Cultivating
Curiosity:
Group Supervision
for Radical Dietitians
Cultivating Curiosity is a space for radical and inclusive dietitians to enhance their knowledge, skills, and confidence in their practice.
Join Josée Sovinsky, RD, RP and Lori Short-Zamudio, RD as they explore challenges and worries progressive dietitians commonly face when supporting individuals with eating disorders, intuitive eating, and body image.
What is group supervision?
Group supervision is a brave space where dietitians:
● Discuss challenges they are facing in their practice
● Unlearn harmful practices
● Increase their understanding of social justice issues in nutrition and dietetics
● Develop self-awareness
● Offer each other support
● Share strategies and tools
Through vulnerable sharing and compassionate support, dietitians can tackle imposter syndrome and feel more equipped to support their clients.
What topics will be explored?
● Offering supportive, inclusive, and compassionate eating disorder care to people with various disordered eating experiences, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, other specified eating and feeding disorders (OSFED), and more.
● Counselling skills to better meet clients where they are, build trusting therapeutic relationships, and help them move towards recovery.
● Incorporating justice-oriented values in dietetic practice, including a weight-inclusive approach, gender and sexuality affirming care, trauma-informed care, and a neurodiversity-affirming framework.
Session topics will be led by participant interest. All participants will get an opportunity to submit a case study for discussion.
Group Details
● 3 sessions lasting 2 hours
● Maximum of 8 dietitians + facilitators
● Open to dietitians worldwide
● Sessions conducted on Google Meet
● Three monthly payments of $85 + HST ($96.05)
Mondays @ 12-2 pm ET
● March 6
● April 3
● May 1
Meet your facilitators!
Lori Short-Zamudio (she/they)
Registered Dietitian
Lori is a white, thin, queer woman with lived experience in mental health and autoimmune disease states. Her approach to nutrition counselling aims to be weight-inclusive, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and queer identifying/affirming. Lori believes that every body deserves care and respect and values consent and choice when working with others. Lori will support you as you break free from diet culture and work to heal your relationship with food and body.
When Lori is not working or completing her studies you can often find her driving her 2 children to one of their various sports. You will almost always find a coffee in her hand and she is always ready for an adventure.
Josée Sovinsky (she/they)
Registered Dietitian & Registered Psychotherapist
Josée is a white, French Canadian, thin, bi, and genderqueer woman with lived experience of mental health struggles and neurodivergence (ADHD). Her practice is grounded in principles of trauma-informed care, social justice, fat positivity, and person-centered care. they aim to offer compassionate and non-judgmental support as people navigate their relationship with themselves, their brains, food, and their bodies. They deeply believes that you are not broken, and that all parts of you are valid and welcome.
Josée uses a variety of therapy approaches to support clients, including humanistic modalities, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and feminist therapy.
Outside of their work, Josée loves to perform and is involved in community musical theatre. She loves reading queer YA fiction, re-watching episodes of Star Trek, tending to her plants, and discovering new flavours of tea.