Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health by Leslie Korn Institute for Integrative Medicine
Description:
This live online course addresses advanced methods, interventions, and case review with live lectures and Q+A discussion, preceded by required textbook reading in preparation for each module.
We will identify and resolve challenges encountered within the current caseload as one applies the BrainBow Blueprint™ methods as an Integrative Mental Health Medicine Provider.
Topics include client program adherence and challenges applications of herbal, nutritional dietary, somatic, and other approaches in the BrainBow Blueprint®, strategies for reducing and eliminating medications, matching intervention plans to personality and diagnosis, and specific protocols for intervention at different stages of readiness and recovery.
Participants will be asked to sign a confidentiality statement regarding case discussions.
This is an advanced level program for all mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the role of digestion in mental health
Assess when to refer to practitioners
Identify the evidence for the relationship between anxiety, depression, and PTSD
Discuss 3 protocols for reduction or elimination of medications
Discuss the latest research and clinical application of the gut/brain axis and its relationship to anxiety and depression
Identify the principles of nutrition for mental health
Discuss how the inflammatory process can lead to depression
Define the appropriate application and basis for client referral for somatic therapies.
Identify the role of culture in treatment planning
Apply the Cultural Formulation Interview of the DSM5
Define 4 challenges and opportunities for conducting community-based research in psychology and integrative methods
Apply a stage-specific post-trauma integrative treatment model
About the Presenter:
Dr. Leslie Korn is a renowned expert in integrative medicine for the treatment of trauma and its physical sequelae including chronic digestive illness, insomnia, pain, substance abuse, diabetes, cognitive decline and “unexplained illnesses”. She has provided over 65,000 hours of clinical care integrating psychotherapy and somatic therapies with nutritional, culinary and herbal medicine. She completed her training at Harvard Medical School and The Harvard School of Public Health. She is licensed and board certified in 4 clinical disciplines. She has been faculty instructor at Harvard in the department of psychiatry and faculty at 2 Naturopathic medical schools. She lived for 25 years in the jungle of Mexico, where she worked alongside indigenous healers and directed a pro bono health center. Her clinical practice focuses on helping clients who are ill with restoring their health and reducing or eliminating medications.
Her mentoring practice focuses on helping clinicians create a successful, integrative medicine, trauma- informed career. Her ethic of compassion and care is informed by feminist values of social justice and her love for dogs.
Licensure: LMHC, MA. Lic #3214, exp. 12/2023; NPI: 1629659636
Location:
Online - Monthly Live Webinar @ 10:00am to 11:00am PT
Schedule:
Module 1 - June 21, 2022
Module 2 - July 19, 2022
Module 3 - August 23, 2022
Module 4 - September 20, 2022
Module 5 - October 18, 2022
Module 6 - November 22, 2022
Module 7 - December 20, 2022
Module 8 - January 24, 2023
Module 9 - February 21, 2023
Module 10 - March 21, 2023
Module 11 - April 29, 2023
Module 12 - May 16, 2023
Credits:
12 CE credits
Cancellation Policy:
Due to the live and small group nature of the course and the waiting lists for this course there will be no refunds provided following receipt of payment. For more information, kindly contact Leslie Korn Institute for Integrative Medicine.
Grievances Policy:
Leslie Korn Institute for Integrative Medicine seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to info@drlesliekorn.com. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.
conflict of interest:
There is no known commercial interest or conflict of interest for this program.
The CE Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The CE Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content