Diane Summers is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) through the Commission on Dietetic Registration and Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian & Supervisor (CEDRD-S) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals. She treats the full spectrum of eating disorders, including chronic dieting, night eating, and orthorexia to the more commonly referenced struggles of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. She graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 2002 and subsequently completed her clinical nutrition internship through the University of Washington in 2003. Diane has worked at the intensive inpatient, residential, partial, and outpatient levels of eating disorder care, in the sacred process of returning individuals and families to a more nourishing relationship with food. In addition to client work, she comes alive at the opportunity to provide training on the art and science of eating disorder nutrition therapy with a specialty on the intersection of trauma and one’s relationship with food. She has a deep passion for conversations that work to shift the insidious cultural norms of weight stigma and the thin ideal. Diane maintains a private practice north of Seattle, Hope Nutrition Therapy, where she is regularly invited in to the holy work of journeying alongside her clients. Patmon, her furry co-therapist and facility dog graduate from Bergin University of Canine Studies, is an integral part of her client’s treatment as well. Outside of her nutrition work, Diane enjoys traveling, hiking, beach combing at low tide, hanging out with her niece and nephews, and cooking at a local women’s shelter.

Matthew Tiemeyer is a licensed mental health therapist and a certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT). Matt left a software development position in the Midwest in 2002 and earned his Masters in Counseling from the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2004. He and his wife, Shelly, have a private counseling practice in the Seattle area. Matt has worked with clients struggling with eating disorders since 2004 in outpatient clinic and private practice settings. He also spent eight years as a group facilitator for various Allender Center workshops.

Matt is drawn to the interplay of grief and gratitude as they form us more honestly and beautifully in the image of God. He focuses on helping clients develop better relationships with their bodies, reducing self-destructive behaviors and increasing intentional kindness toward their physical selves. In addition to his work with those with eating disorders, Matt also applies this perspective to his work with men and women seeking healing from sexual abuse and freedom from sexual addiction.

Kate serves as the Pastor of Spiritual Care and Development at People’s United Methodist Church in Oregon, WI. In this role she nurtures the community’s faith life through small groups, preaching, and pastoral care. Prior to this, she trained and worked as a hospital chaplain in Seattle, WA and Madison, WI. Kate graduated from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2013, where she focused her masters’ thesis on the intersection of food, body, and the practice of Holy Communion. She was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 2014. Kate comes to this work with the belief that God has created us all to live freely and with joy in our bodies, and through her ministry she seeks to embody this joy and invites others to do the same. She lives in Madison with her husband Nathan and their three-year-old son Gideon. She enjoys cooking and sharing meals with friends and family, exploring the world with Gideon, and snuggling her fluffy Siberian cat, Neva.