Ellen Glovsky, PhD is a Registered Dietitian and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), which is the international professional organization of MI trainers. She is a member of the faculty of Northeastern University where she teaches courses in nutrition, public health, health behavior change, and Motivational Interviewing. Ellen also maintains a private practice in which she utilizes Motivational Interviewing in weight management, the treatment of eating disorders and nutrition for the prevention of illness.
Ellen is an experienced presenter, trainer, and teacher. She is especially interested in helping clients in making changes in their attitudes and behavior regarding food by examining the barriers that keep them from caring for their bodies, minds, and spirits. The goal of this work is to make peace with food.
Dr. Glovsky has conducted training and consultation in Motivational Interviewing for a variety of organizations around the country, including:
Selected Motivational Interviewing Trainings and Guest Lectures
MI Trainings in Medical Practice Settings:
- Boston Public Health Commission
- Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, provided monthly MI trainings for staff for Fallon Health Plan telephonic counselors
- Headstart Health and Educational Staff, Hartford, CT
- Jamaica Plain Health Center, Boston, MA
- Medical Care Development, Augusta, ME: provide ongoing MI trainings in locations around ME
- Mount Auburn Primary Care, Cambridge, MA
- New England Quality Care Alliance: provided 6 trainings for quality improvement staff around the state of MA for primary care practices.
- Veteran’s Administration, State College, PA
- Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Brockton, MA
MI Trainings in University/Medical Training Settings
- Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Children’s Hospital of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
- Children’s Hospital Boston, Obesity Treatment Unit
- Fitness in the City, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Harvard University research program, Engaged Health
- Mass General Hospital, Dietetic Internship
- Southern New Hampshire Dietetic Internship
- Voice and Speech Therapy Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute
- Winchester Hospital Physician’s Organization, Winchester, MA
MI Trainings for Industry
- Genzyme, Inc.
- Boehringer Ingleheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
MI Trainings for Other Professional Groups
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition
- Arizona WIC program and AZ Dietetic Association Conference
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA
- Children’s Hospital of Boston, “Fit In the City” program
- Children’s Hospital of Boston, bariatrics program clinicians
- Children’s Hospital of Boston, SMART TD1 research project
- Diabetes Educators of ME
- Lawrence Public Schools, Working Families Initiative
- Lee Health Hospitals, Ft. Myers, FL
- Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA
- Maine Nutrition Council Annual Meeting
- Mass Dietetic Association Geriatric Nutrition DPG
- Massachusetts Dietetic Association
- Massachusetts WIC program nutrition staff
- Missouri WIC Annual Meeting
- National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
- National Wellness Conference
- New Hampshire Dietetic Association
- New York Dietetic Association
- Northeast Organization of Nurse Educators
- Rhode Island Dietetic Association
- Simmons College Nutrition Alumni Organization, Boston, MA
- Tobacco Free Maine Annual Conference
MI/Health At Every Size Lectures and Presentations
- American Dietetic Association Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group Annual Conference
- Harvard University CME conferences, 2012 and 2013
- MA Academy of Primary Care Physicians Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
- Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association Annual Meeting, Newton, MA
- West Virginia State Obesity Conference
- Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition, 2015
Ellen was recently featured, along with her book Wellness, Not Weight, in the A Weigh Out Members’ Circle ; an online community for people who are looking for skills and tools to overcome emotional and binge eating. A Weigh Out promotes an end to emotional eating and weight obsession. You can listen to the full interview here, replayed with permission of Founder and Coach Ellen Shuman.
In this interview, Ellen and I discussed the many aspects of Health At Every Size (HAES) and a Non-Diet approach, both of which can help you make peace with food.
