Live Coaching in Groups,
with Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS:
Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health – Level 3
12 LIVE MEETINGS WITH DR. LESLIE KORN
KNOW YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT
Advance Your Expertise in Applications of Integrative Medicine and Nutrition
This live, 18-hour course is open to participants who have completed the Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Levels 1 and 2.
We will meet live in small groups of 12 for monthly, 90-minute meetings.
Each meeting addresses advanced methods, interventions, and case reviews. Participants will be provided with journal articles and additional resources.
The teaching format includes live lectures, case reviews, and Q&A.
We will identify and resolve challenges encountered within the current caseload as you apply the Brainbow Blueprint® methods as an Integrative Mental Health Medicine Provider with a particular focus on assessment and testing strategies.
Level: Advanced.
Topics include…
- Clinical measures of psychobiology and psychophysiology
- Enhancing program adherence
- Applications of herbal, nutritional, dietary, somatic, and other approaches in the Brainbow Blueprint®
- Strategies for reducing and eliminating medications
- Matching intervention plans to personality and diagnosis
- Specific protocols for intervention at different stages of readiness and recovery
Know You’re Doing it Right
While I guide you through advanced methods and interventions you will sharpen your confidence in applying them.
Your Live Coaching Includes:
- 18 group contact hours with Dr. Leslie Korn
- Multiple case reviews
- Journal articles to prepare for each session
Frequently Asked Questions
You’re eligible if you have completed:
Advanced Applications of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health – Level 2
Bland, J. S. (2019). What is evidence-based functional medicine in the 21st century? Integrative Medicine, 18(3): 14-18.
Calder, A. E., & Hasler, G. (2023). Towards an understanding of psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 48(1), 104–112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01389-z
Chey, W. D., Hashash, J. G., Manning, L., & Chang, L. (2022). AGA Clinical practice update on the role of diet in irritable bowel syndrome: Expert review. Gastroenterology 162, 1737-1745. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2021.12.248
Dean, O., Giorlando, F., & Berk, M. (2011). N-acetylcysteine in psychiatry: Current therapeutic evidence and potential mechanisms of action. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 36(2), 78-86. DOI: 10.1503/jpn.100057
Giménez-Palomo, A., Dodd, S., Anmella, G., Carvalho, A. F., Scaini, G., Quevedo, J., Pacchiarotti, I., Vieta, E., & Berk, M. (2021). The role of mitochondria in mood disorders: From physiology to pathophysiology and to treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12(546801). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.546801
Green, J. E., Berk, M., Mohebbi, M., Loughman, A., McGuinness, A. J., Castle, D., Chatterton, M. L., Perez, J., Strandwitz, P., Athan, E., Hair, C., Nierenberg, A. A., Cryan, J. F., & Jacka, F. (2023). Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of faecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of major depressive disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221150508
Isaacs, L. L. (2021). Coffee enemas: A narrative review. Alternative Therapies, 27(3), 46-49.
Moncrieff, J., Cooper, R. E., Stockmann, T., Amendola, S., Hengartner, M. P., & Horowitz, M. A. (2022). The serotonin theory of depression: A systematic umbrella review of the evidence. Molecular psychiatry, 10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0
Novak, J. R., Robinson, L. P., & Korn, L. E. (2022). What MFTs should know about nutrition, psychosocial health, and collaborative care with nutrition professionals. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(2), 502–522. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12540
Rao, R. V., Subramaniam, K. G., Gregory, J., Bredesen, A. L., Coward, C., Okada, S., Kelly, L., & Bredesen, D. E. (2023). Rationale for a multi-factorial approach for the reversal of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s Disease and MCI: A review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(2), 1659. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021659
Savulich, G., Hezemans, F. H., van Ghesel Grothe, S., Dafflon, J., Schulten, N., Brühl, A. B., Sahakian, B. J., & Robbins, T. W. (2019). Acute anxiety and autonomic arousal induced by CO2 inhalation impairs prefrontal executive functions in healthy humans. Translational Psychiatry, 9(1), 296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0634-z
1. Discuss the latest research and clinical application of the gut/brain axis and its relationship to anxiety and depression
2. Discuss the role of specific digestive disorders and their comorbidity in mental health
3. Apply the psychedelic readiness assessment to determine appropriate referrals
4. Discuss motivational interviewing to enhance adherence to self-care plans
5. Apply the Brainbow blueprint fillable form to enhance motivation for adherence
6. Discuss 3 protocols for the reduction or elimination of medications
7. Discuss multifactorial influences on cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s
8. Discuss nutritional interventions to reduce the inflammatory process in depression
9. Describe endocannabinoid deficiency syndrome and proposed interventions
10. Describe an integrative approach to addressing addiction to benzodiazepines
11. Explain 3 lifestyle interventions used for medication withdrawal
12. Explain the best practices for irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship to mental health
13. Discuss the role for mental health clinicians in nutritional care and collaboration
14. Demonstrate expertise in the conduct of the Readiness to Taper assessment
15. Explain evidence-based Functional Medicine
16. Discuss the role of mitochondria in mood disorders
17. Describe the evidence for the serotonin theory of depression
18. Discuss the Bohr effect and its relationship to anxiety and breathing exercises
We can schedule one-on-one advanced coaching or clinical supervision sessions. You will get 100% of my time and attention. We’ll meet via Zoom.
Click here to download my process and fee sheet
If you add yourself to the waitlist, you will receive an invitation when the next course starts.
We will meet once a month for 90 minutes on Zoom. There will be 12 meetings, the course lasts for a year.
Because this is an invitation-only, small-group program over 12 months there are no refunds following payment.
You’re advancing your expertise in integrative medicine and nutrition and you want to make sure you’re doing it right…
The Curriculum Covers…
- The Gut-Brain Axis
- Neurotransmitter Theories of Depression
- Prevention and Reversal of Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline
- Amino Acids in Mental Health The Case for NAC
- What MFT’s Should Know About Nutrition
- Psychedelic Medicine and the Brain
- Psychedelic Medicine Readiness Assessment
- Tapering Psychotropics
- The Evidence for Functional Medicine in Mental Health
- Detoxification: What is it and what is it not? The putative role of coffee enemas.
- Mitochondria
- Breathing and the Bohrs Effect
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Your Instructor
Dr. Leslie Korn is a renowned expert in integrative medicine for the treatment of trauma and its physical sequelae including chronic digestive illness, insomnia, pain, substance abuse, diabetes, cognitive decline and “unexplained illnesses.” She has provided over 65,000 hours of clinical care integrating psychotherapy and somatic therapies with nutritional, culinary, and herbal medicine. She completed her training at Harvard Medical School and The Harvard School of Public Health. She is licensed and board certified in 4 clinical disciplines.
She has been a faculty instructor at Harvard in the department of psychiatry and faculty at 2 Naturopathic medical schools. She lived for 25 years in the jungle of Mexico, where she worked alongside indigenous healers and directed a pro bono health center. Her clinical practice focuses on helping clients who are ill by restoring their health and reducing or eliminating medications.
Her mentoring practice focuses on helping clinicians create a successful, integrative medicine, trauma-informed career. Her ethic of compassion and care is informed by feminist values of social justice and her love for dogs.
Licensure: LMHC, MA. Lic #3214, exp. 12/2023; NPI: 1629659636
The Leslie Korn Institute For Integrative Medicine is neither a regulatory nor licensing organization and therefore not sanctioned to certify, license, or otherwise bestow the legal authorization to practice as a nutritionist, physician, or mental health professional.
