Services

We specialize in helping individuals build peaceful relationships with food while caring for their personal health and wellness. Our work is rooted in intuitive eating, body image healing, and therapeutic relationship building to help our clients find true food freedom. We meet with clients via telehealth or in our downtown Newburyport office. This work is our passion and we’re looking forward to meeting you!

We Specialize In:

Intuitive Eating 

It’s more than hunger and fullness cues…we’ll guide you in building a truly peaceful relationship with food while caring for your whole health.

Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders

If you are struggling with patterns of behavior like restrictive eating, overeating or binge eating, purging, or hyper-fixating on food decisions, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll support you in moving beyond these behaviors and healing your relationship with food. 

Health & Wellness 

No gimmicks or fads. Having a Registered Dietitian on your team can help you take your self-care to the next level, even if you’re navigating a health concern or chronic condition. 

We’d be a good fit if you relate to one (or more) of these statements: 

✓ You want to become an Intuitive Eater

✓ You’ve been on and off diets and are ready to find peace with food

✓ You need trusted nutrition guidance that is free of diet culture nonsense

✓ You want to establish peaceful eating, grocery shopping, or cooking routines that benefit your whole health

✓ Your food decisions feel rigid or limited

✓ Eating or making food choices has been feeling stressful or overwhelming

✓ You recognize that you have disordered eating behaviors and want to move on from them

✓ You find yourself in cycles of binge eating and want to change

✓ You have an eating disorder and need a dietitian on your care team (and outpatient counseling is appropriate given your stage of recovery)

Frequently Asked Questions

  • This is your first chance to chat with your new dietitian and bring them up to speed on what’s going on. Your dietitian will also have plenty of questions for you to make sure they understand your health and food history. All of our sessions are conversations (like therapy) and we provide guidance, support, and recommendations. We do not prescribe supplements or third-party testing products.

  • Our counseling style is very individualized, so no two clients have sessions that are exactly the same. The first session has a lot of “getting to know you” time. Other topics covered differ based on your needs and wants, but topics frequently covered in-session include: balanced and realistic nutrition guidance, your past and present relationship with food, intuitive eating principles and exercises, goal and intention setting, body image work (if a client wants support in this area) and many more.

  • Yes! We accept insurance. We are currently in-network with the following plans: Aetna, Always Health Partners, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Harvard Pilgrim, Medicare, Unicare/GIC, United Healthcare, and Tufts (Commercial Plans).

  • Definitely! Just call the member services number on your health insurance card and ask a representative if your plan has coverage for nutrition counseling with a Registered Dietitian. Be sure to ask if you have a co-pay or deductible that would apply so there are no surprises.

  • No, we help people with actual health goals and we recognize that the pursuit of weight loss has caused a ton of harm to individuals and society. While some people experience body composition changes as a result of making healthy eating changes, your weight loss is not our focus. We also recognize that you may have some ambivalence about this answer… if you’ve aspired towards weight loss for years it can be really scary to put this goal aside. We get it, and we can’t wait to speak with you all about it when we meet.

  • That’s really up to you. Once your dietitian gets to know you they can make a recommendation about the frequency of sessions they feel would be the most beneficial for you. We never pressure anyone into having sessions if they’re not feeling it. Some clients are just looking for some short-term guidance while others benefit from a long-term relationship with a trusted dietitian.

  • We schedule 50 minutes for each session and that time is all yours.

  • We got you! We’re registered dietitians with advanced degrees in nutrition science. We can help you if you have pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, celiac disease, or most other nutrition-related concerns.

  • Sure! If you don’t want us to send a claim to your insurance plan or we are not in-network with your insurance you can pay privately. We can provide a “superbill” so you can submit for out-of-network reimbursement if desired. Our rate is $150 per session. This is on the lower end within our industry as we are always trying to balance our client’s financial concerns with our own practice demands. We can offer a 10% discount when six or more sessions are purchased in advance.

  • Yup!

  • Absolutely! When necessary (or if desired by you), we’ll happily connect with your therapist, primary care physician, or other specialists. This interdisciplinary communication can be good for everyone involved, including you.

  • We do. We ask for advanced notice of two business days if you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment. The fee for a late cancellation is $50. The advanced notice gives us a full day to communicate with others to offer them your session slot. We don’t charge the fee if you have a true emergency.

Kind Words

“Matt has been able to help me to improve my quality of life and recovery through all the ups and downs. His warm personality and sense of humor is very welcoming!”

“Thanks for being a reliable voice of reason in the sea of conflicting nutrition advice out there.”

“It really helps to have the support. Regularly checking in with you has made all the difference.”

“It’s so nice to have a healthcare provider that actually listens carefully and takes the time.”

“Food decisions are no longer a constant struggle...I truly have a healthy relationship with food now.”

“If you are looking for dietitians who are experts in intuitive eating and genuinely care about their clients, I would highly recommend Oceanside Nutrition.”

Schedule A Visit!

If you need a nutrition professional on your team, contact Oceanside Nutrition today to set up an initial consultation.