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Gut Feelings: A Conversation with Chef Katie on the Vital Role the Gut Biome Plays in Wellness, its Crucial Relationship to Mental Health and Recovery

Presented by: Katie Gilligan

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 9:00am-11:00am PST 

The Guidance Center

1301 Pine Avenue Long Beach, CA 90813

Training Room, 2^nd Floor

Content

What exactly is the gut biome, and why do food, nutrition, bacteria, mindful eating, a colorful plate, or the large and small intestines have anything to do with mental health or behavioral treatment? If it’s so vital, then why don’t we know much about it or consider it as part of holistic care on a daily basis? Where do we begin to have a digestible (pun intended) dialogue with kids and families (especially those in underserved communities or food-sensitive demographics)? Enjoy a few hours with Chef Katie for a smörgåsbord of practicalities about the crucial importance of how what we eat affects how we think, feel, act and behave.

After this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the role the gut biome plays in wellness.
2. Describe food-sensitive demographics and its impact on behavioral health.
3. Identify strategies that may be used to integrate nutritional wellness as a part of  comprehensive care for youth.

Who should attend:

Licensed psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and clinical social workers who want to increase their knowledge of the mind-body connection and the relationship between nutrition and stress. Unlicensed mental health professionals and trainees are also welcome to attend though program content will be at the intermediate postdoctoral/post-licensure level.

About the Presenter

Katie Gilligan has been a nutritional chef for the past decade; trained by a renowned vegan chef in Southern California, and a certified Nutritional Health Coach with the NYC-based Institute of Integrative Nutrition. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Katie spent early years on the East Coast and in New York City, and then migrated to Southern Cali where she works with private clients and wellness companies and now facilitates a nutritional culinary program at a mental health and recovery treatment center. She happily flies to all sorts of destinations with families, corporations and individuals to help them fulfill their on-the-go wellness-oriented culinary needs. More recently, she completed the internationally-regarded Life Transformation Program at Hippocrates Health Institute, a raw, vegan holistic educational organization and healing center. Katie is wildly passionate about assisting her clients achieve harmony with their body, mind, and lives...beginning with gut nourishment and understanding. She works with teens, adults, and immune-compromised individuals who are navigating nutrition independence as the result of personal goals or medical changes in their lives. Katie and her wife live in Long Beach with a fluffy golden retriever and two rescue pit bulls, and most recently a cat found in a car engine...plus all the other outdoor creatures who come to snack on the avocado, fig, passion fruit and lime trees in the backyard.

Provider Approval

The Guidance Center is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Guidance Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) accepts programs offered by approved APA sponsors of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers. 

Conflict of Interest

There is no commercial support for this CE program or instructor. There are no known conflicts of interest.

Program Contact

For additional questions regarding this training including the schedule, instructional level, or the refund/cancellation policy, please contact the program administrator, Dr. Amy Bullock-Morse at [email protected].