nutrition counseling

Supporting Your Success

Individualized nutrition counseling can help make nutrition easy. The dietitians at The Tasty Balance will assess your needs and give you the tools to rediscover your inner wisdom and rediscover pleasure from food. The main goal we have through nutrition counseling is to help you find a balance between food and life. That means living a life that nourishes your body and soul without stress over food or restrictive diets.

What does our process look like?

1. Book directly online

No referral needed! Match with the dietitian that meets your needs, select location or virtual, and schedule a time that works best for you.

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2. we provide an insurance benefits check

We’ll let you know what is covered prior to your first appointment.

3. Comprehensive nutrition counseling assessment

The initial appointment is a time for us to get to know each other and for me to learn a bit more about your goals, questions you have, and develop a plan

4. Ongoing care

Follow up appointments are when the real work gets done as we dive deeper into how food and nutrition play a role in your life and what changes can be made to improve it.

“When I first came to Ariel I was really struggling with body image and my eating disorder and some other chronic health issues.

Ariel WAS ABLE TO GUIDE ME THROUGH RECOVERY AND HELP ME DISCOVER WHAT FOODS HELPED WITH MY OTHER HEALTH ISSUES.”

C.H.

Nutrition counseling Area of Focus

Eating disorder nutrition counseling

Take the steps to move towards recovery. An eating disorder is not a stage or a fad, no one chooses to develop one and the solution isn’t just to eat. I will work to understand your needs and help you on your journey. This includes learning your individual story to understand and support you whether that is an individual cooking session, meal planning, or working on how to navigate through daily life while nourishing yourself because recovery is possible and you deserve it.

Other nutrition expertise areas:

Intuitive Eating
Ending the cycle of chronic dieting
Rejecting diet culture
Binge Eating
Sports nutrition
Nutrition and body image
Health At Every Size
Mindful eating
Emotional eating
Vegetarian/vegan diets
PCOS
Pre and post-natal nutrition
Pre and post-bariatric surgery

Insurance & Rates

Self Pay Rates

1 hour session $145

Call 816-635-0739 or contact via contact page for more information about self-pay rates.

Insurance

The Tasty Balance is within network with United Health Care, Cigna, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna. Please note that you are responsible for verifying nutrition counseling services covered on your plan. We are not in network with Medicare at this time.

We also accept HSA/FSA cards.

Benefits Check

We provide a benefits checks to review your insurance plan to see if nutrition counseling will be covered and what you can expect to pay. To start this process please schedule directly online or reach out through the contact page.

Otherwise, see the below document for a step-by-step guide on calling your insurance to verify benefits and a list of common insurance terms.

Please note benefits checks are not a guarantee of coverage. If insurance denies it is the client’s responsibility to pay for the services rendered.

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“My Dietitian has been excellent to work with. She has helped me work on building a balanced plate, meal prep for a busy lifestyle and answers any health/nutrition questions I have.

She is very kind, knowledgeable and passionate about her work.”

K.E.

Option to connect via phone and video

Telehealth provides the convenience of meeting from your own home. You have the option to meet through a virtual platform that is confidential and easy to use.

This allows you to have more consistent communication and support and is a great option if you are not located in the Kansas City area. Mix it up as well, maybe we meet in person one session and the next virtually!

“IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING STARTING THIS JOURNEY, GO FOR IT!

Its definitely worth it. When I first started working with a dietitian I was uncertain about what or how to eat really and through our sessions Ive been able to gain so much clarity and freedom around food.”