Almost my entire career has been focused on the relationship between nutrition and mental health. Not as a side interest, but as the whole point.
I started in behavioral health settings: inpatient psychiatric units, residential addiction treatment, and outpatient mental health programs.
I kept seeing the same thing over and over. People were getting therapy, medication, case management — real support — but the nutrition piece was either missing entirely or reduced to a generic handout. And it mattered. It mattered in ways that were hard to ignore once you started paying attention.
So I built a practice around it.
At Go You! Nutrition Counseling, I work with people who are managing anxiety, depression, ADHD, burnout, and other mental health challenges, who want to use food as one more tool to feel steadier and more functional. Not a cure or a replacement for therapy or medication. Just a meaningful piece of the picture that often gets left out.
My approach isn’t about eating perfectly. It’s about eating consistently enough that your brain and body have what they need to function, especially on the days when everything feels hard.
That means we plan for real life. Low-energy days. Chaotic weeks. The afternoons when cooking isn’t happening, and decisions feel impossible. The goal is a way of eating that holds up even then, not just when you’re feeling motivated and on top of things.
I don’t use rigid meal plans, and I don’t moralize food. If you’ve spent years in diet culture (tracking, restricting, starting over), this will feel different, and that’s intentional.
I also understand that mental health doesn’t exist separately from chronic conditions, life logistics, medication side effects, or a healthcare system that hasn’t always treated you well. We work with all of that.
Sessions are virtual, available across Texas, and usually covered by insurance. I currently accept BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare, Aetna, and Baylor Scott & White commercial plans.
Beyond my own practice, I serve as the Membership Chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Behavioral Health Dietetic Practice Group and am a member of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. I also train other dietitians and mental health providers on integrating nutrition into behavioral health care through Mood Matters Dietetics. And I’m certified in First Aid for Mental Health.
If this sounds like the kind of support you’ve been looking for, I’d love to hear from you.
Or reach out directly at Jennifer@GoYouNutrition.com or 214-621-0584.