Michal Schaefer

MS, RDN

Michal is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master’s degree in Nutrition, Health & Behavior from Haifa University, Israel. She specializes in supporting adolescents with eating disorders and the families who love them – bringing a decade of hospital-based clinical experience treating adolescent eating disorders in Israel before continuing her career in the United States.

She believes healing happens best when the whole family is part of the process. As a mother herself, she brings a deep, lived understanding of family dynamics to her work – helping parents feel like partners in their child’s care, not bystanders to it.

Michal brings compassion, cultural sensitivity, and a Health at Every Size®/weight-neutral philosophy to every session. Rather than rigid rules or numbers, Michal focuses on real-life sustainability – practical, evidence-informed care that fits into the actual lives her clients are living.

Her specialty is adolescent eating disorder care and treatment, but her eating disorder expertise extends beyond adolescents. She has worked with children from age 6 to adults up to 90, with an approach shaped around each person’s individual recovery. She is fluent in both English and Hebrew.

From Michal…

I love working in the eating disorders field because I get to be there for people at some of the hardest moments in their lives – when they are struggling, feeling stuck, and often cannot yet see a way out.  It is incredibly meaningful to me to help guide them, little by little, away from disordered eating and back toward a healthy, full life. 

One patient I will always remember is a 14-year-old girl with anorexia who I worked with for years. I had the privilege of watching her grow up, recover, get married, and eventually have children of her own. That brings me so much joy, seeing someone who once felt so trapped go on to build a life that once may have felt impossible.

💙 Fun fact about Michal: She is a mom of three who loves yoga and music—she plays both the piano and the organ! When she’s not on her yoga mat, you can usually find her spending time with her family and her very cute puppy, Wall-E.