Current Group Offerings
Group support is so valuable in healing and growing. Find community and connection with peers and experienced clinicians as you navigate your recovery journey. Here are groups currently being offered. To express interest and set up a screening call, click on the applicable link below or reach out to our Group Coordinator.
Intuitive Eating
Find freedom and flexibility in relation to food
The ten principles of intuitive eating offer a road map to move away from restrictive plans and yo-yo diets so you can finally feel peace in your relationship with food and in your body. Our next Intuitive Eating group co-facilitated by a licensed therapist and registered dietitian, starts February 4th, 2026. Changing your relationship with food is HARD work. Doing it with others helps. Which is why we offer this group.
Here’s what past participants have shared:
“Sam and Laura were amazing, I learned so much from this group and it completely changed how I look at food!” – AR, group participant
“This group is exactly what I needed and I really enjoyed all the discussion, being able to go out and apply the principles in the real world and then talk about it. I also liked that we had an opportunity to eat together.” – JO, group participant
If you’re interested in joining others on the journey to finding food freedom in 2025, Laura and Sam invite you to join their group starting January 8th. The group will meet every other week through March 19th offering guidance and education on Intuitive Eating principles, a safe space for processing and support and experiential opportunities (i.e. eating together, movement).
This group is for any adult age 30 and over who is ready to do some work on their relationship with food. Individuals in eating disorder recovery are welcome provided they are at a stable point and open to this work.
This group is for you IF YOU:
1. Don’t trust your body to guide your food choices
2. Feel defeated over past failed diets/plans
3. Experience shame or guilt around food
4. Feel out of control with food
5. Are uncomfortable in situations around food
6. Have discomfort (physical/emotional) with your body
7. Feel isolated in your intuitive eating journey
8. Limit activities/ put life off because of your body
9. Feel preoccupied with food, weight and diet
10. Are over diets and done feeling this way!
If this sounds like a fit for you, complete the form below and Laura or Sam will reach out!
Express Interest HERE.
About the Facilitators
Laura
Laura Foresta, RD, LDN is a registered dietitian with over 30 years of experience helping individuals heal their relationships with food and facilitating groups. Laura grew up in an Italian American family where food was the focus of every gathering. Laura’s dirty little secret is she was a dietitian who couldn’t cook for many years. She has since learned to embrace her inner chef. From her own experience, she knows it’s never too late to learn to prepare nourishing foods that taste delicious. She enjoys helping individuals find joy and freedom in their eating while exploring new foods and recipes.
Sam
Samantha Millette, LICSW is a social worker with extensive experience with eating disorders and disordered eating. She’s led many groups in her time working at residential eating disorder programs. Samantha is particularly drawn to the multi-disciplinary approach and passionate about helping her clients heal their relationship with food, body and selves. As a fat provider, she hopes to provide space for clients to explore the impact of fat-phobia and diet culture messaging on self-worth and the role they play in an individual’s relationship with food and their body.
Will you join us? Apply HERE.
Details about the Winter 2026 group
Time: Every Other Wednesday Evening 6-7:300pm February 4th– April 15th (6 sessions)
Group Dates: 2/4, 2/18, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15
Location: Zoom
Facilitators: Samantha Millette, LICSW and Laura Foresta, RD, LDN
Cost: $390 for 6 sessions (one or two payment options available
Size: 6-10 participants ages 18+
To express interest, complete this form and our Program Coordinator will reach out to set up a screening call.
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Finding Fat Joy – Fall/Winter 2025
Community and connection for fat folx living in a weight-centric world
Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy is excited to continue offering this popular group for fat individuals to find community and connection – exploring nourishment beyond nutrients. This group is dedicated to creating a space where people can be seen, heard, and celebrated.
Team members, Samantha and Megan, are hosting a virtual peer support group for people in fat bodies to come together to create a supportive community where people of all ages and gender identities can together share their lived experience of being in a fat body. The peer support group creates space for people to share their challenges and support one another. We do not fixate on hating or changing the body. Rather, it’s a space to move through those experiences in community and ultimately make more space for joy.
What past participants are saying…
“I’ve been in shared space with people who share other identities of mine but never in fat space. It was really profound to be able to talk about the highs and the lows with other people who really ’got it.’ It has helped me realize that fat is just another of my identities, it doesn’t have to be a site of grief.”
“Fat Joy made a great impact on me. I am more comfortable in my body. The sense of community in the group is unmatched. I felt very seen and connected.”
“I was very reluctant to become part of a support group. I didn’t know what to expect and I was pretty sure that my experience wasn’t relevant or relatable to others. It wasn’t that I thought I was special, it was that I was isolated and wallowing in my hurt and isolation. What I discovered over the summer was that with each session I was able to be more loving and accepting of myself.That my lived experience was echoed in the lives of the other participants and facilitators. I gained so much wisdom and strength from this experience and I am not as afraid to confront issues or attitudes that seek to make me see myself as less. I am not alone so I am not afraid.”
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Please complete this form to express interest!
When? Every other Wednesday 7-8:30 EST starting November 5th (11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/17, 1/7, 1/21 )
How much? $390
Where? Zoom virtual meeting. We are asking for folks to be ready to participate with cameras on.
How many? Max 10 participants
How to join? Please complete this form to see if this group is right for you. Once you apply, someone will reach out to you within 2-3 business days to confirm participation.
Curious but not ready to apply? Join Megan and Sam for an informal info session on Wednesday, October 29th at 7pm. REGISTER FOR FREE HERE.
*DISCLAIMER We use the word “fat” here as a neutral descriptor of a person’s body. Just like we would use “tall” or “short” to describe someone’s height. We use the words “fat” and “thin” to describe the spectrum of shapes and sizes. It’s akin to curvy, plus-size, ample, large. It is not a “bad” word, an insult, or reference to a person’s character. Using this word to describe a body is a bit of a radical move for people, to reclaim and reframe a word that had previously elicited so much shame. We recognize there are people in this world who use it as an insult or a derogatory term. But as a weight inclusive practice with a strong social justice lens, it’s our effort to create a shift in power.