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Counseling Tips for Nutrition Therapists Series

Every month I write a counseling tidbit and share it with colleagues.  Over 4500 of your colleagues are finding them helpful. 

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The Next Round Table Conference Call is
Monday, January18 at 3 PM (Eastern Time)

I can tell you value this informal way to exchange ideas and it's free! Join in and be a part of this lively discussion with your colleagues across the US.

You can:

  • Say, “hello” and tell me how you are using the Counseling Tips.
  • Stay in touch with colleagues in private practice, and be re-energized.
  • Brainstorm with me about new professional resources I am working on.
  • Bring your experience, comments, and questions to Molly's Counseling Roundtable!

I will send out details about joining the call to my full mailing list a few days prior.


The recording of the Fall, 2009 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available here.

Topics included:

  • How to build referrals (and a recommendation of Jessica Setnick’s valuable webinar, Double Your Referrals)

  • How to market a practice on the web and in ads

  • Struggles with collecting fees, whether to accept insurance, etc.

  • Guilt over accepting money for sessions when client seems to not be reaching goals.

  • …and more


The Spring, 2009 Nutrition Counseling Round Table call was a 50-minute, lively, free-wheeling discussion among 6 of your colleagues. It’s free to listen to the recording. Thanks to everyone who called in.

Topics included:

  • How to engage with clients who are a "captive audience" such as teens or those in a dialysis unit 
  • Coping with anxious clients who want us to "fix" them (and right away)
  • Clients who are doing better medically, but are resistant to continued work on normalizing their relationship with food

The January '09 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available to download and listen to free. To download a recording to play on any computer click here. To download a recording to play on an mp3 player (lower quality recording) click here.

 Topics included:

  • Addressing family dynamics when working with children
  • Helping clients turn around negative self-statements
  • What about when clients lie to us?
  • Responding to client food records
  • Ways to handle clients who have to tell us everything about their week

The September '08 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available to download and listen to free. To download a recording to play on any computer click here. To download a recording to play on an mp3 player (lower quality recording) click here.

 Topics included:

  • What to do when we need motivation or get bored with our work.

  • Shifting to discussing with our clients about what is happening (or not) in a session.

  • How to best implement the Tips (one at a time.)

  • The value of recording sessions to learn from them.

  • How effective it is (nor not) to work with the appetite scale with a very heavy client.

The May '08 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available to download and listen to free. To download a recording to play on any computer click here. To download a recording to play on an mp3 player (lower quality recording) click here.  

 Topics included:

  • Conversation Maps and their use in diabetes groups.

  • Setting up a website

  • A successful example of addressing resistance

  • Use of food records (or not)

  • Success with using the appetite scale

  • The power of listening carefully to clients

  • Some ideas for recording your sessions and learning from them

The March '08 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available to download and listen to free. To download a recording to play on any computer click here. To download a recording to play on an mp3 player (lower quality recording) click here.

Topics included:

  • Recording sessions to learn about your counseling process.

  • Keeping clients on topic. 

  • Addressing alcohol use. 

  • When clients come back not having achieved goals

The Summer '07 Nutrition Counseling Round Table Call is available to download and listen to free.  Click here.

Topics included:

  • The value of affirming clients, especially when they challenge or resist us.
  • A discussion of nutrition counseling on the phone, a growing area of practice.
  • …and more

"Test Drive" Phone Supervision or Life Coaching

Do you want supervision or life coaching, but are not sure what format will work for you or wonder if your learning style will fit with me or just want to check me out?  Ask for a 20 minute Complimentary Consultation. You could tell me about your practice and what you are struggling with now. We can explore goals for you to achieve. To set up a complimentary call just e-mail me at molly@mollykellogg.com.