I am the owner of my private practice: Robyn L. Goldberg, RDN, Inc. I started my private practice in Beverly Hills 23 years ago. I see clients virtually and in person specializing in medical conditions, disordered eating, eating disorders, Health at Every Size®, pre-pregnancy nutrition, and people in recovery. I see kids, tweens, teens and adults in my practice. I am a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian and Supervisor from IAEDP, and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. I am the author of the NEW book “The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones”.
How did you get started in your career?
I started my career at Cedars Sinai Medical Center as the Cardiac Dietitian for five years and also for the last eight years, I was the nutrition counselor for an outpatient eating disorder program in Los Angeles and led eating disorder and body image groups at various sober living facilities in Los Angeles.
What advice would you give to someone new to the field ?
Be open minded to all job opportunities and never say no to any job opportunity as you never know that you may end up liking another area of dietetics and develop a specialty. This can result in also becoming more well rounded in the field. I am so thankful that I was a clinical dietitian as it has helped me see many other types of clients in my practice, write a book that includes a significant amount of medical understanding and be used as an expert by other clinicians and media outlets.
I am the Founder of Inspire Evolve in Los Angeles, and I am also Director of Clinical Development with Center For Discovery.
How did you get started in your career?
I started with a degree in Psychology and lots of volunteer and internship experience to decide on a specialty. Before specializing in eating disorders and trauma treatment, I gained experience within domestic violence, child development and advocacy, suicide prevention, and with a sexual offender population. I even did LAPD ride alongs as a DART domestic abuse response team advocate, but that was too terrifying for me. I applied for an entry level position in an eating disorder residential treatment center in SoCal in 2002 and have worked within this specialty for the last 18 years, more recently focusing on underlying trauma as an EMDR Certified Therapist. I have completed courses in Trauma Informed Yoga with Collective Resilience as well as hold a Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies CTSS through PESI.
What advice would you give to someone new to the field?
My advice is to commit to doing your own work, both before you enter the field, and definitely while you are working in the field. It is the greatest gift you can give to yourself and will make you a more compassionate and effective therapist.
Dawn Delgado, LMFT, CEDS-S founded Inspire Evolve Counseling in 2007 as a hub for compassionate and effective psychotherapy. Dawn is a fun, personable, and effective psychotherapist who specializes in optimal performance, recovery and mind-body wellness. Dawn’s approach integrates evidence-based, eye movement desensitization reprocessing, EMDR, as well as neuroscience based stress reduction technologies. Dawn offers psychotherapy and customized therapeutic retreats for clients in California, as well as assessments and virtual therapy (telemedicine) in Oregon, and Texas. Dawn works virtually and in person with clients in the music industry, high level executives, trauma survivors, war veterans and clients in eating disorder recovery.
Travel lights up my soul, as does volunteering around the globe in beautiful lands such as Indonesia, Cambodia, and South America, Middle East, and the streets of Los Angeles.
At Home Study Course- 3.5 CEU’s for RD’s: I run an online course and coaching group with Mckenzie Caldwell at Feed Your Zest called “Nourish Your Knowledge”, which is space for dietitians and students, who are new to health at every size and intuitive eating, to explore the basics of the concepts and how to apply them to all areas of dietetics. It’s a hybrid course where participants can opt into group coaching calls and ask questions, debrief about the course content, and connect with like-minded peers and RD’s in a safe space. It’s a wonderful way to set the stage for supervision being a norm in our profession 🙂
What is your current position?
I am the owner of a group private practice, Nourished Colorado, located in Denver, CO. I am fiercely passionate about food and body freedom and work with clients who struggle with eating disorders, disordered eating, and chronic dieting from a health at every size and intuitive eating lens. I feel incredibly honored to get to do this work and to hold space for others around a meaningful, impactful piece of life that touches every single human-food.
2. How did you get started in your career?
I started as a clinical dietitian at a Level 1 trauma center and floated around to all the areas. This was a fairly easy job to get out of school as I had worked as a diet technician for this hospital during my schooling. My position was PRN and quickly turned into full time. I knew it wasn’t ultimately what I wanted to do, but whatever position I’m in, I’m always happy to learn about people’s stories with food and hold space for them. My favorite roles at the hospital were covering outpatient diabetes and outpatient oncology. I thrive more in the role as the nutrition counselor which I got to practice in the outpatient setting vs being in the inpatient clinician role. When I was working inpatient clinical as a dietitian, I did find myself getting all my patients visited as quickly as I could so I could hurry home and work on my private practice website and blog.
3. What advice would you give to someone new to the field?
My advice for anyone new in the field is to be a sponge, and be a student for life. Immerse yourself in as much information as you can- podcasts, mentorship, books, peers doing the same work as you. Be open and vulnerable to all the things you don’t know, and that you can only learn by listening to your clients’ experiences and by those who have been in the field longer than you. At the same time, stay rooted in your own internal wisdom and intuition. Don’t be afraid to say I don’t know, and find out later.
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Hannah Turnbull, RDN
Bio: Hannah Turnbull, RDN is a registered dietitian and owner of Nourished Colorado a group practice based in Denver, Colorado that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating from a health at every size and intuitive eating lens. Her mission is to empower people to unlearn the rules society has taught us about food, dieting and bodies by practicing self care and self compassion. Her practice helps clients establish flexible, mindful eating habits and sustainable self care practices so they can begin to live their most nourished lives.
Hannah attended University of Missouri-Columbia for her BS in Medical Dietetics with a dual emphasis in Nutrition and Fitness. She is currently pursuing the Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD) Certification and is a board member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), Denver chapter. She is a sought out for talks and presentations on eating disorders, intuitive eating, and weight inclusive topics, and has been featured in publications such as US news and Today’s dietitian.
