Nutrition Counseling
with Christine (RuDY) De Jonghe, MS, RD, LDN
Nutritional Counseling Benefits
- Do you struggle with your relationship with food?
- Do you restrict food, overeat or binge for emotional reasons?
- Do you avoid certain foods fearing that you have no self-control?
- Are you sick and tired of feeling guilty, bloated, and fatigued from the foods you eat?
- Are you not meeting your exercise, training or fitness goals, and think it could be related to your diet?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then know you are not alone and I would love to work with you to help you to reach your goals and heal your relationship with food.
Christine (Rudy) De Jonghe, MS, RD, LDN
Christine (Rudy) De Jonghe, MS
Registered Dietician, Licensed Dietician Nutritionist
I am a Registered Dietitian with over 14 years of experience working with clients in sports nutrition, eating disorders, and Intuitive Eating.
I use intuitive eating strategies to help my clients learn how to adequately fuel their body, learn to trust their body’s internal cues of hunger and fullness and how to deal directly with their emotions without using food.
I offer a non-judgmental and personal approach with all my clients and I am devoted to meeting my client’s nutrition and exercise goals.
Sports Nutrition
As a collegiate athlete and current triathlete I know first-hand the importance of fueling for performance. My philosophy is when you train better you perform better. I have worked with clients such as students trying to make their varsity team, Junior Olympians, Division 1-3 college athletes, student and professional ballet dancers, endurance athletes and first-time racers.
I collaborate with my clients to create a customized nutrition training plan that is individualized to their athletic goals.
Sports Nutrition programs provide:
- Detailed evaluation of current diet and recommendations to improve performance
- Customized energy and macronutrient plan
- Pre-training, training, and post-training nutrition guidelines
- Eating strategies for optimal recovery based on your personal daily schedule
- Learn to meal plan for optimal results
- Hydration, electrolyte and fueling plan for training and competition
- Troubleshoot your sports related training issues
- Sports nutrition products/ergogenic aids guidelines
- Vitamin and mineral supplementation guidelines
Nutrition Therapy for Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
I have worked with clients in all stages of their eating disorder recovery and have a passion for working with clients on healing their relationship with food. I work with clients who struggle with emotional eating, binge eating disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Orthorexia, and Eating disorder NOS. I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to challenge eating disorder thoughts and behaviors, help clients identify and practice healthy coping skills, provide nutrition education, monitor weights, and help client’s make peace with food. I work collaboratively with the client’s treatment team to provide the best quality of care for their recovery.
Eating Disorder programs provide:
- Detailed evaluation of current diet and recommendations based on your recovery goals
- Customized nutrition plan tailored to your food preferences
- Science based nutrition education
- Menu and meal planning to meet your personal daily schedule
- Learning how to challenge eating disorder thoughts and learn healthy coping skills
- Intuitive eating approaches to heal your relationship with food
Intuitive Eating
Studies have shown that 90% of people who manage to lose weight while dieting will often regain it back within 5 years. This weight cycling has shown to have detrimental impacts on mental health and physical health. Dieting and weight cycling often lead to binge eating, disordered eating practices, weight gain, depression, negative body image, anxiety, loss of muscle tissue, chronic inflammation, heart disease and diabetes. As an anti-diet dietitian I am committed to help my clients ditch the diet mentality, make peace with food, and heal their relationship with food. I work with my clients to set achievable goals to maintain their motivation, provide them with self-confidence so that you feel better physically and emotionally. I customize a nutrition plan that fits into their lifestyle and needs, allowing all foods to fit so they aren’t feeling deprived, starving, or fatigued. I provide up-to-date nutrition education and troubleshooting when obstacles or sabotages come their way.
Intuitive eating may be right for you if you are ready to:
- Reject dieting and reclaim a calm and confident relationship with food
- Reconnect with your body’s natural hunger and fullness cues
- Honor your feelings and learn to cope with your emotions in ways that allow you to heal
- Rediscover the pleasures of eating
- Find sustainable exercise and movement that feels good
- Honor your health with nutrition that makes you feel your best
- Respect your body and find body positivity
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you accept insurance?
For Nutritional Counseling we are in network with:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna
- Cigna
- Personal Choice
- Keystone Health Plan East
- Independence Administrators
- Amerihealth
What are my out-of-network or self pay options?
We will bill your out-of-network insurance if you wish, however the self pay rates will apply.
One session – $125
Nutrition Packages:
- 3 sessions purchased upfront – $300
- 6 sessions purchased upfront – $540
- 9 sessions purchased upfront – $720
For package details and limitations please discuss wtih Christine Rudy at your first appointment.
Where is Christine (Rudy) De Jonghe's Office Location
Christine (Rudy) De Jonghe meets with clients exclusively via telehealth at this time. When returning to the office she will be in our King of Prussia location.
What are typical insurance benefits/coverage?
Coverage for nutritional counseling is diagnosis driven but most insurance plans cover a limited number of visits as a PREVENTATIVE service, that is with no member cost share.
Independence Blue Cross Adult Preventative plan covers 6 visits per year and most IBC members have this benefit.
Aetna Healthy Diet Counseling covers 10 visits per year on most plans.
Call member services (number is on the back of your insurance card) to ask your insurance about your specific benefits. We will verify your benefits once you have made an appointment.
What happens when I reach my Preventative visit Max?
Once your benefit maximum is reached, you may switch to a self-pay option.
One session – $125
Nutrition Packages:
- 3 sessions purchased upfront – $300
- 6 sessions purchased upfront – $540
- 9 sessions purchased upfront – $720
For package details and limitations please discuss wtih Christine Rudy at your next appointment.
Does Christine (Rudy) De Jonghe offer Telehealth?
Yes! She uses the platform doxy.me to conduct telehealth sessions with her clients.
Please confirm that your insurance plan covers telehealth visits with ANY IN-NETWORK provider and does not require a specific vendor such as MDLive or Teledoc.
We are in network with many major insurance companies. Network status is subject to change.
Nutrition counseling and behavioral health services may have different network statuses.
Please call to confirm network status for any service.
Contact The Center, LLC
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