About
Lea Ben Arie | Clinical Dietitian & CBT/ACT Therapist
My Story and Professional Journey
Nice to meet you, I am Lea Ben Arie, a registered clinical dietitian with over 35 years of experience in individual and group nutritional counseling. Throughout my professional career, I have worked in a variety of settings: hospitals, health funds (HMOs), medical centers, assisted living facilities, and my private clinic.
Over the years, I realized that nutritional knowledge alone is not enough to create sustainable change. Most of us know what we 'should' eat, but struggle to implement it due to emotional eating, rigid thought patterns, stress, and difficulty in maintaining consistency. This insight led me to delve deeper into therapy methods from the field of behavioral psychology.
Today, I integrate tools from the worlds of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and NLP into my nutritional counseling. This integrated approach allows us not only to build a personalized meal plan tailored to your health status, but also to explore the thoughts and emotions that drive your eating, break automatic eating patterns, and develop a healthy and balanced relationship with food and your body.
Lea Ben Arie
Clinical Dietitian
Areas of Expertise & Clinical Treatment
Weight Management and Changing Eating Habits
Treatment for overweight and obesity, with a special emphasis on changing and shaping eating habits and limiting thought patterns.
Providing practical tools and emotional support to maintain weight and treatment achievements in the long term after weight loss.
Treatment for underweight conditions and building a tailored nutritional plan for healthy and controlled weight gain.
Diabetes, Women's Health, and Pregnancy
Comprehensive and professional diabetes management, including type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 diabetes.
Treatment, prevention, and management of gestational diabetes and comprehensive nutritional guidance during pregnancy and childbirth.
Supportive nutritional therapy for fertility issues and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
Gastrointestinal Health
Treatment and improvement of quality of life in digestive conditions such as chronic constipation, heartburn, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
Personalized nutritional guidance for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis) during remission and flare-up phases.
Managing Medical Indicators and Geriatric Nutrition
Managing cholesterol, hypertension, and blood lipids (triglycerides) through a preventative and tailored dietary plan.
Geriatric nutrition: Building a tailored dietary plan for complex health conditions in the elderly to maintain strength and vitality.
🎓 Education & Professional Credentials
- B.Sc. in Life Sciences with HonorsThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Human Nutrition Studies (Dietetics)The Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Registered Clinical Dietitian LicenseIssued by the Israeli Ministry of Health to practice nutritional counseling and therapy
- Advanced Nutrition TrainingTexas Woman's University (TWU), USA
- Ongoing Professional EducationContinuous participation and training in scientific conferences and professional courses in Israel and abroad for constant updates.
🏥 Professional & Public Experience
- Private Clinic and Remote TherapyMany years of individual and group nutritional guidance, including online video and Zoom sessions.
- Hospitals and Medical CentersClinical work in the departments of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, and managing the gestational diabetes clinic of Clalit Health Services at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
- Health Funds (Clalit, Maccabi, Meuhedet)Rich clinical experience in providing nutritional therapy and counseling to health fund members across various health conditions.
- Geriatric and Nursing Care NutritionWorking in and managing the nutrition department in a nursing home care facility.
- Sports and FitnessTailored nutritional counseling for amateur trainees and athletes in leading fitness and sports clubs.