Critical Thinking About Social-Media Wellness Culture and the Plant-Based Diet Trend with Pixie Turner

Dual Approach

Pixie Turner explains how her clients naturally began treating nutrition sessions as therapy, prompting her to pursue formal psychotherapy training. She found the training grueling but ultimately rewarding, as it allowed her to address deeper psychological issues with her clients. This dual qualification has made her work more fulfilling and effective.

My clinical work very much feels like I'm a therapist first, nutritionist second.

--- Pixie Turner

Turner believes her unique combination of skills benefits her clients and aligns with her professional interests 1.

   

Training Intensity

The psychotherapy training was intense, involving extensive group and individual therapy sessions. Pixie Turner describes it as the hardest thing she's ever done, but also the most transformative. Despite the exhaustion, she has no regrets and finds her work more rewarding.

The training would break us down into little pieces and build us up again.

--- Pixie Turner

Turner emphasizes that this rigorous training has uniquely positioned her to help clients with both their nutritional and psychological needs 2.