Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Level 3
Description:
This live, 18-hour course is open to participants who have completed the Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Levels 1 and 2.
Each meeting addresses advanced methods, interventions, and case review. It will be conducted in 12 live webinars of 1.5 hours each. Participants will be provided journal articles and additional resources.
The teaching format includes live lecture, case review and Q&A. Sessions include Group Discussion to review application of methods based on CIMHMP course with Dr. Leslie Korn.
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 with particular focus on assessment and testing strategies.
Topics include clinical measures of psychobiology and psychophysiology, enhancing program adherence, and the applications of herbal, nutritional dietary, somatic and other approaches in the BrainBow Blueprint™, including 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 program for all mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the latest research and clinical application of the gut/brain axis and its relationship to anxiety and depression
Discuss the role of specific digestive disorders and their comorbidity in mental health
Apply the psychedelic readiness assessment to determine appropriate referrals
Discuss motivational interviewing to enhance adherence to self care plans
Apply the Brainbow blueprint fillable form to enhance motivation for adherence
Discuss 3 protocols for reduction or elimination of medications
Discuss multifactorial influences on cognitive decline and alzheimer’s
Discuss nutritional interventions to reduces the inflammatory process in depression
Describe endocannabinoid deficiency syndrome and proposed interventions
Describe an integrative approach to addressing addiction to benzodiazepines
Explain 3 lifestyle interventions used for medication withdrawal
Explain the best practices for irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship to mental health
Discuss the role for mental health clinicians in nutritional care and collaboration
Demonstrate expertise in the conduct of the Readiness to Taper assessment
Explain evidence based functional Medicine
Discuss the role of mitochondria in mood disorders
Describe the evidence for the serotonin theory of depression
Discuss the Bohr effect and its relationship to anxiety and breathing exercises
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 a faculty instructor at Harvard in the department of psychiatry and faculty at two 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 by 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:
Live Webinar
March 7, 2023
April 18, 2023
May 2, 2023
June 6, 2023
July 25, 2023
August 1, 2023
September 5, 2023
October 3, 2023
November 7, 2023
December 5, 2023
January 2, 2023
February 6, 2023
2:15pm to 3:45pm EST
Credits:
18 CE credits
Cancellation Policy:
Because this is an invitation only, small group program over 12 months there are no refunds following payment.
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 grievances_office@protonmail.com. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action to prevent further problems.
Accessibility Policy:
This program adheres to the standards of the Americans Disabilities Act. Please contact Leslie Korn Institute for Integrative Medicine if special accommodation is required.
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