What People Are Saying

A lifelong eating disorder can feel like a crutch and it was frightening to let it go and seek out help both because I felt like I needed it and was worried about criticism from a nutritionist. I was reluctant to start with Erin at first because I was so stuck in my ED thinking and was afraid of what a nutritionist would say to me and how they would make me feel. I was scarred from bad experiences with nutritionists as a teenager and was worried I'd feel ashamed to share my experiences with someone. I'm so thankful I did though and never imagined I'd be living with the kind of food freedom I feel now. I have a complicated medical history that has caused a lot of GI issues and Erin has been incredibly supportive, helping me find doctors and navigate various food sensitivities to feel my best. I'm grateful to have her on my team and can't recommend her enough!

When I first met Erin I was caught up in a horrible eating disorder - a secret that had haunted me for more than 20 years. In our five years of work together, Erin helped me dismantle the shame and unlock these shackles. The freedom and joy that has accompanied this transformation is hard to fully express. Today I have a much healthier relationship with food along with a much fuller, more embodied life. Erin tells it like it is - with compassion, knowledge and humor. She's a gifted dietician - but also a gifted healer in every sense of the word.

Danielle

Erin is a compassionate person and brings this to her work with eating disorder clients. I have known her since she began her career and she has worked in a variety of settings including my residential program , Monte Nido and my day treatment program, The Eating Disorder Center of California. Erin brings all of this training to her private practice work.

Erin is empathic but strong enough to challenge an eating disorder, both qualities are important for a dietitian in this field. Erin has a lot to say and thinks outside the box in order to come up with new strategies for her clients. This is one reason why I asked Erin to be one of the dietitians from around the country to contribute to the nutrition chapter of Third edition of “The Eating Disorder Sourcebook”. I am happy to know Erin and grateful she is in the field.

Carolyn Costin, MFT
Founder of Monte Nido and The Carolyn Costin Institute, Eating Disorder therapist, author and international speaker.
Author:
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook
Your Dieting Daughter
100 Questions & Answers About Eating Disorders

Erin's sessions aren't about dieting - she helps you work through your emotions surrounding food. Her sessions are like therapy and they focus on all areas of your life - not just food. Her sessions have transformed my life and she's been able to give me real ways to work through my emotional eating issues. When I first started seeing her, I was frustrated about dieting and exercising compulsively. Now, I can eat without guilt, and lead a healthy balanced life. Anyone that wants to gain a new perspective on themselves and their relationship with food or their body should visit Erin. I feel so lucky to have found her!

Christina U.
Finance Analyst

You didn’t care about the number on the scale, exchanges, or meal plans (I mean you did a little bit). You cared about me, Taylor. You saw this disease not as a definition but as a small piece of my story. You saw the potential I had and the future that was possible outside of anorexia. You always met me where I was at, which could be anywhere on any given day, and helped me to keep going forward. This often meant pulling or dragging me along as I dug in my heels out of fear of doing something different. Thank you for your endurance and perseverance on this wild ride. Thank you for setting an example of what it means to have food freedom and live a full life. Outside of the sage wisdom and insights you shared in session you have impacted my life in so many ways. Thank you for being you and getting me this far. I don’t know that I can ever fully express my gratitude for the impact that you have had, so instead I will just continue to do the hard work you’ve taught me in order to live a life of freedom.

Taylor

I went to Erin because I had been having gastrointestinal problems for over a year. Erin was a wonderful listener, and her recommendations on diet turned my condition around. I only wish I had consulted her sooner!

Jim G.

Erin made me dive into the true causes of my disorder and gave me tools and assignments that challenged me to think outside of my well-constructed box. Erin encouraged and helped me to find a full support system, a psychiatrist, a real doctor, a therapist that fit, even helped me navigate personal and work relationships, because they were all such strong pieces to my recovery puzzle. I go through periods of time, because of my trauma and family situations, that I become sad, angry, frustrated, and lonely not to have an advocate, someone to look out for me in life. But, the truth is Erin has been that person. I know that I can always reach out to her for anything I need to work through, and that she believe in me more than I’ve ever been able to believe in myself. During a particularly hard time a few years back, I was feeling hopeless, and she told that things would get better and there was a reason to hope. I told her I didn’t actually believe that and she responded that that was okay, that she'd hold the hope for me until I was ready.

I am so grateful for all the years she allowed me to use our sessions as therapy, when I wasn’t ready or able to find yet another new therapist. I know she wasn’t obligated to do so, and it showed me how much she truly cared about me. This has meant so much to me. And as I have truly found recovery these last few years, there was of course some reticence to be fully recovered on my part for many reasons. One of the strongest, though, was the thought of losing my need to see Erin regularly. I can see, though, that while my need for support has changed immensely, life is always presenting new obstacles, and I know Erin will be there to help me meet them.

Ann C.

Erin is different. Having worked with multiple nutritionists in various eating disorder settings for over a decade before working with Erin, I was not sure I would ever reach a point where eating disorders would not be a major aspect of my life. However, life is very different since working with Erin and I credit this to the authenticity she brings to each session, her willingness to hear feedback along the way and adapt, and the fact that she is creative in challenging eating disorder behaviors and shows zero judgment about any foods. I hope that anyone considering being resolved to a lifetime of disordered eating behaviors give working with Erin a chance.

S.R.
Attorney

Erin Naimi is a gifted, straightforward dietitian. She offers a way out of the hellish cycle of eating disorders and inspires her clients to reexamine their relationship between food and their bodies.

Janeen Locker
Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist & Eating Disorder Specialist

In the past, I was misguided in handling my over-eating with dieting and Gastric Bypass Surgery. These methods did not work because I never addressed my relationship or attitudes towards food. I am now learning to benefit from Erin’s approach of mindfulness and intuitive eating. She has impressed me as a teacher and faithful listener as she examines the pitfalls and obstacles that we put ourselves in trying to manage our food habits. My sessions with her provide a safe and nurturing environment. I look forward to continuing my journey with Erin to restore my peace of mind and a better quality of life.

Arlene V.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, CA

I was first diagnosed with anorexia at the age of 14 and in the 10 plus years since have gone to countless therapists, nutritionists, and psychiatrists, including a bunch during a stint in the hospital. All of them remain precious to me in one way or another. But the truth is that I never made as much progress in all those years as I have in the last two years with Erin.

When I made my first appointment with Erin I was expecting a knowledgeable nutritionist with the usual experience treating eating disorders to just help me get by. But what I found was more than a nutritionist. A LOT more. Erin has for me been a sort of life coach/therapist/nutritionist who, using my relationship with food as a foundation, has managed to open up and liberate other parts of my life that I had forgotten about or assumed were done growing.

My eating is now based on my own hunger and fullness, rather than calories, the clock, or the people around me. Not only has she helped my eating stabilize, but my life has changed in profound ways. Where other nutritionists and therapists fear to go, Erin will explore intelligently and honestly. Rather than putting a band-aid on your disorder, she heals you from the inside out; she has a sincere gift for gently turning your attention to those long-held beliefs that lay at the very root of your eating disorder and making you question them. Her instincts for what her clients need and are ready for are truly remarkable. She continues to be an inspiration to me and I look forward to our session each and every week.

Leah K.

The last year of working with Erin has completely changed my life. For the first ever I am eating without restriction, counting calories, or guilt. Before we began our work I felt that there was no hope of ever winning the diet war, and that I would just be unhappy about my body and obsessive in my behaviors forever. Now, Erin has repaired the way I live on a day to day basis, and I am grateful to her every day for seeing me through some of the most difficult times. Because of her insight, patience, and wonderful nature, I feel that I am on my way to truly accepting my body for what it is and all that it has to offer. She is truly a blessing.

Erica P.

Working with Erin and learning how to eat intuitively is helping to liberate me of the rules and restrictions of diets and teaching me a way of healthy and pleasurable eating that I can maintain the rest of my life. The liberation from the rules is very scary at first, but by taking baby steps to trust my intuition and become attuned with my body, a literal and figurative weight is being lifted off my shoulders.......

Sharon R.
Producer

My consultation with Erin Naimi was lengthy and informative. She has also kindly made herself available since then to answer occasional questions. I'm very happy that she is now a member of my health support team!

Annie Korzen

It's hard to put into words how working with Erin has changed my life. I was six years into "recovery" from a very severe and chronic eating disorder, but still felt fearful and mistrusting of food and my body unless I was eating off of a set meal plan, and using the scale to keep myself feeling in control. I didn't really believe that anyone could convince me otherwise, or improve my very fragile recovery. I was afraid to try anything that included trusting myself or my body, and had several relapses when I did try. By the time I met Erin, I felt ashamed at how many dietitians I had left due to my fears and even warned her not to be too hopeful. From the first session, I could tell that she was different from anyone I had seen before. I felt comfortable talking to her right from the start and knew that she understood me quickly. She was compassionate, but I trusted her so she was able to help me change my relationship with food little by little. Soon, I started to feel less afraid, less anxious about food, and because of that, my trust in myself started to grow. Now, the diet books are gone, the scale is gone, the fear is gone, and the guilt is gone. I still can't believe that I can maintain my weight and eat the foods I really like, when I think about how many years I lived not believing that. Since then, Erin also coached me on how to teach and implement the intuitive eating concept at home with my three kids. They caught on immediately because there wasn't as much for them to unlearn. I am so grateful that I found Erin and that she has a way of relating that is easy for me to grasp and trust. She is very gifted at what she does, and anyone who works with her can feel that.

G.G.

Working with Erin has provided a safe, nurturing and honest environment to confront the challenges I haven't been willing to face in the past. I have learned more about myself in the past 10 months of working with Erin than I have through all my other weight loss attempts. More importantly, Erin has helped me discover how taking small steps can go a very long way. I have a long way to go, and certainly much more to learn, but the work that I've done with Erin so far has helped to make me a happier and healthier person.

M. Fast

Erin, thank you so much for meeting with me. I was really more confused and fearful than I realized about choosing foods due to my blood-sugar problems and cancer, not to mention all the egregious reading I get myself into. You helped calm my paranoia and outlined an excellent, stress-free game-plan to keep myself on track.

Shay

I want to thank you most kindly for being there when I needed a confidant, knowledgable and compassionate nutritionist. When I came to see you my diet was a shambles. Plum tarts and coffee each and every morning and skipping meals along the way. I had just gotten over a terrible kidney stone episode and was determined to change how I get through the day and what I put in my body. You guided me to a sustainable balanced diet and I took like a fish to water. I'm happy to report that I am on track, and even look forward to taking my supplements. I have more energy and a better sense of my balance. Thanks again for your wonderful service.

Ben

I highly recommend Erin Naimi as a nutritional therapist. I was reluctant to start with Erin at first because I was so stuck in my ED thinking and was afraid of what a nutritionist would say to me and how they would make me feel. I was scarred from bad experiences with nutritionists as a teenager and was worried I'd feel ashamed to share my experiences with someone. A lifelong eating disorder can feel like a crutch and it was frightening to let it go and seek out help both because I felt like I needed it and was worried about criticism from a nutritionist. I'm so thankful I did though and never imagined I'd be living with the kind of food freedom I feel now. I have a complicated medical history that has caused a lot of GI issues and Erin has been incredibly supportive, helping me find doctors and navigate various food sensitivities to feel my best. I'm grateful to have her on my team and can't recommend her enough!

Anonymous

I have been working with Erin for several years now, and her approach to looking at the causes of my emotional eating and overall nutrition have been a game changer. She has helped me understand that there are no “good” or “bad” foods, and I am finally stepping away from the diet mentality I had been following since I was young. Through my work with Erin I have really come to see that the times when I want to avoid talking about my food choices, are when I need to be looking at it the most. My time with Erin has been beyond valuable, and I have seen so much growth in myself through our work together.

Anonymous