Many parents are overwhelmed at the thought of implementing a holistic/biomedical model for healing their child. They don't know where to begin, they are in "information overload," and they don't think they have the time to add this to an already busy schedule. My approach puts the power to heal your child back into your hands.

Whether you work with me in your home or via phone consultation, I can help improve your family's health and well-being. By working with me, a holistic and biomedical approach can become a reality for your family. I can help make this approach workable for YOUR lifestyle.  I take the time to learn what is practical and do-able in YOUR home. My program immediately addresses your child's critical needs. How? I help you do the hard work of implementing change but more importantly, I help you to determine which changes are the right ones to make, and when to make them.

I provide a comprehensive six-month program for your child, and yourself. In the individual protocol we develop for you, I will help you determine the right diet and supplement choices for both of you. Recovery options are not a "one size fits all" approach.

Where appropriate for your child, we will address many critical health areas that frequently are found in children with autism and ADHD, including yeast overgrowth, inflammation, and acidity. I will teach you realistic and practical ways to remove toxins from the child's diet and how to introduce needed nutrients for reducing neuro-inflammation. Moreover, I will do the same for you. In fact, we find many parents with underlying health issues not dissimilar to those faced by their child.

Autism - ADD/ADHD: There is a connection

From Julie Matthews of Nourishing Hope

"Many people don't realize that ADHD has similar underlying causes, biochemical imbalances, and interventions as autistic spectrum disorders.  In fact, many consider ADHD a very mild form of ASD.  This reality is often unsettling to parents of children with ADHD, as they do not want to associate their child's hyperactivity or inattentiveness with the more severe ASD, autism.  However, by simply understanding this connection parents can open up a world of possible courses of action for their children. There are excellent and proven nutritional interventions for autism that benefit milder forms of ASDs including ADHD.

I have seen many children with autism have their diagnosis changed by their doctor, from autism to ADHD, after their symptoms have improved dramatically through nutritional and biomedical intervention. For those with ADHD where the imbalance is far less severe, it's even easier and faster to 'untangle' the 'dis-ease' and see results.  When ASD or autism is mentioned, all of that valuable information is relevant to ADHD"

Learn how to improve ongoing quality of life for your child, your family, and for yourself for years to come.

About home-based services

Each in-home program is structured individually. In addition to the services provided for all my local and long-distance clients, when I work in your home, I can help you shop, prep, cook and package foods that meet your family's dietary needs. I teach you how to do this effectively. I will provide you with resources for where and how to shop, what ingredients to watch out for and how to make these new meals tasty for your child. I will teach you delicious, healthful recipes that children and adults will enjoy. If your child has feeding issues or food aversions, I also can help your child "learn" to eat.

I also offer hands-on coaching to parents and caregivers for addressing behavior, successfully. During this process, I am available to serve as liaison between family, medical professionals, community and schools. I will advocate for your child, to ensure the best possible standards of treatment for achieving health, comfort, and the optimum capacity to learn and heal. Throughout my program I help you work closely with your child's integrative doctors, nutritionists and pediatricians.

Additional Services are provided to those in the New York Metro Area.

Why In The Home?

It's in the home that the child must first learn to generalize skills and behaviors being taught. Real life is not just about collecting data. By beginning to apply skills at home, we can assist your child to the highest level of function within the family and community environment, where real life actually happens. Home is where ability to function appropriately will first emerge. Home is where sleep issues are improved and wellness comes to be restored. This is the effectiveness of a holistic/biomedical model. Unfortunately, because of the demands of parenting a special needs child, it is also in the home that the ball often is dropped. For measurable success parents often need someone to guide them through the right things to implement in their home and most of the time need a refresher of how to more effectively carry out what they have learned.

Why Counsel for Mom's Health Too?

A quote from Annette Estes, Associate Director of the University of Washington Autism Center, on research study of stress in mothers of children with developmental disabilities.

What we were interested in is the evidence that is starting to come out that parents of children with autism were reporting higher levels of stress than parents of children with developmental delays."
- Annette Estes
Associate Director
University of Washington Autism Center

Raising children is difficult work. Raising a special needs child is exponentially more challenging. Finding time for yourself may seem next to impossible. However, it is critical.

When was the last time you talked with someone about your own health, your personal struggle, your stress level, nutritional challenges, organizational challenges, or considered the many options available, and received the personal attention, guidance and support you deserve?

It's rare for any Mom to get an hour to work on their nutrition and personal health goals with a trained professional, let alone a Mom who's dealing with what you have on your plate every day. Moreover, you may not know that many parents of children with autism and ADHD have underlying health issues -- often undiagnosed -- similar to those of their special needs children, such as celiac disease, food intolerances, irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux or "GERD", candida overgrowth, and the many nutritional connections involved with depression, anxiety, autoimmune diseases and thyroid disorders.

When your own body is healing, the process of healing your child becomes much less overwhelming. You will replace in your diet and your life, stressors that negatively impact your physical and emotional well-being with foods and activities that promote healing. You are more likely to succeed by staying on track with constant support from me, staying tuned in to your child's program and being encouraged to be consistent through all efforts to ensure recovery.

I work from a holistic and balanced approach to promote a calm, productive, healthy and happy lifestyle. Most mainstream nutritionists and dietitians tend to focus on calories, carbs, fats, proteins, restrictions and lists of "good" and "bad" foods, declaring a specific number count on which the client is to rest assured will work. I don't do that. I work with my clients, taking into consideration individual symptoms, life stresses and dietary challenges, in a way that is flexible, fun and free of denial and discipline.

As a holistic health counselor and nutrition consultant, I am here to create a supportive environment while we explore the path that actually works for you to successfully achieve your goals for your child through a holistic nutritional model, for both of you.

Contact me today to schedule your free consultation.