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Learning Objectives

• Describe how diet, sleep, stress physiology, and nervous-system states interact to influence mood, anxiety, and emotional regulation.
• Recognize common lifestyle patterns seen in clinical practice (skipping meals, high caffeine use, poor sleep, overstimulation) and how they may contribute to mental health symptoms.
• Identify three evidence-based diet and lifestyle strategies that support emotional regulation and nervous-system stability.
• Discuss how to ethically integrate lifestyle-related psychoeducation within the clinician’s professional scope of practice.
• Apply at least two practical tools to support clients in experimenting with sustainable health behavior changes.

Learning Levels

• Beginner and Intermediate, all levels are welcomed

Target Audience

Agenda

Live event Instructor(s)

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  Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R

  Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R, is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Health Coach, and Certified Clinical Anxiety and Trauma Treatment Professional. She is also certified in Brainspotting and trained in EMDR. Erena has twenty-three years of practical and professional experience as an active clinician, teacher, and supervisor. She has worked in a variety of community, psychiatric, in-home, and private practice settings with hundreds of complex cases.

  Erena is a sought-after writer, speaker, and consultant and has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest, Women's Health, and MEL magazine. She has reviewed book proposals for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and is an Advisory Board Member for the CPTSD Foundation. Erena serves as the Founder and Continuing Education Director of EngagedMinds, a national Continuing Education business providing training for Counselors, Social Workers, and Therapists.

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