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Kristine Schirm, M.S., R.D.
- Dietitian, Nutrition Therapist
Kristine
has been a Registered Dietitian for 13 years and has been working for over 16
years with a specialized expertise in the area of eating disorders. Kristine began her career working as the
Nutrition Program Coordinator in the Willow Creek Eating Disorders program at
Samaritan Behavioral Health Center in Scottsdale, Az. She later moved to Grand
Rapids, Michigan and for 3 years functioned as the Director of Nutrition
inpatient and outpatient services for the eating disorder program at Forest
View Psychiatric Hospital. Kristine also maintained a private practice with C.T.E.D.-Comprehensive
Treatment for Eating Disorders for 8 years and for 4 years with Dr. Patricia
Dauser ED.D in Muskegon, Mi. Kristine later returned to the valley in 2003 to join
Rosewood Women’s Center for the treatment of eating disorders in Wickenburg,
Az. where she worked for 3 years as the Director of Nutrition Services.
Kristine
specializes in the re-feeding of high medical risk cases and works only with a
complete treatment team model. Her extensive counseling experience includes
individual, group and family nutrition counseling and education in inpatient
and numerous outpatient settings, direct 1:1 mealtime support, home pantry and
fridge renovations, cooking/recipe selection and implementation shopping and
cooking experientials. Kristine follows a non-dieting philosophy as her nutritional
approach to weight management and has led multiple didactic and experiential
groups in support of health at every size. Kristine is passionate about the importance of the
relationship a client has with her Dietitian and treatment team emphasizing
trust and safety as the key elements to her practice. The foundation of
Kristine’s nutrition counseling style is education based and is directed
towards helping clients to dispel myths relating to food and helping clients trust
and reconnect with their bodies’ own physical hunger and satiety cues.
Kristine earned her B.S. undergraduate degrees in both
counseling psychology and clinical nutrition from Arizona State University in
Tempe, Arizona, her pre-professional practice program (AP4) at Arizona State,
and her graduate degree in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics also from Arizona
State University. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA),
the ADA practice groups of sports nutritionists (SCAN), Weight Management
(WMPG) and The Central Arizona District Dietetic Association.
Nutrition, exercise and cooking are personal as well as
professional interests. She and her husband and three sons live in the Anthem
area. She is now available to provide outpatient nutrition consultation/therapy
to males and females, adolescents and adults for the following: all types of
eating disorders, casual and competitive athletes, pre and postnatal women, pre-and
post gastric bypass, those dealing with specific nutrition related illnesses
and conditions, and to answer questions about food and weight.
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