Graduate Faculty Member, Eating Disorders
Nutrition Education and Counseling
Post-graduate Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; MS, Tufts University; BS, Pennsylvania State University

Phone: (603) 535-2293
Email: hschauster@plymouth.edu

Heidi Schauster is a certified eating disorders registered dietitian and supervisor with over 20 years of experience in the field. Formerly a clinical dietitian specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, Schauster is the founder of Nourishing Words Nutrition Therapy, based in the Greater Boston area. She is also the author of Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self. In addition to individual nutrition therapy, she facilitates the No Diet Book Club and supervises other dietitians who treat clients with disordered eating. Schauster is a Health-at-Every-Size (HAES) practitioner who encourages diet culture liberation, as well as embodied eating and living. She incorporates her training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness-based meditation into her work.