
Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD
HEAL Marin Director of Nutrition
Professional Bio
Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, and certified intuitive eating counselor with over 15 years of experience in Marin County and Sonoma County, California. Corinne works with adolescents, young adults, and adults. She specializes in eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, and body image concerns – and helping clients break free from the mental, emotional, and physical toll of chronic dieting. She has a special knack (and love) for being able to support those with chronic eating disorders or those with a complex eating disorder history as well as individuals with a co-occurring trauma history or substance misuse. The intersection of these things is not uncommon. Ultimately, she helps clients nurture a caring and compassionate relationship with food and their bodies.
Corinne began her work in body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders, after spending some time working with clients through the traditional weight-normative approach in the first few years of her career (where the emphasis is on weight and weight loss when defining health and wellbeing). It was here that Corinne realized something had to change, as this approach left many of her clients distressed and engaging in disordered eating behaviors.
Corinne has spent the latter part of her career engaged in clinical supervision and various trainings to enable her to competently and successfully work with individuals struggling with food and body image concerns, disordered eating, chronic dieting, and eating disorders. Today, Corinne works from a weight-inclusive approach (where the emphasis is on viewing health and wellbeing as multifaceted and on reducing weight stigma). In her work, Corinne uses a variety of tools, techniques, resources, and therapeutic approaches to help her clients nurture a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body.
Corinne graduated cum laude from Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and completed her dietetic training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She received a Masters of Science from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Further professional training was through the completion of Body Image Training for Clinicians, Nutrition Counseling for Eating Disorders, the Big-Hearted Embodiment Intensive Clinical Training for Eating Disorder Recovery, Clinical Approaches To Treating Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) for Dietitians Treating Eating Disorders, and The Original Intuitive Eating Pros® certification process to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, among others. Adding to her unique background, Corinne has completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Marin County, California, and she has taught nutrition at the university level.
Today, Corinne resides in Sonoma County, California with her daughter, son, three dogs, and soon-to-be husband.
Areas of Specialty
Nutrition counseling • Body image counseling • Eating disorder nutrition therapy • Eating disorder recovery • Chronic dieting • Chronic eating disorders
Treatment Approaches
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) • Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) • The Original Intuitive Eating Pros® • A Responsive Feeding Therapy Approach (ARFID) • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) • Clinical treatments • Intuitive eating • Wellness coaching
Publications & Recognitions
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Host of The Body Image Podcast
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Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN), #1001085
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Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Get to Know Corinne
A few things Corinne believes...
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All bodies, of all sizes are deserving of respect, care, and kindness.
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All individuals deserve weight-inclusive, non-shaming care.
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Body diversity is a thing (even if we all ate and moved the same, different body shapes and sizes would still exist).
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You don’t have to love your body to have a peaceful relationship with your body, but hey, it’s great if you do.
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Eating should be flexible, enjoyable, and fun (not rigid, anxiety-inducing, or preventing you from fully living your life).
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Juice, sugar, and cookies (with real butter and flour) are OK to eat. So are kale salads, salmon, and berries. There is a balance.
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You can trust your body and with time, your body will trust you too.
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Health is about learning how to listen, connect, and care for your body and yourself as a WHOLE human – mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually – in a sustainable way.
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Everything you need to make peace with food and your body is already right there inside of you – not lurking in another diet, detox, wellness guru, or “lifestyle” program.
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With practice, self-compassion, patience, and support, you can rediscover your body’s own innate wisdom, so you can start making peace with food, building a caring relationship with your body, and connecting with yourself as a whole person. Because… YES, this is possible for YOU.