Articles by
The Food Allergy Counselor

Learn the difference between living in fear and experiencing fear when navigating life with food allergies.

Discover if online health groups help or hinder food allergy management. Learn how to evaluate which online groups are best for you.

A common question asked in allergy support groups relates to how to move from fearing food allergies to confidently managing them. The...

Learn what stress is and how it differs from anxiety, as well as tips for making food allergy-related stress more manageable.

[May 2024 Update: I am now the Chief Advisor for the Academy of Food Allergy Counseling, which now houses the Food Allergy Counseling...

Learn more about grief and have to navigate food allergy-related grief, especially after an allergic reaction.

We know that in order to gain confidence in our ability to manage our own or our child's allergies, we have to step outside of our...

Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) 2021 may be over, but the education and advocacy efforts won't stop! Together, we will continue to...

Since starting the Food Allergy Counselor Directory and website in 2018, I routinely get emails from counseling and psychology graduate...

As a licensed clinical professional counselor who works with those managing food allergies, I'm often asked for anxiety management tips....

Parenting is hard enough on relationships, but add food allergies or other chronic illnesses to the picture, and even spouses with a...

The latest podcast episode of Exploring Food Allergy Families was inspired by stories I've read about within food allergy support groups,...

As a family therapy-trained licensed therapist, I often find myself wondering about the systems in which we live. The family system, the...

I'm very excited about this announcement. Not only does it relate to topics I am passionate about, but it's also a resource that I think...

For many of us, we're well into week three or four of social distancing and sheltering-in-place. So we've got this whole thing down...

By now, phrases like "social distancing" and "flatten the curve" are commonplace due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. Bombarded with...

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 2019 IS ALMOST OVER?! As this year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and give...

Due to the positive feedback I've received for the Food Allergy Mindset worksheet I shared a few months ago, I've decided to publish...

Day 1: Food Allergy Support Groups Being a member of a health-focused support group is now about as common as stopping at Starbucks daily...

Another food allergy-related tragedy recently populated our social media feeds. This story involved a  teenage boy, all set to graduate...