When your relationship with food, your body or your mind is challenging, life becomes challenging. It makes sense because:
Here at The Balanced Practice, we get it. We believe that you deserve more joy, more connection, and more fulfillment. After all, life is meant to be experienced fully (and not spent feeling stuck in our own heads). And we want to help!
We are a team of registered Dietitians, Psychotherapists and Social Workers who specialize in food relationships, body image and mindset work. Combining our expertise in nutrition and psychology we help our clients recover from disordered eating, eating disorders and improve their overall health and well-being.
You will LOVE working with our team if:
We offer different services in order to meet you exactly where you are at and provide you with the most appropriate level of support to reach your goals (no one-size-fits-all here). Our team works closely together and with other healthcare professionals to make sure we can provide you with the very best care.
To eradicate eating disorders and prove the power of healing.
To Provide empowering and inclusive treatment to individuals and their families.
To offer broadscale public education and specialized training for healthcare professionals.
To create generational change in how people relate to food, their bodies and their mental health.
The Balanced Practice was founded by Marie-Pier Pitre-D’Iorio, who, after struggling with an eating disorder, noticed a gap in our healthcare system. Through her recovery she noticed that treatment was often not inclusive, non-collaborative and not client centered, and it focused on short-term support and solutions. Marie-Pier wanted to provide the services that she found were lacking in eating disorder care in order to best serve her community. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Science specializing in Psychology and a Bachelor of Nutrition Science. In 2018, The Balanced Practice was born. Soon, her mission became much bigger than her alone and over time, The Balanced Practice has grown into a team of 11 extremely knowledgeable and caring providers who are all passionate about this work.
The Balanced Practice is now a well-known clinic in the region and continues to impact the lives of thousands of people every year. After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, our reach increased significantly, and we now provide virtual care to folks all across the province of Ontario.
This work is important. YOU are important. And we cannot wait to support you in reaching your goals.
THE BALANCED PRACTICE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE SEEN FOR WHO YOU ARE, SUPPORTED WITHOUT JUDGMENT AND EMPOWERED WITH EVIDENCE BASED & LIVED EXPERIENCE-INFORMED PERSONALIZED TREATMENT.
In August 2018, the practice was born out of a need to bridge the gap between nutrition and psychology. Inspired by her lived experience of recovering from an eating disorder, Marie-Pier had a vision to help folks develop better relationships with food and their bodies.
Marie-Pier’s vision became much bigger than her. The solo practice became a group practice of registered dietitians that specializes in eating disorder treatment for teens and adults in Ontario. In 2020, The Balanced Program was created! The Balanced Program is an international online group program designed to help folks heal their relationship with food and their bodies. The program allowed the team to support more folks and create a bigger impact.
The Balanced Practice becomes a multidisciplinary team of registered dietitians and therapists! The team grows quickly to catch up to the demand.
The Balanced Practice opens a location in Ottawa! After 5 years of being a fully virtual practice, the first in-person location is ready to welcome new and current clients!
In 2022, we innovate! The Balanced Practice now offers an outpatient Eating Disorder Recovery Program™️ to offer a comprehensive approach to treatment. The program was created to bridge the gap between hospital care and community support. To this day, the Eating Disorder Recovery Program™️ is our go-to service for folks in recovery from their Eating Disorder.
Call The Balanced Practice at (613) 695-0306 or to set up an appointment today!
Here at The Balanced Practice, we get it. We believe that you deserve more joy, more connection, and more fulfillment. After all, life is meant to be experienced fully (and not spent feeling stuck in our own heads). And we want to help, our team is available during the day and into the evening!