Psychonutrition Certification (CPsyN) | New Approach Health
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Welcome — Level 1 enrollment is open. Course materials and the live cohort are delivered Monday, May 18, 2026.

Delivered Monday, May 18, 2026

Clinical certification for the psychological dimensions of eating.

Become a Certified Psychonutritionist™ (CPsyN™) — a Registered Dietitian credentialed to work clinically with the nervous-system, attachment, and behavioral dimensions of eating, within scope.

A grounded, trauma-informed framework for RDs to hold the work that nutrition science alone can’t.

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37.5
CPEUs
8
Modules
3
Parts
27+
Clinical Tools

The case for this work is already made.

40% RD burnout prevalence in clinical settings.

We are trained in the biochemistry of nutrition, but we spend our days managing the psychology of eating. When we lack the clinical architecture to hold our clients’ nervous system responses, the work stalls, and we burn out.

CDR flexible scope & ANZAED precedent.

The expectation for dietitians is evolving. Working with the psychological dimensions of eating is no longer seen as “out of scope” — it is the standard of care for complex eating presentations. But you need a defensible framework to do it.

The CPsyN™ credential is awarded on completion of all three Levels. Level 2 opens Fall 2026, and Level 3 follows in 2027. Level 1 graduates receive early access and alumni pricing on both.

From intuitive practice to clinical precision.

“I see the trauma pattern but I’m terrified to name it.”

“I name what I see, in language I can defend.”

“I write meal plans my clients can’t follow.”

“I build interventions their nervous system can actually hold.”

“When a client cries in session, I freeze.”

“I have a co-regulation script. I use it.”

The Architecture

The Psychonutrition House™

Seven clinical questions, built from the ground up.

Foundation Regulate · “Can the nervous system tolerate the session?”
Floor 1 Name · “What is the body doing and why?”
Floor 2 Hold · “What shaped their body story?”
Floor 3 Build · “What happens between us?”
Floor 4 Work With · “What keeps the pattern in place?”
Floor 5 Open · “Who are they becoming?”
Roof Integrate · “Seeing the whole house at once.”
“I finally have the clinical language to defend the work I’ve been doing intuitively for years. My charting changed in week one.”
— Beta Cohort · RD, LD
“My clients aren’t disappearing anymore. The attachment and adherence work alone was worth the certification.”
— Beta Cohort · RDN
“MI was always abstract for me. Emahlea grounded it inside an actual nutrition session. I used module 4 the next morning.”
— Beta Cohort · RD

Enroll in Level 1

One certification. Two ways in.

The Founding Cohort is the only path to the CPsyN™ credential, the full curriculum, and the founding rate. The individual Parts are available for clinicians who want to start with a single floor of the framework.

■ Most Chosen · 12 of 15 Founding Seats Taken
Founding Cohort

Complete Level 1 · Founding Cohort

The full CPsyN™ Level 1 credential pathway, at founding rate.

  • All 8 modules across all 3 Parts · 37.5 CPEUs
  • Full access to our proprietary Psychonutritionist™ Tool Suite — 27+ beautifully designed, fillable, downloadable clinical forms (web-based, no software install)
  • First 10 founding seats: a private 30-minute 1:1 with Emahlea Wilcher, founder & creator of CPsyN™
  • Biweekly live Q&A with Emahlea through cohort completion
  • Lifetime access to materials and future updates
  • Alumni pricing on Levels 2 & 3
  • 7-day money-back guarantee
  • The only path to the CPsyN™ credential
Cohort Begins May 18, 2026
$797 $997 One-time · Founding rate locked in
Sum of all three Parts$891
Future cohort price$997
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Or start with a single Part.

Individual Parts do not award the CPsyN™ credential and are not
eligible for the founding rate or biweekly Q&A.

Part I — Scope & Regulation
CDR-defensible scope, the full nervous system assessment toolkit, and the Psychonutrition House™ framework.
13.5 CPEUs · 2 Modules
$297
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Part II — Patterns & Context
The autonomic reframe of eating, validated screening tools, and the cultural framework to hold every client’s body story.
9 CPEUs · 2 Modules
$197
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Part III — Relationship, Resistance & Integration
Attachment in the nutrition encounter, motivational complexity, meaning-based practice, and whole-house clinical integration.
15 CPEUs · 4 Modules
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All three Parts purchased separately: $891 · $94 more than the Founding Cohort.

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Part I — Scope & Regulation
13.5 CPEUs · 2 Modules
$297
Part II — Patterns & Context
9 CPEUs · 2 Modules
$197
Part III — Relationship, Resistance & Integration
15 CPEUs · 4 Modules
$397
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