
Specialties
Style
🌞
Warm
📝
Research-focused
🧠
Open-minded
Insurance
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
United Healthcare
Medicare
Anthem
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
Medicare
United Healthcare
Able to see patients in
AK
AZ
CA
CO
CT
HI
ID
IN
MA
MI
NH
NY
OK
OR
PA
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
CT
TX
Client age range
18+
18+
About
Ava
Ava Safir, JD, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian specializing in nutrition counseling and education. Ava began her professional career as an attorney in New York City. After moving to Connecticut, she worked as a certified personal trainer and certified Pilates instructor, adapting sessions to clients across the lifespan. Ava deepened her passion for nutrition after experiencing firsthand how nutrition therapy and lifestyle changes significantly improved her health and well-being. This experience inspired Ava to earn her RDN licensure and Master of Science in Nutrition Education at Columbia University-Teacher’s College.
Approach to care
Ava strongly believes in a personalized approach to counseling in which she partners with her clients to discover the nutrition and lifestyle approaches that work best for them. She also rejects diet culture and believes the risk of medical conditions can be reduced while also enjoying food. Ava enjoys working with adolescents and adults on a range of issues, with special focus on gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, heart disease, anti-inflammatory protocols, weight gain/loss, and intuitive eating.
During the first session, Ava likes to get to know her clients, with a special focus on learning each client's specific goals. Ava and her clients conduct a medical history review, an assessment of a typical food day, and then create action steps each client can begin implementing at the end of the first session. Ava provides nutrition education throughout the counseling process, and supports her clients through handouts, website links, and email communication between sessions.
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Location
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Connecticut
Education
Hobbies
During her free time, Ava can often be found hiking, at the gym, spending time with her family/friends, reading, and participating in continuing education programs focused on the latest research in nutrition and dietetics.
Initial appointments are 55 mins and done over Zoom.



Monday, Jan 1
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Specialties
RD
MS
Minimum Client Age
18+
Ava Safir, JD, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian specializing in nutrition counseling and education. Ava began her professional career as an attorney in New York City. After moving to Connecticut, she worked as a certified personal trainer and certified Pilates instructor, adapting sessions to clients across the lifespan. Ava deepened her passion for nutrition after experiencing firsthand how nutrition therapy and lifestyle changes significantly improved her health and well-being. This experience inspired Ava to earn her RDN licensure and Master of Science in Nutrition Education at Columbia University-Teacher’s College.
Ava strongly believes in a personalized approach to counseling in which she partners with her clients to discover the nutrition and lifestyle approaches that work best for them. She also rejects diet culture and believes the risk of medical conditions can be reduced while also enjoying food. Ava enjoys working with adolescents and adults on a range of issues, with special focus on gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, heart disease, anti-inflammatory protocols, weight gain/loss, and intuitive eating.
During her free time, Ava can often be found hiking, at the gym, spending time with her family/friends, reading, and participating in continuing education programs focused on the latest research in nutrition and dietetics.
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