Meet the Team
Courtney Johnson MS, RD, LD
Registered Dietitian in Birmingham, AL
Courtney is a registered and licensed dietitian with experience as a clinical dietitian working with client with heart disease and diabetes, as well as the Lead Dietitian at the residential level of care in an eating disorder center. Courtney has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from Auburn University, completed a supervised dietetic internship coupled with a Master’s degree in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Courtney practices a weight-inclusive, non-diet approach while striving to create individualized, compassionate care for her clients. Alongside intuitive eating principles, Courtney is passionate about finding a balance of nourishment and pleasure from all foods to experience enjoyment while discussing how food functions as fuel to your body and mind. Courtney recognizes that every person has a unique story and experience with food and their body and carries hope to restore relationships to both with client-driven goals at the forefront of sessions.
Courtney hopes to cultivate a welcoming space for clients to hold curiosity and build confidence within themselves to create lasting and impactful change.
Jessica Whatley MS, RD, LD, CEDS
Registered Dietitian in Birmingham, AL
Jessica attended Samford University receiving an undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, she completed an internship and Master of Science in Nutrition at Samford University. Jessica is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, providing weight inclusive and trauma informed care to each client.
Jessica is passionate about looking at nutrition through a functional nutrition perspective to help cultivate a new and healing relationship with food. Jessica provides a warm and calming presence to help clients develop trust and lean into vulnerability in their healing journey. She wholeheartedly believes that food is meant to be nourishing, satisfying, and peaceful. She believes that chronic health conditions can be healed by finding the root cause. She strives to create an environment with health promoting interventions for clients to restore a life free of body and food obsession.
I look forward to supporting you in developing a new perspective on how to define health.
Jessica Whatley and Courtney Johnson
Registered Dietitians