Biography & Credentials

Professional Biography

Joanne Corbett is registered dietitian (CORU), yoga teacher and mindfulness teacher. 

Joanne qualified as a dietitian in 2004 (MSc Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ulster) and since then has worked in primary, secondary, tertiary and private health care settings.  She has worked in the area of disordered eating and eating disorders for 14 years, 12 of those years with the HSE South Mental Health Service. She was the chair of the HSE MHS Cork Kerry Multidisciplinary Eating Disorders Interest Group 2020-2022.    Joanne is a guest lecturer (on the topics of Eating Disorders and Weight-Inclusive Care) for the MSc Nutrition and Dietetic course at University College Cork, and for the past two years has been a clinical supervisor for student projects.   Joanne is also experienced in public speaking in the area of dietetics and eating disorders at national level in Ireland and also in UK. 

Joanne became a registered yoga teacher in 2017 (YAP) after 11 years of personal practice and teaches yoga at Leevale Athletics Club Cork as well as privately to groups and individuals.    She has been practicing meditation since attending her first Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course (with Catherine Sutton) in 2010.  She completed an MSc with University College Cork in Mindfulness Based Wellbeing (2019-2023) and is a certified mindfulness teacher.   She runs Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness in the Workplace courses to groups. 

Joanne founded Wellbe in 2023 to offer an inclusive service that weaves her background in non-diet nutrition counselling together with embodied practices (mindfulness and mindful movement).  Joanne works with clients both one-to-one capacity and in groups, both in-person and online.

  • 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 2017

    MSc Mindfulness Based Wellbeing, UCC 2019-2023

  • Registration + Affiliations

    CORU registration DI 019638 (www.coru.ie)

    Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (www.indi.ie)

    Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians and Professionals (www.edrdpro.com)

    International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) - Irish Chapter

    The Center for Mindful Eating (www.thecenterformindfuleating.org)

    Yoga Alliance Professionals (www.yogaallianceprofessionals.org)

    Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (www.mtai.ie)

  • Training

    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), ED MDT training with GOSH, FT-AN MDT training with Maudsley London. I am currently completing training to become a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor (www.intuitiveeating.org).

    Mindfulness: I have recently completed an 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. Currently undertaking 40 hour Accessible Yoga training with Jivana Heyman and Detour Method Online with Cecily Milne of Yoga Detour.

  • Supervision

    Weight inclusive practice mentoring /supervision
    - Fiona Sutherland APD
    - Fiona Willer APD
    - EDPRO supervision groups
    - WIDIC supervision groups.

    Previous supervision:
    - Vinnci Tsui RD
    - Theresa Kinsella RD

    Mindfulness teaching - supervision
    - Pascale de Conninck
    - Susan Barrett

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