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Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, practices integrative medicine for mental health, drawing on more than 45 years of clinical practice, teaching, research, and clinician mentoring. A pioneer in somatic psychotherapy and integrative trauma treatment, she led the early development of somatic therapies for trauma at Harvard Medical School in 1983. Her clinical work focuses on the intersection of trauma and chronic physical illness and includes helping individuals taper from medication. She developed The Brainbow Blueprint, a clinically grounded integrative mental health model that combines neuroscience, nutrition, and mind-body therapies. Her 25 years of working in rural Indigenous Mexico inform her work in cross-cultural medicine, entheogens, ritual, and Indigenous knowledge systems. She has authored ten books, including Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health, Rhythms of Recovery: Integrative Medicine for PTSD and Complex Trauma, and The Brainbow Blueprint. Her recent creative work focuses on writing and directing documentary films.
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CEs: 1.5
Description:
This presentation introduces the BrainBow Blueprint®, a clinical model integrating 18 dimensions of body, mind, and brain health into marriage and family therapy. Emphasis is placed on nonpharmacological approaches that complement psychotherapy for stress, trauma, anxiety, attention, insomnia, and self-regulation in individuals, couples, children, and families. Approaches include specific nutritional interventions using therapeutic foods, targeted nutritional supplements, and herbal medicines, alongside strategies to improve digestion and gut health, regulate circadian rhythms, and incorporate specific breathing techniques, yoga, bodywork, exercise, and hydrotherapy. Brief clinical cases illustrate practical applications, followed by questions and discussion.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Apply integrative health principles to clinical case examples, demonstrating interventions that complement psychotherapy for individuals, couples, children, and families.
Evaluate the clinical applications of at least four nonpharmacological interventions, including nutritional, botanical, and mind-body approaches, for addressing stress, trauma, anxiety, attention difficulties, and insomnia.
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