How does sleep affect mental and emotional well-being from a holistic perspective? What are the common sleep-related issues clients face, and how do these impact their overall health?

MEET Kevin Handley

Kevin Handley is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology in Virginia. His private practice focuses on providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and other evidence-based approaches (CBT, ACT & Positive Psychology) to help people thrive. His coaching, consulting, and continuing education for behavioral health professionals focuses on practice growth, self-care, ethics and risk management, and practical strategies to help improve their clients’ sleep health. As an award-winning professor and a frequent speaker, he often speaks to professional and community groups about sleep, positive psychology, and other topics in the hopes of helping as many people as possible apply psychology to improve their everyday lives.

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The Ethics of Sleep Health: Efficacy, Equity, and Clinician Self-Care on June 27th

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What is healthy sleep? 4:17
• How is insomnia diagnosed? 9:23
• Holistic solutions for better sleep 12:28
• Why is sleep health so important for practitioners? 30:44

• Defining what healthy sleep is on an individual basis
• How much sleep do you need?
• Why is it important to ask clients about their sleep habits?
• Sleep health and mental health

• Focusing on better quality sleep
• What puts you at risk for insomnia?
• Examining the correlation between depression and insomnia

• What factors go into sleep hygiene
• How to make simple changes for better sleep
• The importance of a sleep schedule
• What is the R.I.S.E.U.P method?
• What is the CBT-I Sleep program?

• Modeling sleep health to your clients
• Self-care and ethics for therapists
• How to begin addressing better sleep with your clients

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Why is integration important in clinical practice? What challenges exist in aligning unconventional practices with conventional therapy?

MEET Tina Vitolo

Tina Vitolo, LCSW, is a Doctor of Social Work with almost 20 years of experience. Her doctoral dissertation, focusing on Complementary and Alternative Interventions in clinical social work practice, was published in the Journal of Research on Social Work Practice. In her private practice, Tina integrates Human Design, Crystal Healing, and Intuitive Practices with established clinical theories such as Psychodynamic, Transpersonal Psychology, Existential Humanistic, Jungian, and Person-Centered approaches. Tina also runs The Black Sheep Therapist, where she coaches unconventional therapists on integrating unconventional interventions within an evidence-based framework. Her Innovative Practitioner Accelerator Program offers education and empowerment to therapists seeking to broaden their therapeutic approaches

Find out more at The Black Sheep Guide, connect with Tina on Instagram, and join her FB Group: Black Sheep Therapists: Embracing Unconventional Practices In Mental Health

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What are the limitations of more traditional therapy? 4:12
• Complimentary modalities vs. holistic modalities 9:47
• What are the misconceptions of alternative healing modalities? 25:10

• What is evidence-based Practice?
• What are the 3 components of evidence-based practice?
• The importance of building rapport with your clients

• Aligning with health and healing
• What are the benefits of complementary therapy modalities?
• Providing a safe space for your clients and colleagues
• How can therapists begin to embrace authenticity in their practice?

• Understanding the research that goes into alternative modalities
• Finding research on these modalities
• The importance of knowing your clinical theory
• How to determine which modalities to use with your clients?

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What is Multidimensional Psychiatry and how can this integrative approach to mental health help your overall well-being? How can water healing be brought into your mental health practice to provide physical and spiritual healing?

MEET Elizabeth Nguyen

Elizabeth Nguyen, MD was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who arrived in Honolulu in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology, her MD from Northwestern University, and her Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training at UC Davis. She started her career in community mental health, with specific interests in cross-cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water and the natural world. She is currently in private practice in Davis, CA where she incorporates energy healing into her psychiatry work. She recently published her first novel Aloha Vietnam about a Vietnamese American family navigating cross-cultural issues in mental health treatment and recovery. Of the inspiration behind and the intention for Aloha Vietnam, Elizabeth says: "There is so much trauma and healing in the human ancestral lineages, and water, art, and storytelling help us in becoming whole and natural again."

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Aloha Vietnam

IN THIS PODCAST:

• Multidimensional psychiatry vs. traditional psychiatry 7:23
• What is water healing? 8:40
• Restoring your own water flow 14:10

• Understanding ourselves and our clients as a “whole person”
• Using our own energy for healing

• How does our disconnect with water affect us?
• What is your relationship with water?
• How to restore your connection with water?
• What is your “own body of water?”
• Finding water resources wherever you are

• How does energy work in your body?
• What causes energy stagnation?
• Incorporating movement and what is the “Melt Method?”
• Restoring water flow walkthrough!
• What is Blue Health?

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