills to help you create positive change. I'll encourage you to keep asking "why" and questioning thoughts or values to determine for yourself what‘s important (instead of defaulting to what "should" be important). This authenticity and conviction translate to all other areas of life.

registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders

Healing is intimidating. It invites you to create new pathways in your brain, new patterns in your daily habits, and new ways of being with yourself. I believe in a therapeutic relationship as the cornerstone to creating space for health, healing, and personal growth. We will collaborate on a whole person approach to your mental health, including whether or not medication management is right for you. I am passionate about providing high quality, trauma informed mental health services through medication management and psychotherapy. My practice focus includes anxiety, mood disorders, improving one's relationship with food/body (Health at Every Size), supporting expecting and postpartum parents, and providing care to fellow health care providers. -Email is my preferred method of initial contact-

THIRA Health, located in Bellevue, WA, treats eating disorders, anxiety, depression, & other co-occurring conditions on a foundation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. With decades of experience and a successful track record treating a variety of conditions, our clinical team is dedicated to helping women, teen girls, and gender non-conforming individuals move toward a better life. THIRA Health offers IOP, PHP, adult PHP with supervised housing, and a new residential primary mood program for teens. THIRA Health eating disorder treatment offers dinners on site, meal coaching, RD sessions, weekly nutrition group, family nutrition group, multiple DBT skills groups each day, 1:1 therapy, medication management, HAES informed staff, body image processing groups, art therapy, yoga, mindful movement, and more.

Hello! I've been connecting families and clients to resources for mental health, eating disorders, and addictions for the past 5 years in an outreach capacity and LOVE my work. It is my personal mission to ensure that we all have access to care when and how we need it. I'm so proud to be Co-President of CREDN and to work alongside the best of you who have a similar drive to ensure access to mental health and safety of those we serve.

Honor Nutrition & Counseling is located in Seattle, Washington and offers in person and telehealth (video and online) for pre-teens & teens, young adults and adults looking for support with trauma/ptsd, mental health issues and eating disorders. Our practice is welcoming to all bodies and backgrounds. Our clients (parents and all ages) all also get access to online courses and online coping skills for free. We use evidenced based practices like HAES, EMDR, ACT, mindfulness, and intuitive eating to provide personalized and compassionate therapy and nutrition care.

Lauren specializes in working with adults and teens (ages 16+) who struggle with eating disorders, disordered eating, body image issues, ADHD, anxiety, self-discovery, and LGBTQ+ acceptance. Her therapeutic style centers around self-compassion, empowerment, and self-exploration to help clients align with their authentic selves. She believes that the client's experience in therapy should be as unique as they are, and integrates different modalities based on the client's personality, goals, and preferences. Lauren is a bit of an astrology nerd, cat mom (but dogs are awesome too!), and is always hooked on a new hyperfixation hobby. Feel free to ask her about it! She is able to see clients via telehealth in Oregon and Washington.