Glenn Mackintosh is the Founder of Weight Management Psychology.
His public work has seen him create a YouTube Channel and Podcast, accept the challenging position as consultant psychologist for Ten’s The Biggest Loser: Transformed and contribute regularly in the media (see below).
He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Queensland representative for the APS Psychology of Eating, Weight, and Body-image Interest Group. Before venturing into private practice, he was the Director of Psychology at the Wesley Lifeshape Clinic and he also supports Qld Bariatrics patients pre- and post-surgery.
Glenn’s research investigated psychological and social factors and weight management, and he has lectured in health psychology, the psychology of eating, and sport and exercise psychology at the University of Queensland and several other universities.
He has also developed the self-help resource The 90-Day TRANCEformation Audio Program, co-created Weight Management Psychology – Emotional Freedom Techniques for Weight Management Online Program with Professor Peta Stapleton, and created the Transformation Support Community, a member-only online support group helping people all over the world use the power of psychology to completely transform their eating, physical activity, weight & body image.
Glenn’s passion is in helping people manage their eating, physical activity, weight, and body-image and training other professionals in applying psychological principles to help clients grappling with weight concerns through his highly-popular professional training courses with the Australian Psychological Society Institute, the Dietitians Australia Centre for Advanced Learning, and FILEX.
He is enjoying spreading evidence-based, weight-inclusive, innovative messages in his practice, the media and public life.