Nicky Chapman, MPH, RD, LDN is a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist at Van Dusen Nutrition®. Nicky currently works full-time at the Needham office and sees clients for Individual Nutrition Counseling and Therapeutic Meal Support®. Additionally, she is a clinician who staffs our STEP® eating disorders program.

Nicky’s mission is to help you reclaim your life in a world filled with diet culture, by utilizing motivational interview, intuitive eating principles, and a weight neutral approach in her nutrition therapy sessions.

Nicky received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, followed by a Master of Public Health degree alongside her dietetic internship at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, all while competing on the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. Nicky started her nutrition career at the Lowell WIC program in 2022, learning a lot about community resources to provide clients, as well as nutrition tailored for infants, children, and prenatal women. 

Most recently, Nicky spent 2 years working at Walden Behavioral Care in their partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, as well as helping with staffing in the inpatient unit, while also seeing outpatient clients.