Allison Tepper, MS, RD, LDN, RYT

Personally...

Allison enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring the DC area with her husband Frank and dog, Lily. She loves yoga, baking and traveling and in her spare time volunteers with an animal rescue organization.

Specialties

- Eating Disorders
- Intuitive Eating
- IBS/GI Health
 

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Meet Allison Tepper, MS, RD, LDN, RYT

Allison is passionate about helping clients achieve their goals through an overall lifestyle approach that is unique to each individual. Her belief in mindful eating and a non-diet approach led her become certified in Intuitive Eating in 2013 to help clients create a healthier relationship with food and their bodies. In sessions she focuses not only on food, but other components of one’s life that might be impacting their goals including movement, body acceptance, stress management, mindfulness and more. She approaches her work from a Health At Every Size® perspective.

Experience 

Allison has extensive counseling experience working with clients with needs ranging from emotional eating, eating disorders, IBS, nutrition therapy for disease states and more. She began her career 12 years ago working at a Virginia-based counseling company, followed by working as the Dietitian at Georgetown University in their dining services program. In addition to her counseling work she serves as an adjunct instructor at American University in the Department of Health Studies. She is also a board member of the Alexandria chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Practitioners (IAEDP).

Education

Allison holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Syracuse University and completed her dietetic internship at the Pennsylvania State University. Allison also has her Masters degree in Health Promotion Management with a concentration in Health Communication from American University in Washington, DC. She completed her 200 Yoga Teacher Training at Easy Day Yoga in Ashburn, Virginia.

Counseling Locations

Meet with Allison virtually or at our Leesburg, VA office location. She meets with clients virtually from the following states: VA, DC, MD, MO, CA, CO, MI, AZ, FL, NH

Features

Allison's professionalism and expertise has been featured and quoted in many well-known and applauded local organizations such as The Washingtonian, Good Morning Washington and Fox News DC.  Visit our ‘In the Media’ page to view her news segments and featured articles.