Meet Alison Swiggard, MS, RDN, LD

Alison Swiggard, eating disorder dietitian in Maine, eating disorder treatment Maine

Weight-inclusive registered dietitian offering nutrition counseling for eating disorders, PCOS, ADHD, intuitive eating, and LGBTQ+ clients.

Hi, I’m Alison (she/her), a Health at Every Size®-aligned eating disorder registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in compassionate, collaborative nutrition care. I prioritize your well-being and help you reconnect with your body in a way that feels empowering and supportive. Using a non-diet, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+, and neurodiverse-affirming approach, I’ll guide you toward sustainable, compassionate strategies tailored to your unique needs. Together, we’ll focus on what supports your health and well-being; no diets, no shame. I provide a safe, judgment-free space to explore what healthy truly means for you.

You deserve care that’s truly inclusive and supportive. If you’re ready to reclaim your relationship with food and your body, I’d love to partner with you on your journey. Let’s work together to create a path forward that honors your health, values, and individuality.

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Alison’s Specialties

  • Intuitive Eating & Body Image

    Helping you rebuild trust with food, move away from diet rules, and care for your body with more ease.

  • ADHD Eating Support

    Support for executive functioning barriers, sensory differences, meal structure, and more consistent nourishment.

  • PCOS & Hormone Health

    Nutrition support for PCOS, blood sugar balance, hormone-related concerns, and sustainable symptom support.

  • Eating Disorder Recovery

    Support for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, OSFED, disordered eating, and body image healing.

What sessions with Alison are like

Nutrition counseling with Alison is collaborative, conversational, and grounded in your real life. Rather than handing you a rigid meal plan or a list of rules, Alison works with you to understand what feels hard, what support you need, and what changes feel realistic. Sessions may include:

Exploring your relationship with food

We may talk through food rules, guilt, anxiety, restriction, binge urges, body checking, or fears around eating

Building flexible structure

Together, we can create supportive routines around meals and snacks without turning eating into another set of rules.

Supporting executive functioning

For ADHD clients, sessions may include low-barrier meal ideas, grocery strategies, sensory-friendly options, and ways to reduce decision fatigue.

Connecting nutrition to whole-person care

When relevant, Alison can help coordinate care around eating disorders, PCOS, labs, medications, movement, digestion, or other medical concerns.

We’re in-network with most major insurance plans.

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Who I work with

Alison may be a good fit for clients who are looking for support with:

  • eating disorder recovery or disordered eating

  • intuitive eating and rebuilding body trust

  • ADHD-related eating challenges

  • PCOS nutrition from a weight-inclusive lens

  • body image concerns

  • meal consistency, low appetite, or executive functioning barriers

  • nutrition support that is LGBTQ+ affirming and neurodiversity-affirming

You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Sessions are collaborative, flexible, and paced to meet you where you are.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Alison supports clients navigating eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, food anxiety, body image concerns, and rebuilding a more stable relationship with food. Care is collaborative and may include coordination with therapists, medical providers, or other members of your treatment team when appropriate.

  • Yes. Alison works with clients who struggle with executive functioning barriers, inconsistent appetite, sensory preferences, forgetting to eat, decision fatigue, and difficulty creating meal structure. Sessions focus on practical, realistic strategies that work with your brain instead of against it.

  • Yes. Alison supports PCOS nutrition from a weight-inclusive, non-diet lens. Sessions may focus on nourishment, blood sugar support, hormone-related symptoms, body image, and sustainable strategies without restrictive dieting.

  • Alison provides telehealth nutrition counseling for clients in the states where she is licensed through CV Wellbeing. CV Wellbeing serves clients across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Wherever you are in your journey, we’ll meet you there.

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