Nutrition 10 | Nutrition Consulting

Develop the ability to gather and share nutritional knowledge compassionately, effectively, and clearly.

Beginner

Length: 6 hours
Instructor: Hillary Krupa

Need to Know

Who is this course for?

Students of the Holistic Nutrition online program
Course length (start & watch when you want)

6 hours of video content
Extras

Lifetime access · Certificate of completion

Meet your course instructor

Hillary Krupa

Hillary Krupa RHN has been practicing holistic nutrition since 2004. Her career has led her through many clinical settings including private practice and supportive cancer care, post-secondary education, professional writing and nutrition program development for various organizations. Her passion lies in clinical practice where the application of nutritional knowledge combined with communication and interpersonal dynamics meet.

Course description

This course is designed to help put your nutritional knowledge into practice by teaching the practical skills of facilitating a nutrition consultation.

This course covers each element of consultation, from gathering information, working with people of all backgrounds and stages of health, tools for effective communication, and creating nutritional care plans.

In this course, Hillary breaks down all the elements she’s learned through her years of clinical practice into bite-sized pieces that will allow you to apply your knowledge in clear and effective ways.

The hope is that this course will provide both the practical elements of how to structure and facilitate a nutrition consultation and offer inspiration around how your personal and professional practice and nutritional offerings can unfold.

Upon completion of this course, you will have the ability to:

Support individuals with their nutritional status and wellbeing with confidence.
Understand practical ways to gather and share relevant information.
Conduct effective consultations in-person or online.
Understand the importance of specific language used around food, health, and bodies.
Comprehend the various factors that influence the way people eat, and how to support people wherever they are.
Create nutrition care plans for a loved one or client.
Develop resource lists to support yourself and others in their health journey.
Transform knowledge gained from this course into personal or professional applications.

Lesson plan

Section I | Welcome

1. Introduction

2. Course outline

Section II | Creating positive relationships with people & food

3. Considerations for effective communication

4. Creating and supporting healthy relationships with food influencing factors

Section III | Creating spaces for consultations

5. Considerations for where to facilitate & create

Section IV | Creating an Intake Form

6. Preparing yourself for a nutritional consultation

7. Assignment: Create your own Intake Form

Section V | The consultation

8. Introduction to the art of consultation

9. Considerations for an effective consultation

10. The Holistic Nutrition Consultation Form

11. Five steps to structuring your consultation time

12. Live intake & consultation demonstration

Section VI | Creating nutrition care plans

13. How to structure a nutrition care plan

14. Considerations for effective goal setting

15. Consultation demonstration

Section VII | Mindful eating practices

16. Tools to enhance & support connection with food

Section VIII | Developing resources

17. Creating resource lists

18. Consultation demonstration

Section IX: Course review: putting it all together

19. Complete course summary