Lauren Harrison MS,RD,LDN
Lauren is based in Virginia and is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. She is licensed to practice in the states of North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, and Missouri.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise from Virginia Tech before completing her Dietetic Internship through the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She also earned her Master of Science degree in Agriculture and Life Sciences from Virginia Tech, which focused on the foundations of our food systems by understanding growing and production practices, as well as consumer attitudes and perceptions. She is currently pursuing her Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) certification.
Lauren has experience in residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of eating disorders treatment with clients ranging from young adolescence into adulthood. She enjoys assisting clients in reaching their goals in an environment that allows them to be their authentic selves. She holds a passion for empowering others in building, mending, and maintaining respectful and peaceful relationships with food and their bodies while adequately nourishing themselves for life and performance.
Her nutrition philosophy is based on a weight-inclusive and anti-diet approach. She hopes to lead her clients to discover that unlearning deeply ingrained thoughts rooted in diet culture and finding trust with food and their body is possible, while validating the challenges of the journey all the while.
Her specialties include:
· Eating disorder/disordered eating recovery
· Chronic dieting
· Sports nutrition
· Body Image
· Cardiovascular conditions
In her free time, she loves gardening, volunteering and fostering for bunny rescues, and traveling to the coast or Appalachia to hike and camp.
*Independent Contractor
