Seminars with Cascadia Training
At a time when it is increasingly clear that the body plays a central role in wellbeing, it is essential that mental health professionals—the practitioners most directly engaged in supporting individual wellbeing—have the knowledge, training, and clear understanding of their scope of practice needed to address the factors that influence both mental and physical health.
After working on these topics for over 20 years, I’m extremely excited that Cascadia Training has recognized the importance of this work and is offering a pair of seminars geared towards empowering mental health professionals with the tools that they need to positively impact their clients well being.
July 30th: The Ethics of Caring for Both the Body and the Psyche: A Two-Part Workshop with Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC and Dr. Kristen Allott, ND, LAc
Sept 18th: The GLP-1 Frontier: Balancing Metabolic Health, Muscle Mass, and Mental Wellness
Each seminar provides excellent stand-alone content and tools and supports a deepening understanding of the connection between the brain and the body. Participating in both will strengthen your foundation of key principles of wellness and resilience, while the July 30th workshop emphasizes how protein impacts emotional regulation on a daily basis and the September 18th workshop dives into the impact of GLP-1 treatment and mental health.
Both seminars will cover:
How to stay in your scope of practice and address wellness.
How how to chart wellness discussions for insurance
How to have discussions and provide resources to help clients engage in interpersonal behavioral change to improve mental and physical health.
A common thread between the two seminars is the importance of protein on physical and mental health. Research has shown that when people eat diets that are adequate in calories but suboptimal in protein, they are at greater risk for depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, sleep disturbances, and mood dysregulation.
Suboptimal protein intake — even in the absence of overt malnutrition or calorie restriction — is associated with a wide range of adverse physical out outcomes. These include loss of muscle and bone mass, Type 2 diabetes, obesity, impaired immune function and increased susceptibility to infection, chronic inflammation, cardiovascular disease, hair loss, and dysregulation of thyroid, cortisol and sex hormones.
A third area where inadequate protein intake can negatively impact both mental and physical is during treatment with GLP-1 medication. Because these medications can reduce a person’s overall food intake, insufficient protein intake can lead to a significant amount of muscle mass loss. This impacts both mental health, fatigue, resilience, and fall risk.
We hope you can join us for one or both of these seminars and be part of the discussion!