WORK WITH ME
When your brain makes sense, eating starts to make sense.
If you are considering working with me, you’ve probably already spent years trying to make sense of your relationship with food.
You’re not lazy, lacking discipline, or broken: your relationship with food and your body has been shaped by your life experiences. And until now, you probably never had a safe and constructive space to understand how and learn what to do about it—in ways that actually work for your mind, brain, body, and life.
Who I Work With
The people who tend to benefit most from working with me often share several characteristics:
Neurodivergent, particularly on the autism spectrum, gifted or twice-exceptional, ADHD and/or OCD, and may have been diagnosed late in life
Experienced complex relational and attachment trauma, often beginning in early childhood or young adulthood
Developed a chronic neurological, digestive, or autoimmune condition shortly after a major life event, such as an unexpected death, illness or injury
Often labeled a “high-achiever” as a result of completing university education, starting a business or experiencing fast-paced career “success”
Spent years trying countless diets, meal plans, intuitive eating, functional medicine, or supplement protocols
Struggle with having the mental capacity to plan and organize meals, cook and know what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat
Feel shame or frustration within the context of their relationship with food and body
Cycle between periods of undereating, overeating, bingeing, or restriction
Have been actively engaged in psychotherapy for more than a year and have expanded their capacity to explore themselves, life history and story without experiencing intense emotional pain
What We Do
Through a combination of 1:1 consultations, therapeutic logging/tracking exercises and reflective journaling, our work together will focus on understanding the story of your food-mind by examining the connections between your neurobiology and nutritional behavior. This often includes exploring how:
Trauma and adverse experiences influence nutritional behavior
The brain nervous system regulate hunger and appetite
Executive function affects the ability to plan and prepare food
Sensory processing influences your experiences with food
Chronic illness impacts your capacity for nutritional behaviors
As a nutritional neuroscientist, behavioral nutritionist and neuronutrition educator, I do not prescribe diets or create meal plans. Instead, our work is focused on understanding what’s shaping your relationship with food so your decisions around eating become clearer and less demanding.
When appropriate, I will provide personalized nutritional recommendations based on your physiology and health history, and will collaborate with other dietitians, psychotherapists, and members of your health care team.
What You’ll Gain
The goal of this work is not “perfect eating” or compliance with a diet, but expanding your understanding and capacity of how you food, body, brain, and behavior interact. Most of the people who work with me experience:
Less confusion about what and when to eat
Improved mind-body awareness
Reduced internal conflict, fear and shame around food
A clearer sense of hunger and appetite signals
Greater confidence making nutrition decisions
Strategies that work with their nervous system rather than against it
A greater sense of predictability, self-trust, safety and coherence around food
How We Work Together
Working together begins with an extensive onboarding and history collection that involves completing a suite of forms in your private, HIPAA-compliant portal. I will spend a significant amount of time reviewing the information you provide, taking notes and conducting research as needed.
Then, we will meet for a two hour comprehensive neuronutrition consultation. During this consultation, we collaboratively review all of the information you provide during your onboarding and begin identifying the often overlooked factors that are influencing your relationship with food and nutritional behavior. If you provide consent, I will also review notes from other practitioners and speak with them if needed.
Within two days of the consultation, you will receive a narrative report that summarizes the information you provided and offers specific recommendations, resources and suggested directions. You may use this report to supplement your personal efforts or care you’re receiving elsewhere.
Our follow-up 50-minute sessions may occur weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly depending on your capacity, needs and goals.
In addition to our time together, those working with me receive:
Access to a personalized and interactive Food-Mind Fluency Journal
Specific recommendations, strategies, practices, and resources
Secure direct messaging access between sessions
A HIPAA-compliant private portal
Coordination with therapists or other care providers when appropriate
My approach is integrative, collaborative and neuroaffirming. I offer theory-based insights, evidence-informed direction and supportive structure to support your neuronutritional health. I value your ability to choose, give consent and decide what your priority and focus should be.
If you haven’t done so already, please learn more about me before applying.
While our conversations and work together will be therapeutic, it is not a replacement or substitute for psychotherapy.
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Nope. This isn’t a plan or a diet—it’s a way to understand how your brain works so you can build your own systems that work with it instead of against it.
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That’s to be expected!
The pace of our work together can shift based on your capacity, energy, and life demands.
Time for processing, adjustment, and rest are part of the process—not signs of failure.
You don’t need to be at your best to benefit from our work together; you just need to be able to show up as you are, right here, and right now.
You can adjust the pace based on your bandwidth.
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Yes. My approach does. not focus on weight loss or use weight as a proxy for health.
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While you don’t need a specific diagnosis to benefit from working with me, those who benefit the most will likely have been diagnosed with some combination of the following: ADHD, CPTSD/PTSD, depression, anxiety, autism, OCD, and/or a chronic autoimmune, neurological, digestive, or cardiometabolic condition.
It is important that you have the care that you need.
Our work together is not a substitute for medical care, psychotherapy, or nutrition counseling, and does not involve the diagnosis of any illness or condition. You should always consult with a qualified medical professional before beginning.
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Only if you need them.
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That’s fine. Many of the people I work with have a variety of sensory challenges with food, aversions, “limited palate,” and allergies. Everything we do is considerate of your unique circumstances.
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If you apply to work with me and we mutually determine we’re a good fit to work together, we will schedule your initial consultation and begin your onboarding after you process your payment. I am usually booking 4-6+ weeks in advance.
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You can email care@timfrie.com.
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I accept all major credit cards.
Third-party financing is available through Affirm, Klarna and Paylater, subject to their terms and conditions, regional availability and credit approval.
You may be able to use Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) funds. If you hope to use an HSA or FSA, please indicate so on your application.
FAQs
Investment
Initial Case Review & Consultation:
$1,325
Neuronutrition Education, Integration and Support Sessions:
$325