Supporting you in finding the courage and skills for long-term food and body peace.

Welcome to Courage to Nourish!
We’re Alex Raymond and Bobbi Boteler, eating disorder dietitians in Maryland and co-founders of Courage to Nourish Nutrition. Our practice offers eating disorder help and support in the DMV and virtually across the country. Our hope is through compassionate care and gentle guidance, we can support you in becoming comfortable and confident in your food choices and your body while living a meaningful life. With over 20 years of combined experience in eating disorder recovery nutrition, we started this practice because we believe our clients deserve a safe and compassionate space to heal.
We take on a limited caseload to assure our clients get the highest quality care. We currently have openings and would love to support you or a loved one.
Let’s Work Together
We have two office locations in Columbia and College Park, Maryland for in person appointments.
For those at a distance looking for an eating disorder dietitian, we offer convenient virtual sessions.

Intuitive Eating Counseling
We believe it’s possible to break free from chronic dieting. We support our clients in achieving intuitive eating through a weight-inclusive approach.

Eating Disorder Recovery
As Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians, we specialize in recovery nutrition. Our extensive training allows us to provide expert guidance.

FEEDING A HEALTHY
FAMILY
Family nutrition presents unique challenges. We provide guidance to maintain joy at mealtimes and cultivate positive relationships with food.
VIRTUAL AND IN
PERSON GROUPS
We offer various support groups to those struggling and their loved ones. We’d love to have you join one of our positive, encouraging group sessions.

How we can support you
As eating disorder dietitians in Maryland, we are here to support you or a loved one in gaining the courage to break free from food and body image struggles. Our services are tailored to those recovering from an eating disorder, disordered eating or damage from diet culture.
Individual nutrition counseling sessions are designed to empower you to appreciate, trust, and reconnect with your body. We will provide you with the tools and skills to discover meaning in your life outside of your eating disorder.
We believe full recovery is possible and we promise to support you each step of the way as you relearn how to nourish your mind, body and soul.
Struggling with an eating disorder in college? We can help
College can lead to many challenges, like navigating the dining hall, finding time to eat between classes, and struggling with body comparisons. We offer eating disorder help and support for college students. Whether you’re currently enrolled or attending college in the near future, we offer college-specific sessions to work on these issues during your stressful academic year. Our College Park office is walking distance from the University of Maryland. We also offer virtual sessions for students outside of Maryland.

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Use this workbook as a tool to guide you in your body image work. We hope it will support you in discovering a more meaningful relationship with your body.