Rebecca Appleman, RD
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Eating & Weight Disorders
Family-Based Nutrition Therapy
Maternal Food Relationships & Modeling
Client Focus: Individuals and Families, Mothers, Eating Disorder Recovery, Complex Nutrition Cases
Specialties: Eating and weight disorders, family-based nutrition therapy, maternal food relationships and parent food modeling, perimenopause and menopause, practice leadership and clinical supervision
Treatment Methods: Comprehensive assessment and client matching, family systems approach, collaborative care coordination, empowerment-focused nutrition counseling
Rebecca Appleman is the Founder and Executive Director of Appleman Nutrition, where she has spent over 20 years creating a practice that transforms how individuals and families relate to food, body, and nourishment.
Since founding the practice in 2008, Rebecca has built a team renowned for their clinical excellence and psychological sophistication, establishing Appleman Nutrition as a sanctuary where clients experience profound healing in their relationship with food. Her approach centers on the belief that everyone deserves to feel safe, trusting, and stable in their body—a philosophy that permeates every aspect of the practice she has carefully cultivated.
Rebecca's unique role encompasses both clinical leadership and individualized client care. She personally speaks with every prospective client before they begin treatment, taking time to understand their personal nutrition history, current challenges, and deeper needs. This thorough assessment allows her to thoughtfully match each client with the clinician whose expertise and personality will best support their healing journey. Her commitment to excellence extends through comprehensive clinical supervision of all practitioners, ensuring that every client receives the highest quality care informed by multiple perspectives and decades of collective expertise.
Her professional journey reflects a deep commitment to understanding nutrition as preventative medicine and transformative healing. After beginning her career in advertising, Rebecca returned to school to pursue clinical dietetics, driven by her conviction that nutrition represents our most powerful tool for health and wellness. She honed her expertise at the Renfrew Center and Joy Bauer Nutrition before founding Appleman Nutrition and co-founding Columbus Park Collaborative (now Columbus Park), a premier eating disorder treatment center. This diverse experience has equipped her with both the clinical sophistication and business acumen necessary to build a practice that consistently delivers exceptional outcomes.
Rebecca's personal life reflects the same balance and joy she helps clients discover in their own relationships with food and body. She finds renewal through travel, beach time, tennis, long walks with friends, yoga practice, and cherishing moments with her partner Adam, their children, and extended family. These pursuits embody the integrated approach to wellness she advocates—one where nourishment encompasses not just what we eat, but how we move, connect, and find joy in our daily lives.
Rebecca's comprehensive approach to client matching and ongoing clinical supervision ensures that each client receives precisely the expertise and therapeutic connection needed for their unique healing journey, resulting in consistently exceptional outcomes.
Her expertise in family-based nutrition therapy and maternal food modeling addresses the generational patterns that shape our relationship with food, helping mothers break cycles of food anxiety and create positive food environments for their children.
Rebecca's business leadership and clinical vision have created a practice culture that combines deep therapeutic alliance with evidence-based nutrition science, setting the standard for how nutrition counseling can truly transform lives.