Biography & Credentials
Media Bio: Joanne Corbett MSc, RD is the founder of Wellbe, a weight-inclusive dietetic, yoga, and mindfulness practice in Ireland. She qualified as a dietitian in 2004 (MSc Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ulster) and has worked in eating disorder care since 2008, including 12 years with the HSE South Mental Health Services. Joanne guest lectures with the MSc Nutrition and Dietetics programme at University College Cork, on Eating Disorders, Weight-Inclusive Care, and Nutrition Counselling. She is also a registered yoga teacher (Green Lotus Yoga 2017), a registered mindfulness teacher (MSc Mindfulness Based Wellbeing University College Cork 2019-2023), and certified Befriending Your Body Program teacher (Dr Ann Saffi Biasetti 2025). Joanne works with clients both in person and online, integrating medical nutrition therapy, intuitive eating counselling and somatic practices.
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Qualifications
MSc Nutritional Science University College Cork (1998)
HDip Business Studies University College Dublin (1999)
MSc Nutrition and Dietetics University of Ulster (2004)
Yoga Teacher Training 200 hour - Carol Murphy Green Lotus Yoga (2017)
MSc Mindfulness Based Wellbeing, UCC (2019-2023)
Certified Befriending Your Body Program facilitator - Dr Ann Saffi Biasetti (2025)
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Registration + Affiliations
CORU registration DI 019638 (www.coru.ie)
Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (www.indi.ie)
Yoga Alliance Professionals (www.yogaallianceprofessionals.org)
Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (www.mtai.ie)
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Continuous Professional Development
Dietetics: I undertake a minimum of 30 hours of continuous professional development per year as required by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU (The national regulatory body for Health and Social Care Professionals in Ireland). Training includes Behaviour Change Training, CBT-E, Guided Self Help for Binge Eating Disorders, Binge Eating Disorder for Dietitians, ARFID for Dietitians, Body Image Training (Amy Pershing), Eating Disorder MDT training with Great Ormand Street Hospital, FT-AN MDT training with Maudsley London. Monash University FODMAP Certification. I am currently completing training to become a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor (www.intuitiveeating.org).
Mindfulness: MSc in Mindfulness Based Wellbeing with University College Cork (2019-2023).
Yoga: 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Carol Murphy Green Lotus Yoga in 2017. 100 hour advanced teacher training with Michael James Wong (Krama Yoga). Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga with Arielle Schwartz. Accessible Yoga training with Jivana Heyman.
Befriending Your Body Program training with Dr Ann Saffi Biasetti.
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Supervision
Weight inclusive practice mentoring /supervision
- Fiona Sutherland APDPrevious supervision:
- Vinnci Tsui RD
- Theresa Kinsella RD
- Fiona Willer APD
- EDPRO supervision groups
- WIDIC supervision groups.Mindfulness teaching - supervision
- Pascale de Conninck
- Susan Barrett