Aetna Nutritionists and Dietitians in Texas

Kara practices through Health At Every Size principles: weight inclusivity, health enhancement, eating for well-being, respectful care, and life-enhancing movement. She strives to meet clients where they're at in a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment. Kara encourages clients to focus on progress rather than perfection. Through a holistic approach and evidence-based practice, Kara will work with clients to create realistic and personalized goals that are unique to them and their lifestyles.

Marissa understands making the decision to work with a dietitian can be scary, and offers a compassionate and supportive approach. She believes in dispelling the notion of a "perfect diet" and loves guiding people towards a plan that feels liberating, simple, and sustainable. Marissa is excited to join you on your health journey and help you build lasting habits!

Tricia uses a positive and engaging method to health and wellness that allows her to connect with patients of all ages. As a dietitian, her mission is to encourage and guide patients to take control of their health through education, creativity, and a growth mindset in order to build foundational habits that create sustainable change. Whether she is inspiring your picky eater, relieving your GI symptoms, or fueling your workouts, Tricia’s approach incorporates practical, evidence-based, and easy to follow recommendations that prioritize your lifestyle and personalized goals.

Genevieve utilizes a weight-inclusive, HAES (Health at Every Size), anti-diet approach while incorporating Intuitive Eating principles. She is compassionate, collaborative, holistic, and provides person-centered counseling.

Only clients know what new habits will fit in their lifestyle. Gwen therefore works collaboratively with you to introduce gradual changes. Gwen will guide you to create a plan that is sustainable and doesn’t exclude any foods, while helping you to manage symptoms, such as elevated blood glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol or blood pressure. If desired, Gwen can also support you with triggers of mindless eating, unhelpful food-related thoughts, managing your food environment and learning to overcome lapses with self-compassion.

Karin practices through a weight inclusive and non-diet approach. She is passionate about helping others find peace with food to nourish themselves intuitively. Karin prioritizes personalized care to meet each person where they are at and ensure nutrition goals are sustainable and attainable.

My approach to care is to meet patients where they are and provide guidance and support to making long-term and sustainable lifestyle changes to meet their nutrition goals.

John cares deeply about ensuring you feel fully supported. He understands that though we’re all made of the same stuff, your history and motivations make you unique. He personalizes evidence-based approaches to improving health while tapping into your experiences and will work with you, not “at” you, every step of the way. He may be the expert in food, nutrition, and movement but he’s not about to miss any insights provided by the expert in your body; you.

With over 10 years of experience in the nutrition field, I know that a healthy relationship with food can make all the difference in success toward our goals and happiness. I believe knowledge is power and balance can fit into everyone's life.

She practices through a HAES-informed lens with a nutrition philosophy that all foods fit can fit through balance, variety and moderation. Her goal is to educate and empower you to mindfully nourish your body in a way that supports your physical, mental and emotional health, understanding that this looks different for everybody, and assuring that these changes are both sustainable and accessible.

Amy has a compassionate, holistic mindset and takes an individualized approach with all of her clients. Her professional passion is helping people achieve their health goals and feel their very best through personalized nutrition and lifestyle changes based on their individual needs and preferences.

Stephanie uses a compassionate and practical approach to empower and equip people to engage in the health behaviors that are most important to them. She believes nutrition can be enjoyable, flexible, balanced, sustainable, and body-honoring.

Linda will meet you where you are, helping you implement change, one step at a time. She believes all foods can fit into a healthy diet and helps to include these into a plan designed for you and your needs. She will help you feel empowered and confident as you learn realistic techniques you can implement in your daily routine. Linda will offer accountability and encouragement as you make long lasting lifestyle changes, rather than a quick fix that is not sustainable.

Lauren believes in a weight-inclusive, anti-diet approach that empowers individuals to break free from restrictive food beliefs and rules that no longer serve them. She works with clients to encourage personal behavior modification to achieve their goals and improve their overall health. Her goal is to decrease stress around food, help you neutralize food and body image, and explore various kinds of joyful movement.

In my practice I specialize in helping people with blood sugar issues (pre-diabetes, diabetes) and those with high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and celiac disease, learn to eat differently to improve these medical conditions. I also work with people who desire to lose weight. I do not believe in rushing through appointments, trying to see several people in one day. Instead, I focus on completing a thorough assessment to help guide me in developing your meal plan. I also allow adequate time at follow up sessions to help ensure your success.

I work with individuals that come from all financial levels, different living situations, and geographical areas. My approach to care is to understand where you are coming from, and attempt to make the changes to your lifestyle feel less challenging.

Ava strongly believes in a personalized approach to counseling in which she partners with her clients to discover the nutrition and lifestyle approaches that work best for them. She also rejects diet culture and believes the risk of medical conditions can be reduced while also enjoying food. Ava enjoys working with adolescents and adults on a range of issues, with special focus on gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, heart disease, anti-inflammatory protocols, weight gain/loss, and intuitive eating.

Ashley Walls specializes in working with clients interested in general healthy eating, and conditions including Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Celiac, Crohn's, IBS, Intuitive Eating, Weight Management and more. With 3 years of experience at a residential treatment level, Ashley is well versed on the difficulties associated with cooccurring diagnosis and eating disorder recovery. She believes that all foods fit through practice of balance, variety and moderation. Her past experiences as an athlete and personal trainer has prompted a particular interest in sports nutrition.

Diana always makes sure every patient feels empowered by helping them develop a positive relationship with food and their body. She will support each patient, no matter where they are in their journey, to help them achieve their health goals for long-term success.