— About
New Approach Health
Our Story
New Approach Health was founded by Emahlea Wilcher, MPH, MS, RD, LD after years of watching people cycle through traditional wellness advice without lasting change.
She saw clients dealing with burnout, disordered eating, and chronic stress, but the tools available to them never addressed the root. Something deeper was driving the patterns and nutrition alone wasn't enough to touch it.
So she built a framework for it. Psychonutrition is the clinical practice of addressing the psychological, neurological, and behavioral factors that shape a client's relationship with food. Emahlea developed The Psychonutrition House™ to bring this framework into a structured, scope-safe model that her entire team is trained in from day one.
Today, New Approach Health is a team of psychonutrition-trained dietitians serving clients through insurance covered care, premium sessions, and immersive experiences. We help people reclaim their relationship with food, their bodies, and themselves.
The
New Approach Method
The New Approach Method is the clinical framework that sits at the foundation of everything we do at New Approach Health. Every dietitian on our team is trained in it before they see their first client.
It integrates nervous system science, trauma-informed care, and psychonutrition into a single, structured model for understanding why people eat the way they do and what actually moves the needle when the meal plan alone isn't working.
This approach works for burnout recovery, disordered eating, chronic stress, and rebuilding trust with your body. Every session at New Approach Health is guided by this method.
Psychonutrition is the clinical practice of assessing and intervening on the psychological, neurological, and behavioral factors that shape a client's relationship with food, using tools and language that remain within the Registered Dietitian's scope of practice.
Emahlea Wilcher coined the term and built the Psychonutrition House™ to give this practice a named framework, a structured curriculum, and a defensible clinical home. When your client knows what to eat but still cannot do it, psychonutrition is where the answer lives.
Psychonutrition
Meet Our Dietitians
Every dietitian at New Approach Health is trained in The New Approach Method.
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