Our Dieticians
Our weight-inclusive dietitians offer a safe, compassionate and respectful space for clients to heal their relationship with food. Our dietitians see that every client has their own story, and the care offered will honour their unique experience. Through our work together, we help our clients tune in to their inner wisdom, challenge food rules, disconnect from diet culture and discover what health means to them. We support our clients in learning to nourish and trust their bodies in a way that is gentle, kind and aligned with the life they want to live.
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Angela Wong, RD
Compassionate, insightful and relatable, Angela Wong is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She partners with clients to rebuild a functional and sustainable relationship with food and their bodies. After earning her degree from the University of Alberta, Angela gained experience in various settings and discovered her passion for helping those who are tired of battling diet culture, selective eating, yo-yo dieting and weight cycling--- and who are ready to break free.
With a non-dieting, Health-at-Every-Size (HAES) and solution-focused approach, Angela guides clients, as well as their families, in reconnecting with their bodies’ inherent wisdom. She believes there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, and no single number on the scale or particular body shape can define health and self-worth. Angela provides guidance to fulfil nutritional needs in a flexible manner while fostering a balanced relationship with food that cultivates ease and confidence.
Areas of Interest:
- Food Relationship
- Emotional Eating
- Intuitive Eating
- Disordered eating
- Body image support
- Eating disorder and co-occurring gastrointestinal disorders
- Weight-inclusive chronic condition management
Angela supports clients of all ages and is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). She sees clients virtually from any part of Alberta.
Email Angela: angela@albertawellnessED.com
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Kathleen Hernder, RD
Kathleen graduated from the University of Alberta in 2013 and after working extensively with individuals with chronic health conditions and diabetes, she became a Certified Diabetes Educator in 2015. She has been working through a weight-inclusive lens since 2017 and at this time she became a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and received training on working with individuals with eating disorders. Kathleen works utilizing a weight-inclusive, trauma-informed and social justice oriented approach to care.
Kathleen’s philosophy centers on a collaborative model where clients are viewed as the foremost experts of their own experiences. She believes in fostering a partnership where clients are active participants in their own journey towards nourishment and improving their relationship with food. Working together with clients, she supports them to have food take up less of their mental energy so they can focus on what matters most to them.
Areas of Interest:
- Intuitive eating
- Disordered eating
- Eating disorder recovery
- Diabetes management coupled with disordered eating or eating disorder
- Body image support
- Mental health and neurodivergent affirming care
Email Kathleen: kathleen@albertawellnessED.com
Rachelle Roberts, RD
Rachelle is a Registered Dietitian with over ten years of experience working in a dedicated eating disorder clinic. She is adamantly against diet culture - bodies are meant to come in all shapes and sizes! - and is passionate about helping clients develop a healthier relationship with food and their bodies.
Since how and what we eat is personal and influenced by many factors, Rachelle does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. She strives to create an environment that is non-judgemental, open-minded, and compassionate where clients feel safe and supported. She empowers clients to take an active role in their recovery and respects the need to go at their own pace, while providing guidance and support along the way.
Rachelle works with people of all ages with an eating disorder or disordered eating, and their families. She works in person in Calgary or virtually.
Email Rachelle: rachelle@albertawellnessED.com