Speaking

Lisa DuBreuil, LICSW is a fat activist, and clinical social worker. Since 2003 she has been a psychotherapist doing individual and group work in an outpatient hospital-based clinic, treating people with co-occurring substance use disorders and eating disorders and people with new-onset SUDs and compulsions following weight loss surgery. She also has a private practice in Salem Massachusetts where she treats people diagnosed with binge eating disorder and people dealing with various problems following weight loss surgery. As both an activist and a clinician she speaks and writes about how weight bias impacts health and well-being and what we can do to protect ourselves. Ultimately, Lisa helps people live peacefully in their bodies both by improving self-care skills and teaching them how to navigate our challenging body culture. 

Lisa has presented to numerous organizations and clinical groups at conferences, grand rounds, and other spaces.

Presentations

  • Addiction in Palliative Care Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, The Art and Science of Palliative Nursing, May 24, 2012
  • Weight Stigma and Weight Loss Surgeries: What Do We Know?, The International Weight Stigma Conference, September 18, 2015
  • Weight Stigma in Medical Settings MGH Boston Blum Family Learning Center, Nov 10, 2016
  • Weight Stigma in Medical Settings , MGH Depression Clinical & Research Center Seminar, April 28, 2017
  • Weight Stigma in Medical Settings MGH Social Work Department Grand Rounds, November 9, 2017
  • Weight Stigma in Med & ED Treatment MGH ED Clinical and Research Program, January 30, 2018
  • Health At Every Size: I Have Questions Training Intensive for IAEDP Rhode Island, September 14, 2018
  • Weight Stigma in Health Care Settings, MGH Boston, October 18, 2018
  • Size Diversity and HAES, Health and Physical Education Team at Cambridge Public Schools, March 25, 2019
  • Weight Stigma: Helping with the Healing, American Nurses Association Conference, March 29, 2019
  • Intro to HAES, MGH BioBank, May 22, 2019
  • HAES, Wellness Advisory Council, Cambridge Public Schools, May 2019
  • Diet Culture and the Holidays, MGH, Nov 26, 2019
  • Weight Stigma in Med Settings, Beh Health Integration Team February 19, 2020
  • Weight Bias in Medical Care, Children’s Hospital Waltham, January 25, 2020
  • Weight Stigma, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center Primary Group Brigham Women’s Center, Aug 30, 2023
  • Weight Stigma for PCDI (payment & care delivery innovation), Mass Health Lunch & Learn, Oct 11, 2023
  • Patient’s experience of healthcare system, Drexel College of Medicine Panel, Dec 6, 2023
  • GLP-1 medications, Center for Body Trust Panel, Jan 24, 2024

To book Lisa for a presentation, please email lisajdubreuil@gmail.com

Trainings

  • HAES Training, EDR Pro, Sept 27, 2019
  • HAES Intensive Training,  Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association, Oct 5, 2019
  • Working with WLS Patients in the HAES Model, Jan 24, 2020

To book Lisa for a Training, please email lisajdubreuil@gmail.com

Panel/Keynote Speaking and Discussant

  •  MGH North Shore Center for Outpatient Care, Schwartz Center Rounds, March 15, 2013
  • “The Size of Your Life: Loving and Caring for Your Body When the Culture is Telling You Not To”, MEDA 2014 National Conference, May 2, 2014
  • “Treating Binge Eating Disorder in the Outpatient Setting”, IAEDP Metro Boston Chapter Panel Presentation Treating Binge Eating Disorder, June 17, 2016
  • STRIPED Eating Disorder Prevention Symposium, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, April 30, 2018
  • What is HAES, Fenway Health, Dec 4, 2019
  • Weight Loss Injectables Panel Discussion, Center for Body Trust, Jan 12, 2024 

To book Lisa for Panel/Keynote Speaking or as a Discussant, please email lisajdubreuil@gmail.com