Page updated 1/02/2024
Ellen Morrison, MS, RDN, LDN
Personal Development Coach – Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP) (Hypnotic Techniques)
Wellness Coach
Reiki Practitioner and Teacher
Sound Practitioner with Tuning Forks
Nutrition Therapist
Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS)
Certified in the Behavior Decoding Method and Food and Body Code
Ellen’s Professional Journey:
Ellen is a perpetual learner, always looking for new ways to help her clients heal with modalities that have assisted her in her own self-development.
She became interested in nutrition and food behaviors while watching family and friends use food to manage stress.
Ellen learned about NLP at an Eating Disorder conference. With the help of NLP, Ellen was able to increase self-confidence, decrease emotional stress associate with life events and change limiting beliefs about herself.
Becoming a Reiki Master/Teacher was a way she re-introduced spirituality into her life. She used self-Reiki daily to help shrink her breast cancer. Chemotherapy was stopped early because the tumor had shrunk 97% in only 10 weeks. Ellen attributes this to the daily self-Reiki. The surgeon and oncologist were amazed that she healed so quickly.
Ellen uses tuning forks frequently to reduce her physical pain and induce relaxation. Her personal Energy Field Tuning sessions assisted her in releasing stuck energy associated with grief.**
Ellen graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Florida International University in Miami, Florida (1994). She earned her Master’s Degree at Meredith College, in Raleigh, North Carolina (2006).
More about Ellen
Ellen is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) located in Raleigh, North Carolina. She relocated from South Florida to North Carolina in 1997. Ellen founded E.L.M. Wellness in the Triangle area in April 1998. She has extensive experience working with individuals, age 17 and older who suffered with eating disorders and disordered eating. She has worked at two residential eating disorder facilities and an out-patient virtual eating disorder program as well as her private practice.
Ellen specializes in the following disordered eating issues:
· Bulimia Nervosa
· Binge Eating Disorder
· Compulsive Overeating and Emotional Eating
Using the non-diet, Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size [HAES] approach
Ellen became certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP) in 2017 to assist her clients in making behavioral changes. NLP is a set of hypnotic techniques that assists individuals in letting go of old beliefs and feelings that keep unwanted behaviors in place. These techniques are used extensively in Personal Development and Lifestyle Coaching.
“NLP is NOT psychotherapy, it is similar to hypnosis. The techniques are an internal process, we do not discuss your specific issues.” If you prefer to discuss your specific issues in detail, please do this with a trained and licensed psychotherapist or mental health counselor.
Ellen completed her Master Reiki and Teacher training in 2019. She was skeptical about the energy healing field until she attended a presentation on energy healing from a reputable scientific researcher who had visual proof of cells changing for the better after sessions of different types of energy healing from practitioners around the world.
It is well known that humans and animals have an electrical field, some call this the Energy Field, Biofield or Aura. Other fields of science have shown that all items on earth emit a vibration. The field of quantum physics is helping us understand how all of this works together. So some things that were considered “woo-woo” now have some solid science research behind them. Reiki clients often state that they feel more relaxed, have less pain, or feel an energy shift for the better. Everyone’s response is different, some don’t feel anything at all, yet that doesn’t mean that there is no benefit. Those that are more in tuned to their bodies and energy field will notice changes more easily.
In 2021, Ellen became certified in the Behavior Decoding Method (BDM) and as a Food and Body Code Coach (FBC). These two programs offer additional ways to approach our food, body beliefs and behaviors. These approaches assist the client in discovering some of the deeper connections with food and why we are eating them. These methods were developed and validated through research by Dr. Barbara Birsinger.
Ellen added the Sound sessions with tuning forks in 2023. She noticed that when she did lawn work with vibrating machinery, her pain from tendonitis was gone.** This sparked her interest in tuning fork sessions for relaxation and energy field tuning. Ellen received her formal training from the Academy of Sound Healing. She has also learned from John Beaulieu and Eileen McKusick, both well known tuning fork vibrational/sound healers.
**Other individuals may have a different experience with these modalities.