Supervision

From Graduate to Practitioner

Career review session. Identify what you want, what you don't want, and what's stopping you. Developing your professional identity, clarifying the direction you wish to take, and building confidence as you transition from student to practitioner, while working with clients.

Book Yourself Solid

Learn the fundamentals of ethical, effective marketing for nutrition practice, including defining your ideal client, clarifying your offer, and communicating your value with confidence. Covers personal branding, low-cost marketing strategies, advertising compliance, online visibility, and practical systems for attracting and booking clients.

Running your clinic

Consultation frameworks and templates. Goal setting and programme design: translating assessment findings into realistic, staged nutrition plans that support adherence and sustainable change. Client intake and case history — structuring a safe and effective client intake, identifying red flags, obtaining informed consent, and gathering relevant health information appropriately.

Nutrition Assessment in Practice

Practical approaches to diet analysis, lifestyle assessment, and data interpretation to support personalised nutrition planning. Includes person-centred and culturally responsive care (Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles), competency development, ethical and reflective practice (scope-appropriate, non-diagnostic), applying nutrition research to individual clients, managing conflicting evidence, and avoiding overclaiming or unsupported recommendations.

Nutrition Nitty Gritty

Reading blood tests (the basics). Clinical nutrition in practice — case studies: practice what we have learnt in the past 5 sessions by going through case studies, those you have brought to the session, or a topic chosen for you.

Behaviour Change in your clients

Addressing resistance, low motivation, and relapse, and developing practical coaching strategies for long-term behaviour change. Motivational interview techniques (basics). Developing new habits/behaviours and stronger willpower. Clinical nutrition in practice — case studies, if we have time.

Clinical Nutrition in Practice

Case studies: practice what we have learnt by going through case studies, those you have brought to the session or a topic chosen for you.

Ethics, Scope & Referral

Clarifying professional boundaries, ethical decision-making, documentation standards, and appropriate referral processes. Culturally safe and inclusive nutrition practice in the NZ context, including Māori health perspectives and working with diverse populations. Clinical nutrition in practice — case studies.

Professional Communication

Developing confidence in client reports, progress notes, and effective communication with GPs, including GP referral letter writing. Clinical nutrition in practice — case studies.

End-to-End Consultation

Applying learning through a full client case from intake to follow-up, with guided discussion, reflection, and next-step planning.

Advanced Case Reasoning & Prioritisation

Analysing complex presentations, prioritising key issues and making sound nutrition decisions in multifactorial cases. Client communication. Advanced case study practise.

Reading blood tests (the basics plus more advanced)

Reading blood tests requires interpreting biochemical markers to evaluate nutrient status, metabolic function, and early signs of imbalance or disease. Discussion and evidence-based dietary approach to metabolic disease, including the non-diet approach to dieting. Advanced case study practise.

Metabolic Complexity in Practice

Advanced clinical reasoning around metabolic complexity (obesity, diabetes, cholesterol and triglyceride issues), enabling you to apply metabolic concepts safely, ethically, and within scope. Includes supporting clients using weight-management medications such as GLP-1 and dual agonists. Advanced case study practise.

Gut Health & Systems-Based Thinking

Developing a systems-based approach to assess gut health, identifying contributing factors, avoiding oversimplification and exploring why gut health is rarely 'just the gut'. The focus is on pattern recognition, contributing factors, prioritisation, and safety, rather than chasing diagnoses, tests, or symptom elimination alone. Advanced case study practise.

Interprofessional Collaboration & Referral

Working effectively with GPs, dietitians, and other health professionals through clear communication and referral pathways. Supplements in practice: safety, evidence and interactions — many of your clients will be taking supplements, so we will learn to evaluate supplement evidence, safety considerations, interactions, and effective client communications. Advanced case study practise.

Hormonal Health II – Perimenopause & Menopause

This session examines the hormonal transitions of perimenopause and menopause, with nutrition strategies to support symptom management, metabolic health, and long-term disease risk reduction. Advanced case study practise.

Collaboration & Supplements in Practice

Working effectively with GPs, dietitians, and other health professionals through clear communication and referral pathways, plus further work on supplement evidence, safety considerations, interactions, and client communications. Case study practice.

Behaviour Change in Complex Clients

Applying advanced behaviour change strategies for clients with entrenched habits, emotional barriers, or inconsistent engagement. Includes basic motivational interview techniques.

Business, Boundaries & Practitioner Sustainability

Maintaining boundaries, managing workload, pricing considerations, and building a sustainable practice without burnout.

Complex Case Presentation, Reflection & Next Steps

An opportunity to present your complex cases for peer discussion, reflecting on professional growth, and identifying next steps for ongoing development.