The Food-Mood Connection: Nutritional and Lifestyle Hacks for Mental Health and Wellbeing

  3 Hours, 0 Minutes    
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 1:45 PM EST    Rus Devorah Wallen, LCSW, CIMHP
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Webinar Description

In this webinar, participants will gain a basic understanding of the connection between nutrition and lifestyle with mood, cognition, mental health, and overall wellness.  Science has conflicting opinions about what nutrition, supplements, and medications are best for us. Considering that each person is a bio-psycho-social-spiritual individual, it makes no sense to broad-stroke everyone’s needs into one model. In this workshop, we will discuss various phenotypes and possible nutritional needs for their overall well-being.  By discussing the beneficial and adverse effects different foods, substances, and behaviors have on our well-being, we will arrive at a fundamental paradigm for wellness. Then we will survey various mental health conditions and mood disorders and share recommended beneficial foods, drinks, supplements, and lifestyle interventions for these situations. Simple modifications of nutrition, chrono-nutrition (the timing of eating), supplementation, avoidance of toxic chemicals and additives in food and the atmosphere, sleep (circadian rhythm disruption), and more can be hacked for attaining wellness on all levels - mental, physical, and spiritual.

We will discuss the importance of collaborating with our clients’ healthcare professionals, especially if we are not certified or licensed to practice dietary prescriptions in our local jurisdiction. We will touch briefly on the legal and ethical issues regarding guiding our clients in this field. Since this workshop is brief, we will give a general overview of the topics and provide resources for further inquiry.


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Qualifications:

Rus Devorah Wallen, LCSW, ACSW, CIMHP is an accomplished psychotherapist, performer, and educator. Trained in CBT, Mindfulness-Based Therapies, Trauma, Positive Psychology, Perinatal Wellness, and holistic Lifestyle Medicine approaches, she utilizes her rich background to inspire and heal. She has been recently certified with the CIMHP (Certified Integrative Mental Health Provider) with Dr. Leslie Korn. In addition to conducting workshops on a wide variety of Psychology, and self-growth themes, in her private practice, she helps people live more meaningful lives in the 21st Century.

Agenda:

The Food-Mood Connection: 

Nutritional and Lifestyle Hacks for Mental Health and Wellbeing

 

INTRODUCTION

  • Impact of nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle behaviors on our well-being. 
  • Why the food and mood connection?
    • Why me regarding integrative nutrition?  10 minutes

THEMES

  • Basic nutrition and lifestyle principles:
    • Ancestral nutrition and bio-individuality
    • Chrono-nutrition
    • Basics of epigenetics and how conditions that previously may have activated or caused gene expression, can now be turned off or on.
    • Previous misunderstandings and distorted concepts, treatments, foods, and environmental toxins as well as prescription medications.
    • Various mental health conditions, diagnoses, and recommendations from the research.
    • Clinically and empirically tested protocols that do not use or require psychopharmaceuticals.                         30 Minutes 

PRACTICAL • PRACTICE

  • Issues from practice and improvements
    • Case examples                                                                           
    • Q & A                                                    20 Minutes

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to have a basic understanding of the food, lifestyle, mood connection.
  • Participants will learn interventions that will help their mood sleep and/or cognition
  • Participants will be able to assess their clients’ nutritional and lifestyle habits and their possible beneficial or detrimental effect on their mental health.
  • Participants will be prepared to support their clients’ choices and potentially interface collaboratively with other medical professionals.
This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an introductory level ,and is beneficial for a beginner level clinician:
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Course Length: 3 Hours

This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits


    • This program is co-sponsored by NEFESH International and Therapy Express. NEFESH International is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NEFESH International maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
    • NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
    • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. CE You! maintains responsibility for this program..
    • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
    • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
    • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0048.

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