A major component of a client’s clinical profile is diet, which can greatly influence mental well-being. For example, dietary changes can alleviate anxious and depressive symptoms. But few therapists have any nutrition training and many don’t know where to begin. This book provides an essential introductory primer.

Revolutionise your personal cooking and eating habits for optimal energy, health and emotional well-being. This book of mood-savvy tips, tools and delicious recipes guides you step by step through all the essentials. It features dozens of easy-to-understand graphics, lists and charts to help prioritise choices for maximum benefit.Learn how to: Assess your unique digestive style and nutritional needs and develop the diet that’s right for you. Substitute problem foods, ingredients and habits with healthy, delectable alternatives. Navigate gluten sensitivity and other allergies. Use smarter, healthier food preparation options for busy schedules. Identify common nutritional complications behind depression, anxiety and other mood challenges. Engage family and friends in nutritional change. And much more.This is the essential dietary road map for anyone interested in improved mental well-being. Explore tasty, life-changing ways to eat healthier—and happier!

An herbal guide to support physical, mental, and spiritual health for women and their children at all stages of life--by a healer with over 40 years of experience.Plant medicines are a woman''s ally to achieve optimal health; they bring balance and nourishment to daily life and can reduce or eliminate symptoms of physical and emotional distress. They can also provide alternatives to many pharmaceuticals. This go-to herbal sourcebook gives women the tools to thrive throughout their lives, with remedies using common herbs and plants to support a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Leslie Korn brings over forty years of experience in numerous herbal traditions and healing modalities, offering timeless wisdom in this herbal companion that can be shared with friends and passed down in the family for generations. She offers treatments using common and easy-to-obtain herbs to address sleep disorders, menstrual issues, autoimmune conditions, anxiety, headaches and migraines, stomach issues, fertility issues, postpartum recovery, skin ailments, common discomforts that affect children, and much more.Korn also offers herbal guidance for rites of passage, moments of community, psychoactive herbs, and a protocol for end-of-life care, as well as a comprehensive resources section.

Diet is a crucial component of a client’s clinical profile. Few therapists, however, have any nutritional training, and many don’t know where to begin. This practical guide untangles the complex relationship between what we eat and the way we think, feel and interact with the world.Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health offers the principles and practices necessary to provide your clients with nutritional counselling for improved mood and mental health. Professionals are given tools like nutritional assessment templates for every client’s unique needs and history, as well as diet and supplement recommendations based on diagnosis, psychotropic deprescribing timelines and more.In this thoroughly updated second edition, readers will find new nutrient-dense recipes, the therapeutic benefits of psychobiotics, the influence of nutrition on mitochondrial functions, and updated research on the role of nutrition for mood disorders, anxiety, dementia and other mental health concerns. The book’s phase-based steps will allow clinicians to implement nutritional therapies into any kind of clinical practice, providing your clients with more effective, integrative treatment.

A major component of a client’s clinical profile is diet, which can greatly influence mental well-being. For example, dietary changes can alleviate anxious and depressive symptoms. But few therapists have any nutrition training and many don’t know where to begin. This book provides an essential introductory primer.

Revolutionise your personal cooking and eating habits for optimal energy, health and emotional well-being. This book of mood-savvy tips, tools and delicious recipes guides you step by step through all the essentials. It features dozens of easy-to-understand graphics, lists and charts to help prioritise choices for maximum benefit.Learn how to: Assess your unique digestive style and nutritional needs and develop the diet that’s right for you. Substitute problem foods, ingredients and habits with healthy, delectable alternatives. Navigate gluten sensitivity and other allergies. Use smarter, healthier food preparation options for busy schedules. Identify common nutritional complications behind depression, anxiety and other mood challenges. Engage family and friends in nutritional change. And much more.This is the essential dietary road map for anyone interested in improved mental well-being. Explore tasty, life-changing ways to eat healthier—and happier!

An herbal guide to support physical, mental, and spiritual health for women and their children at all stages of life--by a healer with over 40 years of experience.Plant medicines are a woman''s ally to achieve optimal health; they bring balance and nourishment to daily life and can reduce or eliminate symptoms of physical and emotional distress. They can also provide alternatives to many pharmaceuticals. This go-to herbal sourcebook gives women the tools to thrive throughout their lives, with remedies using common herbs and plants to support a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Leslie Korn brings over forty years of experience in numerous herbal traditions and healing modalities, offering timeless wisdom in this herbal companion that can be shared with friends and passed down in the family for generations. She offers treatments using common and easy-to-obtain herbs to address sleep disorders, menstrual issues, autoimmune conditions, anxiety, headaches and migraines, stomach issues, fertility issues, postpartum recovery, skin ailments, common discomforts that affect children, and much more.Korn also offers herbal guidance for rites of passage, moments of community, psychoactive herbs, and a protocol for end-of-life care, as well as a comprehensive resources section.

Diet is a crucial component of a client’s clinical profile. Few therapists, however, have any nutritional training, and many don’t know where to begin. This practical guide untangles the complex relationship between what we eat and the way we think, feel and interact with the world.Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health offers the principles and practices necessary to provide your clients with nutritional counselling for improved mood and mental health. Professionals are given tools like nutritional assessment templates for every client’s unique needs and history, as well as diet and supplement recommendations based on diagnosis, psychotropic deprescribing timelines and more.In this thoroughly updated second edition, readers will find new nutrient-dense recipes, the therapeutic benefits of psychobiotics, the influence of nutrition on mitochondrial functions, and updated research on the role of nutrition for mood disorders, anxiety, dementia and other mental health concerns. The book’s phase-based steps will allow clinicians to implement nutritional therapies into any kind of clinical practice, providing your clients with more effective, integrative treatment.