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Using Nutrition to Decrease Anxiety and Depression: Strategies for Therapists
Kathleen Zamperini, a seasoned psychotherapist and expert on the connection between food and mood, shares valuable insights on how nutrition can support mental health.
How to Integrate Nutrition into Mental Health Care
Dr. Leslie Korn provides actionable insights on addressing common nutritional deficiencies, managing the gut-brain connection, and adopting a holistic approach tailored to your clients' individual needs.
Help Heal Your Clients' Relationship with Food and Body
A simple exercise for your clients with emotional and/or disordered eating
Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, shares with us an upper body scan that introduces interceptive awareness to help heal your clients' relationship with food and body.
Help Clients Improve Mood with Food
Free infographic to educate clients on how food can affect your physical, mental, and emotional being
Leslie Korn, PhD, shares 10 things you can do to help improve mood (and overall health) with food, so your clients can learn and cater to their body's needs.
Leslie's Avocado Chocolate Moodshake Recipe
A recipe to help boost your energy and mood
The combination of avocado, coconut, and chocolate makes for a refreshing afternoon drink if your energy and mood start to drop.
6 Simple Rules to Live By for Brain-Gut Connection
Fight systemic inflammation with these simple rules from Dr. Kristina Campione
Dr. Kristina Campione, DC, MS, shares six simple rules to live by that you can share with your clients to implement an anti-inflamatory diet.
The Problem With Diet Culture
Free infographic to educate clients on the physical and mental health risks
It’s essential to recognize the impact of diet culture on your clients – and yourself. Use this free infographic to educate clients on the principles of diet culture, as well as its physical and mental health risks.
10 Ways to Improve Mood with Food
Integrative strategies to reduce trauma symptomatology
Dr. Leslie Korn believes that nutritional therapy is the most important missing piece in trauma treatment today. In this blog, she shares 10 lifestyle changes that will help clients improve their mood... and the symptoms of their trauma.
3 Proven Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability to Panic
Techniques to use in your daily life to prevent future panic attacks
Not only can clinicians help clients develop strategies to cope during a panic attack, but we can also provide them with tools and strategies to make future panic attacks less likely. Elena Welsh, PhD, shares three long-term strategies to reduce vulnerability to panic.
Taking an Integrative Approach to PTSD & Complex Trauma
A case study with Dr. Leslie Korn
Treating trauma is complicated, challenging, deeply personal, and never one size fits all. Dr. Leslie Korn demonstrates how she used an integrative approach to help a client address her mood, sleep, and chronic pain.