Holistic Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine

Our body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. Buddha

My training with Dr. Alberto Villoldo at the Four Winds Academy involved certification in holistic nutrition and a deep familiarization with the extensive research coming out that shows enormous links between gut health and mental health.

When I first entered the mental health professions in 2013, it was considered outside of a therapists purview to discuss nutrition or lifestyle factors in therapy. However, the body of research that has come out in recent years powerfully demonstrating the connections between intentional movement/exercise and mental health, and also the links between gut health and nutrition and mental health, are actually causing shifts in the precedents of the Western mental health field as we speak.

The new precedent is that it is within a psychotherapist's purview to discuss nutrition and lifestyle factors with their client if they have gone out of their way to receive training in the latest findings on the links to mental health. And I have gone out of my way to receive that training.

I only bring in lifestyle and nutrition factors when clients explicitly express interest in it. And this can work very holistically and beautifully with preparation for Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Book a free call to learn more.