OCD ED Dietitian

OCD and Eating Disorders Nutrition Therapy in the St. Louis Area, Missouri, and Illinois

Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Provide Counseling for Patients with OCD struggling with ARFID, Picky Eating, Anorexia, Bulimia, Orthorexia, Disordered Eating, and Other Eating Disorders

Learn to manage ritualistic compulsions. Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Implement healthy eating patterns. Increase the variety of foods in your diet. Learn coping skills to eat without fear. Improve your relationship with food and your body. Improve your nutrition status and experience recovery with online or in-person treatment.

Are eating disorders and OCD linked?

Given that both disorders involve behaviors of repetitive thoughts, urges, and patterns that significantly impact an individual’s daily functioning and wellbeing, we would agree the two are most definitely linked.

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Is body dysmorphia a form of OCD?

They both share similarities by presenting with distressing and intrusive thoughts surrounding repetitive behaviors yet they focus on different themes. OCD, however, is considered a distinct mental health condition. Those with OCD may also experience body dysmorphia and vice versa.

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What are the most common eating disorders with OCD?

People with OCD may be more likely to struggle with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED), and other disordered eating habits.

Anxiety and stress caused by OCD can cause changes in appetite. This might increase or decrease a person’s appetite significantly. Also, the time-consuming nature of compulsive behaviors might disrupt regular eating times.

People with OCD don’t always develop an eating disorder or disordered eating. It’s important to work with a nutrition care provider that understands your anxiety disorder and how it might be affecting your eating.

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What can nutrition therapy do for OCD and eating disorders?

A dietitian can help ensure that those struggling with OCD are eating a balanced diet including a variety of nutritious and fun foods in their diet. Our outpatient treatment plan includes:

Assessment: We evaluate your eating habits and nutritional status, and identify disordered eating patterns.
Nutrition Education: We provide patients and caregivers with resources and educational materials on everything from eating habits to portion size.
Customized Meal Plans: Some patients need more support, so we offer meal plans based on individual needs and preferences.
Cognitive Restructuring: We help patients challenge and change food-related thoughts and behaviors.
Exposure and Response Prevention: We work with patients to gradually introduce, in a safe and controlled environment, fear foods while managing compulsions.
Collaboration with the Healthcare Team: Comprehensive treatment is critical for recovery. We coordinate our approach with therapists and healthcare providers.
Ongoing Support and Counseling: We understand how difficult the road to healing is, and we provide support to both caregivers and patients.
Monitoring and Adjustment: We will continuously monitor progress and adjust plans accordingly.

We want someone living with OCD to avoid feeling limited in their intake which could potentially lead to an increase in OCD behaviors or enhance disordered eating patterns. We want to help you heal.

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Our Team of Dietitian Nutritionists in the Greater St. Louis Area

Branz Nutrition Counseling is a team of certified eating disorder dietitians who provide compassionate care to those struggling with their relationship to food. Our approach is weight-inclusive, LGBTQIA+, and social justice-oriented, which means that we believe that everyone deserves access to quality care.

We can’t wait to meet you!

With locations in Illinois and Missouri, we offer both virtual and in-person counseling sessions. And, we are licensed to provide Telehealth nutrition therapy to patients around the country.

We see clients in person in the St. Louis area, Missouri, Illinois, and from around the country via Telehealth. Learn more here.

We help individuals and families heal their relationships with food and body through compassionate, weight-inclusive care—supporting eating disorder recovery and managing chronic conditions like PCOS, diabetes, and heart disease using Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size principles.

Gwendoline Balto

MS, RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Brianna Becherer

MS, RDN, LDN, CPT

Registered Dietitian
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Laura Bradfield

RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Kelly Houston

MS, RDN, LDN, CLC

Registered Dietitian
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Michelle Wilson

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS-C, CIEC

Registered Dietitian
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Erica Branz

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS

Founder and Registered Dietitian
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What service do you need? We offer a range of appointments of different durations to best fit your needs.

Meet with your Personal Dietitian

Be paired with the dietitian nutritionist on our team and get continued support with one of our online groups. One-on-one counseling, in-person, or virtual. WE TAKE INSURANCE!

Take Control of Your Life

Heal your relationship with food and your body. Choose the best foods for your unique needs. Get the tools you need to live a healthy life. Receive continued support.

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Note: In order to secure a spot on a dietitian’s schedule, we need a valid payment method on file.

Our Testimonials

Thank you for choosing us as the Best Dietitian Practice in STL (2023)

There have been times where my daughter will eat 4 bowls of carrots and turn down a cookie, and there have been times where she will want all the fruit snacks and nothing else, but it doesn’t stress me out because I know now that it’s just what her body wants in the moment. The information provided in your course not only helps my kids, but also opened my eyes to some of my own internal struggles around sugar and meal times!"
My sister Gifted this program to me and I'm so glad she did! I've already gotten so much out of watching the modules and reading the PDFs."
Understanding and implementing the Division of Responsibility in Feeding really takes the pressure off meal times. I love sitting down to enjoy dinner with my family and I hope it’s a memory my kids enjoy when they’re older too."
Also, againg, thank you for being so kind to "A". She usually does not like seeing "doctor like people", but she actually enjoys coming to see you, so that says a lot.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
I can't thank you enough for all you have done for us. I know we will continue to deal with food issues but at least I see hope. I honestly don't know how L(or myself) could have got through the past year without you. You literally are a lifesaver!! You are an amazing dietitian!!.
by Mother of a Patient
Thank you for the caring devoted service and gentle compassion you have shown "S" over the years.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
I am truly grateful we found you to be he nutritionist. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
"For most of my life, I have correlated the size of my body to being loved and accepted. The smaller I am, the more lovable and acceptable I am. Giving up the dieting, the rules, and the noise has given me the freedom to trust, appreciate and accept love from others as well as myself".
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I truly appreciate the encouragement and hearfelt, genuine concern you have for me. Your counsel and empathy have meant a great deal and helped keep me going during difficult times.
by C, Saint Louis, MO
Thanks for helping me think about food differently and providing guidance regarding how to select carbs. Also, thanks for helping me recognize that the evolution would take several months to come to a 'new normal'.
by E, Saint Louis, MO