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Nutritional and Integrative Interventions for Mental Health Disorders

When:
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Course Description:

Join Anne Procyk, ND, as she teaches you how to think more holistically about diagnosis, nutritional deficiencies, and hormonal imbalances that may contribute to mental health disorders. Improve your clients’ mental health and accelerate your therapeutic results with non-pharmaceutical interventions to treat depression, anxiety, bipolar and ADD. You will learn the underlying causes and symptoms of these disorders, to more accurately diagnose and treat your clients.

Through case analysis, you will experience how addressing core physical and nutritional needs can greatly increase therapeutic results. You will discover the nutrients most essential to help treat your most depressed and anxious clients, and learn simple strategies that can replace pharmaceutical interventions. Leave this seminar with the tools and understanding necessary to immediately incorporate these strategies into your clinical practice.

Objectives:
  1. Explain chemical imbalance holistically.
  2. Describe how integrative interventions facilitate a deeper level of healing.
  3. Outline the nutrients critical for optimal brain function.
  4. Explain how improved nutrition improves therapeutic outcomes.
  5. Differentiate between mental illness and nutrition and hormonal imbalances.
  6. Apply nutritional and integrative strategies for assessing and treating depression, anxiety, bipolar, ADD.
  7. Describe the impact of hormones on mental health assessment and treatment.
  8. Summarize the impact of blood sugar and genetic variations on mental health disorders and effective treatment.

ANNE PROCYK, ND

Anne Procyk, ND, is a naturopathic physician practicing nutritional and integrative medicine to treat mental health disorders at Third Stone Integrative Health Center. She is on the forefront in understanding the complex relationships between physical and mental health. Dr. Procyk’s thorough understanding of the latest research combined with her daily clinical experience give her the ability to translate voluminous and sometimes contradictory information into clear and effective strategies for real world patients. She has given numerous lectures, has been featured in a number of books and made several television appearances; Dr. Procyk is a sought-after leading expert on integrative strategies for dealing with depression, bipolar, and ADHD. She is a dynamic speaker who will inspire you to apply your new tools and transform your practice.

Dr. Procyk founded and currently sees patients at Third Stone Integrative Health Center in Essex, CT. She earned her doctorate at National College of Naturopathic medicine and graduated cum laude from Carleton College with degrees in chemistry and medical ethics. She is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association, and the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Anne Procyk is the founder and medical director of Third Stone Integrative Health Center. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Anne Procyk is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association, the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine, and the Autism Families Connecticut.
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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you 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 your professions standards.

The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.

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