Ms. Emahlea Wilcher MPH, RD, LD

New Approach Health
New Approach Health
2205 Burbank Avenue
Nashville, TENNESSEE 37210
US

Thoughts I'm Emahlea Wilcher, MPH, RD, LD. I founded New Approach Health because the nutrition field keeps handing people meal plans when what they actually need is to understand what their nervous system is doing. Most of my clients have tried everything. They know what to eat. They can't do it. They're stuck in cycles of stress eating, emotional eating, or constant food noise, and every diet they've tried has made it worse. Psychonutrition starts with the nervous system. What's driving the pattern. Why your brain goes offline at dinner. Why you can't stop eating even though you're full. Why food feels like a daily battle instead of a thing that just happens. We calm that system first. The food piece follows. I work with stress eating, anxiety, burnout, disordered eating, and the gut issues that travel with them. Trauma-informed. No shame. No rigid rules. No diet talk. Sessions are virtual. Insurance covers it for most people. If any of this sounds like your actual life, let's talk.

Specialties

Autoimmune Diseases
Celiac Disease, Gluten-Free Diets
Community Nutrition
Diabetes, Hypoglycemia
Eating Disorders
Education, Teaching, Training
Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Food Safety
General Nutrition, Wellness
GI/Digestive Disorders
Healthy Eating
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Public Speaking, Lecturing
Research

Work History

Founder & Chief Executive Officer New Approach Health · Jan 2025 - Present Founder & Chief Executive Officer New Approach Nutrition (self-employed) · Feb 2024 - Present Nutrition therapy and evidence-based holistic care, trauma-informed. Member of the New Approach Health Network. Adjunct Professor Seattle Pacific University · Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 Taught FCS 4370 Nutrition Research; helped design SPU's MS in Nutrition program. Nutrition Research Task Force American Society for Nutrition · May 2020 - May 2022 Co-wrote ASN's white paper on the diversity of research methods in nutrition science. Pre-Doctoral Fellow Fred Hutch · Mar 2021 - Mar 2022 · Seattle, WA Cancer Prevention Training Grant: epidemiology, nutrition, genetics, survivorship. Graduate Research Assistant START Center (Strategic Analysis, Research & Training) · Jun 2020 - Feb 2021 · Seattle, WA Maternal and child nutrition, COVID-19 health outcomes, behavior change. Clinical Dietetic Intern Harborview Medical Center · 2021 Rotations in acute psychiatric, trauma, surgical, and post-operative care. Public Health Dietetic Intern Special Olympics Washington · 2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Washington · Dec 2019 - Jun 2020 NUTR 411 Diet in Health and Disease; NUTR 402 Food Systems Modeling. Graduate Research Student Seattle Children's · Mar 2019 - Jun 2020 · Greater Seattle Area Thesis on household food security and eating behaviors in youth with diabetes (SEARCH study), under Dr. Jason Mendoza. Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Washington · Dec 2018 - Jun 2019 · Greater Seattle Area NUTR 241 Culinary Science. Founder, Seattle Chapter Project HEAL (Help to Eat, Accept and Live) · Dec 2017 - Dec 2018 · Greater Seattle Area Nonprofit providing eating disorder treatment and support. Teaching Assistant Seattle Pacific University · Jan 2018 - Mar 2018 FCS 3365 Nutrition and Meal Planning. Teaching Assistant Seattle Pacific University · Sep 2017 - Dec 2017 FCS 2365 Food Science. Laboratory Research Assistant Fred Hutch · Jun 2016 - Dec 2017 Microbiome and nutritional epidemiology, Johanna Lampe Lab. Summer Research Fellow National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Jun 2017 - Aug 2017 Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, under Dr. Emily Vogtmann. Teaching Assistant Seattle Pacific University · Mar 2017 - Jun 2017 · Seattle, WA FCS 3340 Human Nutrition. SPU Community Kitchen (teaching community members to cook on a budget) Senior Coordinator · Mar 2017 - Jun 2017 Coordinator · Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 Assistant Coordinator · Mar 2016 - Oct 2016 Team Member · Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

Education

EDUCATION University of Washington School of Public Health Master of Science (MS), Epidemiology · 2023 Epidemiology department student rep; Student Epidemic Action Leader (SEAL) team. University of Washington School of Public Health Master of Public Health (MPH), Nutritional Sciences · 2018 - 2021 Coordinated dietetics program (MPH plus supervised practice experience). Seattle Pacific University Bachelor of Science (BS), Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services · 2015 - 2018 President of Food and Nutrition Club; Ivy Honorary Mortar Board.

Focus Age

All Ages

Payment Methods

Insurance, Cash

Insurance Taken

Aetna, United Healthcare, Cigna, BCBS

Qualifications