meet casey bonano

RD, LD, CEDS-C

Founder, CEO & Managing registered Dietitian

Casey Bonano RD, LD, CEDS-C (she/her) is a Texas Christian University graduate with a BS in Coordinated Dietetics. Casey has experience in various fields including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive out-patient eating disorder treatment, and private practice. Ultimately, Casey knew her passion was working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and chronic dieting in an outpatient setting and established her own private practice. Casey truly loves getting to know her patients and customizing her recommendations to fit the individual’s lifestyle.

Nutrition counseling utilizes an empathetic, Intuitive Eating and non-dieting approach to achieve long-term behavioral change. All nutrition counseling is provided under a trauma and Health at Every Size (R) lens. Casey's goal is to provide her clients with the tools necessary to obtain healthy and balanced lifestyle and ultimately heal your relationship with food and body.

SPECIALTIES:

  • Teens (16 yrs old +), young adults, and adults

  • Eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and ARFID

  • Binge Eating Disorder

  • Orthorexia, chronic dieting, and disordered eating

  • Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders & long-term anorexia

  • Harm Reduction Model

  • Intuitive eating

  • Health at Every Size (R)

  • Body image

  • The enneagram

Casey's experience at The Renfrew Center of Texas, a local residential eating disorder treatment center, and her own private practice has provided extensive experience working with clients who struggle with a variety of eating issues, including, but not limited to, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, and disordered eating. Casey's passion and expertise in the eating disorder field has led her to complete all requirements to receive the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Consultant (CEDS-C) title through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). The consultant status allows Casey to supervise other dietitians working towards their CEDS credentials.

Casey is an active member of the Dallas Fort Worth dietetic and eating disorder community. Casey is a member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD), and the DFW chapter of the International Academy of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). For eight years Casey has held several positions on the DFW iaedp Board of Directors including president.

Casey has been invited to speak and present to many well known and respected businesses in the community and consistently guest lectures for the Nutrition Department at Texas Christian University.

In addition to regularly teaching for TCU, Casey has also spoken for KTXA Channel 21 News, The Elisa Project, The Renfrew Center of Texas, UT Southwestern, Mesa Springs Behavioral Health, Topflight Gymnastics Training Center, Arlington Independent School District, Fort Worth Independent School District, and University of Texas at Arlington. Casey has been featured in Instyle Magazine, SheKnows, and Medical Daily. If you are interested in Casey speaking at a local event please visit the contact page and submit your request.