Meet Our Team

M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT

Founder & Owner

Deb Benfield (she/her) is the founder and owner of Body in Mind Nutrition, a weight-neutral, trauma-informed nutrition and body image counseling practice rooted in compassion, body liberation, and respectful care. With 40 years of experience, Deb specializes in the prevention and treatment of disordered eating and eating disorders, while also supporting you in untangling from diet culture and body shame so you can live with greater freedom, body-trust, and ease.

Deb is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN/LDN), She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with certifications in Curvy Yoga, Accessible Yoga, and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. In addition, she completed two years of Presence-Based Coaching training, which deeply informs her relational, embodied approach to care. She has also completed advanced training in utilizing Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed approaches as a Registered Dietitian, integrating this work into supporting clients with eating disorders, body image concerns, trauma, and nervous system regulation.

Her work integrates nutrition therapy, embodied and intuitive eating principles, somatic practices, nervous system support, and self-compassion. Deb believes healing begins by rebuilding connection and trust with your body rather than trying to control it. She is especially passionate about helping you move away from chronic body monitoring, food guilt, and body shame so they can reconnect with your life—not remain consumed by fixing your body.

Deb has also completed advanced training in supporting neurodiverse clients and has a special interest in creating affirming, accessible care for neurodivergent individuals navigating food, body image, sensory experiences, and nervous system regulation. She is deeply committed to providing inclusive, respectful care for individuals identifying as LGBTQIA+ and strives to create a space where all clients feel seen, safe, and supported in their full identities and lived experiences.

Deb offers individual nutrition therapy, body image and embodiment coaching, group programs, workshops, retreats, and professional consultation. She is the author of Unapologetic Aging: How to Mend and Nourish Your Relationship with Your Body, a book exploring the intersection of ageism, diet culture, and body liberation in midlife and beyond. Her work has resonated with readers, clinicians, and communities seeking a more compassionate and liberatory path to aging and wellbeing.

In addition to her clinical work, Debra provides professional supervision, coaching, and training for dietitians and other healthcare providers. She is deeply committed to advancing best practices in eating disorder prevention and treatment and founded the Winston-Salem Eating Disorder Coalition to foster collaboration and education within the community.

Deb’s professional background includes many years as a clinical nutritionist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she also served on faculty for a decade. During her time there, she provided medical nutrition therapy, taught medical professionals and patients, participated in research, and held administrative leadership roles. Her experience also includes work as a chief clinical dietitian, nutritionist for the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and RDN in both addiction treatment and behavioral health settings. She transitioned fully into private practice in 2005 after many years of balancing clinical work with private practice.

At the heart of Debra’s work is the belief that your body is not your life’s project—it is your life partner. She is committed to meeting you where you are, honoring your lived experience, and helping you take small, sustainable steps toward nourishment, embodiment, and healing.

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MPH, RDN, LDN

Registered and Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

Jane is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN/LDN). She works with adolescents, adults, and families to find peaceful relationships with food, and to discover (or rediscover) eating to nurture the body. As a new mom, she has a special interest in postpartum body image and nutrition, as well as coaching for raising an intuitive eater.

Jane integrates sound nutrition science with the principles of intuitive eating in her approach to support you in finding harmony with nourishing and moving your body. She originally pursued nutrition to share her love for cooking and good food to sustain a full and active life, which has lead to several formative experiences including FoodCorps, Choctaw Indian Reservation, and Edible Schoolyard of New Orleans. As a FoodCorps service member in her home state of Mississippi, Jane worked with multiple schools and local organizations to foster a communal joy for food grown and prepared themselves. Jane came to Winston-Salem in 2016 from Minneapolis, MN, where she completed her Masters of Public Health (MPH). She has been providing nutrition therapy specialized in Eating Disorders and disordered eating with Body In Mind Nutrition since 2019. She is committed to building a partnership based on trust and compassion as she works with you to cultivate a fulfilling relationship with body and food within a Health at Every Size philosophy.

Jane lives in Winston-Salem with her husband, their young daughter and lively beagle. She enjoys making ice cream and is currently learning to sew and play banjo.

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MS, RDN, LDN, HTP

Amy is passionate about empowering clients to re-discover their inner wisdom, while walking alongside them as they journey to a gentler approach with food and body.

She’s affectionately known as "Zen Amy" with her presence, openness, ability to listen, and gentle guidance. She strives to create an inclusive, trauma-informed, supportive, safe, and inspiring atmosphere, while serving the whole person from a weight-neutral, intuitive eating, and somatic practice lens. With compassion and empathy she assists clients with creative collaboration, all while taking into consideration their lived experience and resources.

After her dad had a heart attack at a young age, Amy earned a B.S. in Food Science & Human Nutrition from the University of Maine at Orono and a M.S. in Human Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Soon after she realized something was missing in guiding others in healing their relationship with food and body. Thus, pursuing her training in somatic practices. She recognized the power of bringing the body into the process for herself and her clients. She continues to embrace the dance of nutrition as an art and a science. Creatively choreographing the dance with each client she serves, based on their unique experience.

When not seeing clients she enjoys cycling, gardening (herb/flower/veggie), making handcrafted soap and herbal care products, and exploring new experiences with her family and friends.

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MPH, RDN, LDN

Katie Wolf is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in eating disorders and disordered eating treatment, with experience working with clients who are gender-nonconforming and neurodiverse. She also provides medical nutrition therapy for those with chronic health conditions, such as PCOS, diabetes, GI disorders, women's health issues, and food allergies/intolerances with weight neutrality.

Katie's goal as a Dietitian is to assist clients with finding peace with food and their bodies through a non-diet and weight-neutral approach. There is a lot of nutrition misinformation available, and Katie provides evidence-based nutrition education to debunk diet culture myths and help clients heal their relationship with food.

Katie is committed to helping her clients learn to nourish their bodies in a way that makes them feel their best. Her approach is aligned with intuitive eating principles, including body respect, letting go of food rules and diet culture, and reclaiming trust in their bodies.

Katie received her BA in Psychology from Elon University and her MPH in Nutrition and Dietetics from UNC Chapel Hill. She has several years of experience working with eating disorders, disordered eating, and chronic health conditions in a variety of settings, including PHP, IOP, and outpatient levels of care.

Outside of her job, Katie enjoys being in the mountains, cycling, cooking, spending time with her family, friends, and beagle, Peanut, and playing guitar.

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