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Nutrition/Dietary Services


What to expect when meeting with a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Synergos?
You may hear the word “dietitian” and automatically think of “diet”, but our Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) adopt an “anti-diet” perspective to nutrition support. Rather than focusing on how to eat less, or what not to eat, we will work with you to heal your relationship with food. This includes adding more nourishing foods into your day as well as challenging negative beliefs you have held about food and as it relates to body size. We focus on your overall health and wellness rather than the number on the scale. We do this by utilizing the principles of Intuitive Eating (IE) and Health at Every Size (HAES), which we will teach you to use and are summarized briefly below. RDNs at Synergos will work with you to dismantle and challenge diet culture that perpetuates a negative relationship between food and your body.

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During your nutrition intake appointment, your RDN will go over your health history, including any medical diagnoses and medications/supplements. They will confirm your mental health history, including any history of eating disorder treatment or behaviors (i.e.. binge eating, purging, excessive exercise, etc), Additionally, they will review your historical and current relationship with food, eating, body image, goals for treatment, and more. Over the first few sessions, you and your RDN will discuss recommendations for frequency and intensity of sessions (i.e., weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc). Please check your health plan to assure you have dietitian/nutrition benefits if you are wanting to use insurance. We also work closely with our counseling providers as well as outside treatment teams. As a team, Synergos providers learn about each others approaches to wellness and how to share those goals with our clients. 

We may recommend that clients with eating concerns work alongside a dietitian at the same time as their work with an eating disorder trained counselor because the work you are doing with one provider complements the work you are doing with the other provider. This recommendation also supports our holistic care approach. For instance, if your dietitian recommends a meal plan or food exposure that may feel daunting, your counselor will be able to help you process possible distress and build the coping strategies necessary to follow through on this goal. By waiting to be able to start services with both providers at the same time, it ensures you will have the proper level of support needed to be successful.

Intuitive Eating (IE) is an evidenced-based, mind-body health approach, created by two dietitians, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in 1995. 
  • It is a weight-neutral model, meaning that it takes the focus of eating away from controlling one’s body weight or achieving intentional weight loss. 
  • This approach consists of ten principles that cover topics to improve attunement with internal hunger and fullness cues, assist in filtering out judgment and noise that stems from diet culture’s influence, and supports clients in  identifying and responding to our body’s emotional and physical needs. ​

Health at Every Size (HAES) is a framework of care that is centered around the principles of weight inclusivity, respectful care, and health enhancement. 
  • It respects the diversity of body sizes and rejects the pathologizing of specific weights. 
  • It acknowledges the negative impact of weight stigma and works to end weight based discrimination as well as other inequities and oppressive forces that impact health and access to health care. 
  • It supports the notion that health promoting behaviors can make a positive impact on one’s health independent of weight loss.​
  • ​Nutritional/Wellness Consultations ​
  • Child and Adolescent Development Support
  • Diabetic Education & Management
  • Bone Health
  • Growth concerns
  • Food allergies
  • Picky Eating
  • Lactation Support with Christy
  • Nutrition Intolerances
  • Support around meal times
  • Meal planning
  • Meal Support Group 
  • Pediatric Nutrition Support with Christy
    • Picky eating, Infant feeding difficulties, etc
  • Intuitive Eating Interventions​​
    • Support in raising an intuitive eater and/or becoming one as an adult
  • Wellness Workshops​ for employers, groups, etc
  • Sports Dietetics with Sophie
  • Gastrointestinal Concerns (Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, etc)
  • Dietary & body functional concerns related to a medical condition
  • Performance Nutrition Support with Sophie
  • Perinatal Nutrition Support
  • Postpartum Nursing Support
  • Disordered Eating Recovery for adults ages 18+
  • Challenging diet culture
    • Christy Harrison, RDN, defines diet culture as: A system of beliefs that worships thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue, promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher status, and demonizes certain ways of eating while elevating others. 
    • It is the predominant viewpoint towards health and body size in our culture.
We will not conduct sessions if you confirm or you are suspected to be under the influence of any of the following: substances that are not prescribed, substances that are not being utilized in accordance with the prescription, or alcohol.

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If you are in ketamine therapy, we require at least 12 hours and one full night of sleep (i.e.~ 6 hours) since you were administered your last dose before a session can be conducted. We may also require a release of information form to be completed for the provider of your ketamine treatment.
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Sophie Pomrehn

Registered Dietitian & ​Sports Nutrition Specialist
I am a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and passionate about helping individuals create habits and life skills that will allow them to excel during, and post, athletic career. I also enjoy aiding those working through recovery from disordered eating and focusing to create a positive relationship with food. Click to read more
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Christy Killips

Registered Dietitian  & Pediatric Nutrition Specialist
I work with individuals of all ages  addressing nutrition issues across the lifespan while also having extensive experience in pediatric nutrition support. I have extensive experience in pediatric nutrition support as well as malnutrition, eating disorders/disordered eating, picky eating, irritable bowel disorder (IBD), other GI conditions, nutrition during and after cancer treatment, and prediabetes/diabetes.  Click to read more​
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Angela Yamriska

Registered Dietitian & Diabetic Educator
I work with clients over the ages of 10 years old. I am passionate about Intuitive Eating and the Health at Every Size approach to nutrition. I enjoy helping clients in eating disorder recovery as well as those looking to establish a positive relationship with food and movement. I have advanced training in the treatment and management of Prediabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes. I am happy to support those looking for assistance using different diabetes devices such as continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, etc. I also support individuals looking to improve lab results with Hypertension (high blood pressure), Hyperlipidemia (elevated cholesterol), and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).  Click to read more
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Vincent Suha

Registered Dietitian​
I specialize treating adults with mental health-related nutrition concerns, which include but are not limited to: eating disorders, disordered eating patterns, management of medication side effects, meal prep and planning for more severe mental health disorders, weight concerns, and many other areas.  I also have expertise in assisting with patients with diabetes/prediabetes, ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s Disease, other GI conditions, geriatric nutrition, and many other areas.  I have a special interest in working with LGBTQIA+ patients, as well as male/masculine presenting patients who struggle with disordered eating, as these populations can often feel left out or underserved by classical eating disorder programs. ​Click to read more
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