About Us

We’re a team of clinicians committed to helping people with diabetes feel confident and comfortable around food! We take an individualized, weight-inclusive, trauma informed approach to support your recovery from diet culture and disordered eating. We help our clients learn to care for their bodies, navigate life with diabetes, and discover a more peaceful relationship with food. We offer individual counseling and groups to support humans with all kinds of diabetes, and all forms of disordered patterns around food and diabetes care.

Click below to learn more about us, our approach to care and how we can work together.

We can’t wait to get to know you!

Lauren Newman, RD, LD, CDCES, CEDS (she/her)

I help people with diabetes find peace with food and their bodies to heal from disordered eating.

  • Lauren is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) passionate about helping individuals with diabetes make peace with food and their bodies.

    Lauren sees clients who have diabetes and are struggling with their relationship with food, or an active eating disorder.

  • Lauren received her bachelors in nutrition and dietetics from The University of Texas at Austin, then completed her dietetic internship (1,200+ supervised clinical practice hours) through The University of Texas at Austin’s Coordinated Program in Dietetics.

    Lauren maintains the following credentials:

    -Registered Dietitian (RD) through the Commission on Dietetic Registration

    -Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)

    -Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education

    Lauren is an active member of the following professional organizations:

    -Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES)

    -The International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)

    -International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD)

    -The American Diabetes Association (ADA)

  • Prior to starting her private practice, Lauren worked at an eating disorder treatment center, supporting clients in residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment.

    Lauren’s approach combines the foundations of weight inclusive care and Intuitive Eating with therapeutic modalities such as EFFT, DBT, and ACT to help clients connect with their body’s needs and learn to respond without rigidity, restriction, or shame. Lauren also strongly values collaboration in her work: both collaboration with clients’ medical teams, as well as with her client (no one knows your body better than you!)

Maria Kim, MS, RD, LD (she/any pronouns)

I help people dismantle misinformation around diabetes, and learn to care for their bodies in a meaningful way.

  • I am your multiple neurodivergent, second gen Dietitian currently residing in the Matinecock/Munsee Lenape lands (commonly known as Queens, NY). Offering anti-diet, size inclusive diabetes support is important to me because we need more than what’s being offered out there – so many folks are left without adequate support, which can lead to and exacerbate confusion, anxiety, and fear around how we eat and exist in our bodies. I believe everyone deserves informed, shame-free, individualized eating care within the complex frameworks of their ever changing needs. I would love to help you define what that looks like for yourself.

    We would be a good fit if you typically feel “stuck” on deciding what to eat, struggle with energy to even prepare your meals, experience shame and guilt about food and your body, have “complex” needs and don’t know where to start, need support around neurodivergence informed food care, or are looking for a POC provider who “gets it”.

  • I received my bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science at Cornell University, my master's degree in Clinical Nutrition at New York Institute of Technology, and I completed my internship training with Sodexo Dietetic Internships with a focus on pediatrics.

    Maria maintains the following credentials:

    -Registered Dietitian (RD) through the Commission on Dietetic Registration

    Maria is working towards obtaining the following credentials:

    -Certified Body Trust Professional through the Center for Body Trust

    -Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education

    Maria holds active membership in the following professional organizations:

    -The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)

  • I believe everyone deserves informed, shame-free, individualized eating care within the complex frameworks of their ever changing needs. I would love to help you define what that looks like for yourself.

    I have experience working with people recovering from eating disorders in higher levels of care, and also have experience counseling in nutrition related to the perinatal period, infant and child nutrition, breastfeeding/chestfeeding. I have been trained in clinical pediatrics and feeding therapy for children with feeding challenges.

Kelly Six, MS, RD, LD (she/her)

I believe diabetes care should be holistic and shame-free at its core.

  • Hi there, I’m Kelly Six, MS RD LD (she/her). I’m a registered dietitian in Seattle, Washington. My approach is grounded in weight-inclusive diabetes care, HAES, and intuitive eating principles. My ultimate goal is to help create a space where my clients can explore and heal their relationship to food and their bodies. Living with diabetes myself, I am deeply familiar with the complexities and challenges that come along with managing chronic illness while healing from disordered eating and eating disorders. I’d love to be in your corner as you build confidence around managing diabetes, find peace with food and your body, and explore an authentic and embodied approach to your health care.

    Outside of work, you’ll probably find me dancing, watching reality tv, exploring coffee shops in Seattle, or snuggling with my two orange tabby cats.

  • I received my BA in sociology from The University of San Francisco with a focus on gender, sexuality and feminism, which guides much of my approach to my work today. I went on to obtain a master's in nutrition from Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington and completed my dietetic internship at CalPoly in San Luis Obispo, California.

    Kelly maintains the following credentials:

    -Registered Dietitian (RD) through the Commission on Dietetic Registration

    Kelly is working towards obtaining the following credentials:

    -Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education

    Kelly is an active member of the following professional organizations:

    -The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)

    -Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES)

    -The International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD)

  • My approach centers around weight-inclusive diabetes care, HAES, and intuitive eating principles. My ultimate goal is to guide my clients to find wellness, peace with food, and respect for their bodies in ways that can last.