Full Course Description

3-Day Certified Integrative Mental Health Provider (CIMHP) Training Course

Integrative Mental Health Counseling is a progressive form of therapy that combines different therapeutic tools and approaches to fit the needs of the individual client. Using integrative therapies, we modify standard treatments to fill in developmental gaps that affect each client in different ways.

Become a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional and learn how to empower your clients to take control of their health to reach all their goals—from weight loss to stress management, resolving chronic conditions through mind body medicine, to nutrition, exercise, sleep, gut health and more.

By combining elements drawn from different schools of thought and research, integrative therapy becomes a more flexible and inclusive approach to treatment. Drawing on a holistic approach to mental and physical health we look at the whole person. Counselors can motivate, empower and inspire wellness by combining a unique approach to look at how healing the body heals the mind and how healing the mind heals the body.

Our clients present with a lifetime of symptoms. Using an integrative methodology, we can teach them to become self-sufficient by learning to observe the body’s responses to various lifestyle and dietary modifications. Thus, choosing health promoting behaviors. Our body’s work as a system and we can rebalance this system by developing strategies to incorporate into client care. Providing the newest science of nutrition, stress management and building resiliency.

As a Certified Integrative Mental Health Provider, you will enhance their clinical skills to help facilitate behavior and lifestyle change that will have a lasting, positive impact on their well-being.

As a clinician, you can go beyond therapy by supporting your clients in good health, awareness, and empowerment to heal their bodies and minds.

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $149.99 value)!
Simply complete this seminar and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be Certified Integrative Mental Health Provider through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive documentation of CIMHP designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.
*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CIMHP for professional requirements.

Program Information

Objectives

Conduct three mind-body techniques to decrease clients' threat-based mental habits.
Distinguish regions of the brain that are affected by chronic stress and support how stress increase the risk of mood disorders.
Utilize mindfulness techniques to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Evaluate recent research on the role of positive psychology in increasing resilience.
Employ two gratitude practices to decrease clients’ negative thought processes.
Practice two cognitive reappraisal strategies to decrease depression and anxiety.
Distinguish between meditation and mindfulness-related states, and teach clients how to develop a personalized meditation program to improve wellbeing.
Determine how diet and an anti-inflammatory lifestyle can improve the quality of mental health including stress, pain, mood, anxiety, and sleep.
Appraise the research on the relationships between the microbiome, inflammation, and mood.
Evaluate the science and clinical application of nutritional strategies using medicinal foods for treating disorders of mood, inflammation, and sleep.
Investigate how different forms of exercise can affect key neurotransmitters such as serotonin and norepinephrine in improving mood, anxiety, and depression.
Utilize cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches to improve clients’ sleep.
Evaluate the research concerning the benefits of alternative therapies like Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine.
Propose possible impact of toxins in clients’ environments that may exacerbate mental health disorders.
Prepare clients to discuss with their medical providers the impact of their hormonal health on their mental health.
Utilize three cognitive behavioral and lifestyle strategies to reduce substance misuse.
Evaluate the science related to CBD and the natural endocannabinoid system and its potential role in mental health.
Analyze risks and liability issues when engaging nutritional and integrative treatment methods as a mental health professional.

Outline

Day 1 Course Outline

Morning Session:

STRESS MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING RESILIENCEY

“Lifestyle” practices to support resiliency
The stress experience and the mindbody connection
Strategies for eliciting the relaxation response
Neuroplasticity: Using the habituated brain

THE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS

Evidenced-based practices in integrative medicine to support behavior change
Ways to elicit the “relaxation response” to antidote stress
When and where to use mind-body approaches - inside and outside treatment
Six ways to fight stress fast

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND GRATITUDE

The science behind gratitude and abundance
Self-compassion and renewal is the key to change
Outline how positive psychology can increase resilience to psychological stress and physical disorders
Gratitude & breaking free of the vicious cycle of negative thoughts

Afternoon Session:

THE SCIENCE OF HABIT LOOPS

How the brain forms new habits
The connection between stress, impulse control and neurotransmitters
Why will-power isn’t enough!
Brain-based tools for retraining the habit brain

MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Cognitive reappraisal and positive expectation to stop allostatic loading
Master the O.N.E. technique
Learn how to integrate tools into clinical practice via evidenced-based techniques
Techniques from mindful cognitive behavior therapy

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION

Health-related benefits of contemporary meditative practices
The science behind mindfulness and meditation, why meditation works and how it changes your brain
Teach clients to begin a daily practice to ease symptoms of depression & anxiety

Day 2 Course Outline

Morning session:

INFLAMMATION

Inflammation and the mind-body connection
Acute and chronic inflammation
Stress, sleep, mood, nutrition
Identify lifestyle factors contributing to inflammation
The links of inflammation, to stress, disease, anxiety and depression
The enteric nervous system

GUT HEALTH, THE BRAIN AND THE MICROBIOME

Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
Rest and digest vs. fight or flight
A user’s guide to the gut brain axis
This axis that connects the brain, central nervous system and the digestive tract is the basis for understanding our microbiome

NUTRITION AND MENTAL HEALTH

Nutrition and links to mental and physical health
Clinicians in the kitchen: Nutritional involvement in mood disorders
Using motivational interviewing
Evidenced-based education on how nutrition impacts mental health
The role of sugar and fats on mood related disorders
Chemicals and additives in food and their effect on mental and physical health
The link between nutrition and mental health
Recognize nutritional deficiencies signs and symptoms
Identify why food is medicine
Food allergens, lactose intolerance and mood
Minerals & vitamins, magnesium, omega’s, B vitamins
Supplements
Clinical therapies
Key nutrients for pain, mood, attention and cognition
Prebiotics and probiotics

Afternoon Session:

PHYSICAL HEALTH AND IMPACTS ON MENTAL HEALTH

Using exercise to reduce anxiety and depression
Walking meditation
Stretching
Yoga
Pilates

RESTORATIVE SLEEP & SLEEP HYGIENE

Science of sleep, from weight to mood
Sleeping pills and supplements
Questionnaire for clients rating their sleep habits

Day 3 Course Outline

Morning Session:

THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF OTHER CULTURES

Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine
Chinese medicine, acupressure and acupuncture
Ancient ways of eating and cooking
Movement from Tai Chi to meditation
Introduction to the concept of the Blue Zones & culture

LIVING IN A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY

A toxic environment - it’s more than chemicals
Protect the brain and body from toxins in food, air, water, and environment
Check list for clients
How toxins can harm parts of the brain and body
Key food groups that are involved in detoxification
Teach clients how to create a safe, nontoxic environment

HORMONES

Hormones every clinician should understand
Signs your hormones are out-of-whack
Develop a treatment plan to address hormonal shifts, including referrals
Tools to help clients recognize when and if hormones are not functioning properly
Steps to take when addressing with a medical provider

Afternoon Session:

ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND RELAPSE

Support recovery with diet and lifestyle behaviors
Relapse prevention techniques and tools

IMPACT OF DIET AND NUTRITION ON RECOVERY:

How we feed ourselves is part of recovery
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies
Sugar and caffeine
Self-medication hypotheses
Nutrition impacts cravings
Relapse prevention
Normalize neurotransmitters and mood
Insulin, glucose, B6 & B12

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION AID IN RECOVER AND RELAPSE PREVENTION

How mindfulness and meditation promote self-care
Incorporating a meditative practice in recovery
Adopting a healthy lifestyle

CBD WELLNESS AND EDUCATION

The Natural Endocannabinoid System
Your brain is a cannabinoid playground
CBD terminology
Regulation
CBD with zero THC
Teas, tinctures and terpenes
Cautionary statements

SCOPE OF PRACTICE

Clinician’s scope of practice, nature of the research and limitations
Focus on safe areas to intervene and make suggestions
Conditions for referral
When to recommend, suggest & limits of liability
What clinicians can do with CIMHP

Copyright : 15/11/2021

Sleep and Mental Health: Non-Medication Interventions to Restore Sleep Quality and Improve Clinical Outcomes

How many of your clients have sleep issues?

Or maybe the real question is how many of your client don’t?

Where we used to think mental health problems caused insomnia, we now know that the relationship is more circular than casual. Risky and addictive, drugs aren’t the answer. But without addressing sleep issues, and intervening in this vicious cycle, your treatment plans for mental health issues will likely be less effective and yield less successful outcomes.

You CAN help your clients improve their sleep and make your treatment of mental health issues more effective than ever before … and you don’t need to be a sleep expert to do it!

Whether you work with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar or any other disorders, this one-day training will give you the sleep assessment tools and treatment techniques you need to guide clients out of their sleep deprived world so you can improve clinical outcomes.

Watch this training and discover how you can:

Naturally improve sleep in clients without the use of addictive medication
Identify sleep disorders and differentiate them from mental health symptoms
Improve sleep for clients of all ages – from kids to adults
Snap clients out of sleep-depriving habits with behavior-changing exercises

Purchase today, and add a new tool to your toolbox to bring greater healing to your clients through the power of sleep!

Program Information

Objectives

Analyze which mental health symptoms accompany the many sleep disorders and its clinical implications.
Assess your clients’ symptoms for sleep disorders that impair mental health to improve treatment outcomes.
Practice psychoeducation with clients to help them identify their individual optimal sleep needs for improved mental health and daily functioning.
Develop an optimal individual sleep treatment plan for your clients and implement skills to help them adopt the sleep healthy lifestyle.
Determine when referral for further sleep disorders treatment is an appropriate approach to manage symptoms.
Evaluate the mechanisms by which insufficient sleep and sleep disorders contribute to mental health problems for purposes of client psychoeducation.

Outline

Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Sleep Disorders

Sleep mechanisms and importance of circadian rhythms
Key clinical interview questions
Why your clients need a sleep diary and how to implement it
Practical screening questionnaires

Sleep Disorders Associated with Common Mental Health Disorders

Differentiate sleep symptoms vs. mental health symptoms
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea with co-occurring disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Additional other disorders
Narcolepsy and its impact on mental health
Correlation between nightmares and suicidality
Sleep recommendations for PTSD
Behaviorally Induced Insufficient Sleep Syndrome
Insomnia increases risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Classes of sleep disorders and their associated mental health symptoms
- Insomnia
- Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
- Sleep movement disorders
- Parasomnia
- Hypersomnia
- Sleep breathing disorders

The Bi-Directional Impact of Medications

Medications can interfere with sleep
Common side effects of hypnotics
Melatonin – how to naturally increase & when to use a supplement
Nutritional supplements and herbal medicine

Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health: Recognize Symptoms and Implement Solutions

5 domains of sleep deprivation
- Cognitive performance – decreases simple memory, complex problem solving and verbal fluency
- Physical performance – increases drowsy driving and auto accidents
- Physical health – weakens the immune system and increases risks of serious health issues
- Mental health – intensifies anxiety, impulsivity, and emotional liability
- Emotional intelligence – impairs moral and ethical decision making
Implement behaviour-modifying exercises

Interventions to Correct Circadian Misalignment

Consequences of desynchrony with natural sleep cycle
Treatment plans to protect shift workers from anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders
Manage mania associated with jetlag
Mental health risk of night owls
Strategies for clients who frequently travel
How to regulate circadian physiology
- Body clock
- SCN in the brain
- Cellular mechanisms
Balance out melatonin rhythm

Assess Children’s Sleep Issues and Implement Strategies to Improve

ADHD, sleep disorder, or both?
Obstructive Sleep Apnea often mistaken as other mental health symptoms in children
Restless Legs Syndrome
Sleep and naps are critical for development and growth
Children’s sleep screening and recommendations
Step-by-step guide for parents to help kids sleep better

Techniques to Evaluate and Improve Teen Sleep

How to determine a teenage client’s natural circadian rhythm
Dangers of sleep deprivation in adolescents
- Increased negative risk taking
- Correlation between lack of sleep and suicidality
- Decreased academic achievement and decision making ability
- Higher rates of juvenile delinquency
- Driving drowsy and car accidents
Tools for increasing teens’ sleep
School start time – how to advocate for change

Practical Methods to Create a Sleep Healthy Lifestyle

Develop individualized healthy sleep plans for your clients – not a cookie cutter approach
Get clients to “yes” in prioritizing optimal sleep
Behavior-modifying exercises to help clients snap out of their sleep-depriving habits
Address family and couple dynamics to allow everyone healthy sleep
Tips and tricks for evening cell phone use to promote better sleep
Techniques to reinforce long-term sleep health
When to make a referral
- What clients can expect from sleep disorder treatments

Harnessing Mindfulness to Combat Cravings, Anxiety, and Addiction, and Habits in Mental Health Practice

What if the root of addiction isn’t in the substances itself, but somewhere deeper? While addiction can be difficult to overcome, mindfulness may offer a promising step forward in treating it. Through his clinical work and neuroscience research studies, as well as by developing digital therapeutics for habit change, Brewer will discuss the elementary mental mechanism that promotes cravings and addictions which dates back to prehistoric days. He will explain how our brains employ reward-based learning and intermittent reinforcement to construct habits gradually; these habits are hard to break. In this presentation, Brewer will describe why habits form and simple ways that we can break unhealthy ones ranging from smartphones to stress eating and even anxiety. He will also show how we can use these to build our natural capacities of awareness, kindness, and curiosity.

Program Information

Objectives

Participants will be able to analyze how habits are formed and perpetuated.
Participants will be able to determine how mindfulness affects default mode network brain processes.
Participants will be able to apply mindfulness approaches to change addictive habit patterns.

Outline

Why is it so hard to concentrate?

How habits are formed and what you can do to change them

Prefrontal cortex and cognitive control
Context dependent memory

Training resilience with mindfulness

Rediscovering Wonder: Cultivating Awe for Health, Happiness, and Connection

What do you feel when you gaze up at the Milky Way, listen to an incredible piece of music, or witness an act of great courage? This feeling, often complete with goosebumps, is awe—and researchers have discovered that cultivating it can create positive, lasting changes in physical and mental health. With a therapist’s help, clients can tap into awe as a powerful personal resource to promote hope, inspiration, and well-being. In this recording, you’ll explore:

Why we experience awe, and the psychological impact of this universal human emotion
How clients who seek out awe can not only improve emotional, physical, and brain health, but increase compassion, curiosity, and creativity
Why some people are more disposed to awe than others and how to help all clients cultivate it in ways that help strengthen their connections with self and others
Practical strategies for building an “awe menu” that’s unique to each client

Program Information

Objectives

Assess the psychological impact of the experience of awe on stress and anxiety.
Demonstrate practical strategies for increasing awe in daily life that can reduce client symptoms.
Differentiate between clients who are more disposed or less disposed to awe to inform choice of intervention.

Outline

Summarize the psychological impact of the experience of awe as it relates to clinical practice.
- Describe how awe increases positive emotions while decreasing stress and anxiety
- How clients can meaningfully increase experiences of awe to reduce psychological symptoms
Illustrate practical strategies for increasing awe in daily life that can reduce client symptoms.
- Review 10 pathways to awe, including nature, inspiration, the arts, and more
- Discuss how clients can make lifestyle changes to enhance awe in daily life
Discriminate between clients who are more disposed or less disposed to awe to inform choice of intervention.
- Review the literature on how personality and character traits play a role in one’s susceptibility to awe
- Discuss cultural factors that impact awe-related experiences
Model strategies for identifying awe-inducing experiences to improve client level of functioning.
- How to help clients develop strategies to infuse their lives with greater awe
- Discuss how to bring awe into the therapy room as a valuable tool for change