Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes for Improved Therapy Outcomes

Psychotherapy typically looks at past and present life experiences and situations to diagnose and treat every mental illness from anxiety to schizophrenia. We rely heavily on self-report from our clients and diagnose them based on criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

However, we now know the body and the brain are connected and both impact the other. We know that what appears as a mental health issue may in fact be an issue with the client’s gut function, inflammation, blood sugar regulation, hormones, vitamin deficiencies, and more.

In this 2-hour continuing education web conference, Vicki Steine, DSc, LCSW will discuss the connection between the brain and the body. She will explain how the internal and external environment can impact brain health and mental health throughout one’s lifetime.

This introductory instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians: 

1. Explain functional medicine.
2. Describe the gut-brain connection.
3. List specific vitamin deficiencies and their impact on mental health.
4. Describe chronic inflammation and its impact on mental health.
5. Analyze the Standard American Diet and its effect on mental health outcomes.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. Licensed professionals are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice, in accordance with and in compliance with professions standards.

Declaration of conflicts of interest and commercial support: None

If you have any questions or concerns about this web conference, or would like more information, please contact us here.

Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy is an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within Counseling Services. 

GoodTherapy is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org, provider #1352, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/2022 – 3/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

GoodTherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content. GoodTherapy.org received APA approval in May 2011. Events after 2011 may meet APA requirements for Continuing Education credits.

GoodTherapy, LLC 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-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

Just want CE credits? Sign up for a monthly or annual CE Subscription with GoodTherapy to get unlimited access to our CE Program, including this event, other live CE web conferences, and hundreds of hours of homestudy courses.

Mental health professionals who are not members can access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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