The Food Mood Connection: Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health Professionals
Description:
OPD Points: 10
There is a strong link between food and one’s mood. Yet, nutrition is often neglected in mental health treatment.
Fortunately, the time has come where mental health professionals are starting to pay more attention to how food impacts mental health.
For this reason, the Mind Body Training Institute is excited to offer this online course with mental health counsellor Dr. Leslie Korn to help ensure you don’t get left behind in the growing field of mental health and nutrition.Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Module 1 – Introduction and Principles of Effective Treatment – 20 min.
Module 2 – Diet Essentials for Mental Health – 24 min.
Module 3 – Nutrition Ethics – 23 min.
Module 4 – Circadian Rhythm, Mental Health and Nutrition – 24 min.
Module 5 – Digestion and Mental Health – 15 min.
Module 6 – Culinary Medicine – Cooking for Your Mental Health
– Part 1 – 24 min.
Module 7 – Culinary Medicine – Cooking for Your Mental Health
– Part 2 – 19 min.
Module 8 – Natural Therapies for Mental Health
– Part 1 – 21 min.
Module 9 – Natural Therapies for Mental Health
– Part 2 – 25 min.
Module 10, 11 & 12 – Bio-individuality and Nutrigenomics – 72 min.
Bonus 1 – Dr. Brooke Myers Sorger – Improving Mood by Improving Nutrition – 50 min.
Bonus 2 – Amy Berger – Preventing and Reversing Alzheimer’s with the Ketogenic Diet – 60 min.
Bonus 3 – Carrie Brown – Overcoming Bipolar II with the Ketogenic Diet and Nutrient Supplementation – 60 min.
Bonus 4 – Dr. Julia Rucklidge – How Micronutrients Aid in Mental Health – 60 min.
Bonus 5 – Frances Fuller – Orthomolecular Psychiatry – 60 min.
1-hour pre-recorded Q&A Webinar with Leslie Korn
An assessment (online quiz) must be completed successfully by each student in the Online Learning Center to receive a certificate of completion for 10 hours of professional development.
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Dr. Leslie Korn
Presenter Qualifications:
PhD, Union Institute and University, Behavioural Medicine | MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, International Health | M.A., Lesley University, Cross Cultural Health Psychology and Education
Dr. Leslie Korn has a Ph.D. in Behavioural Medicine from the Union Institute, a MA in Cross Cultural Health Psychology from Lesley University, and a MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.
She was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School where she introduced somatic psychotherapy in the department of psychiatry and was in private practice in Boston for over 15 years before returning to the jungle of Mexico where she has worked for over 40 years.
Dr. Korn is the author of 8 books on integrative mental health.
Registration Instructions:
Registration for this course is available by clicking the link below:
https://theaca–mbti.thrivecart.com/nutrition-course-usd/5898f85b16d95/
*note that there is a payment plan option available with 2 payments of $110 + GST
This is a self-study course, so once you register, you’ll have immediate access to all of the training
And if you would like to sign up for Dr. Korn’s free nutrition and mental health training to preview her teaching style, click the link below:
https://theaca–mbti.thrivecart.com/nutrition-course-usd/589146fd6901f/