Certified Trauma Specialist in Nutrition and Integrated Care

Certified Trauma Specialist in Nutrition and Integrated Care is organized by Arizona Trauma Institute (ATI) and will be held from May 09 - 10, 2024.

Training Description:
This course will help therapists and clinicians to utilize principles of nutritional psychology, the mind-body connection, circadian rhythms and the role of digestion as part of holistic emotional regulation when working with trauma clients. Participants will gain knowledge of how imprints from trauma can trigger widespread physiological changes such as neuroinflammation, blood sugar imbalance, increased gastric permeability and ultimately creating dysregulation in the nervous system and unstable moods. The course will also explore how to assess using worksheets, subjective journaling as well as functional lab testing clients who are experiencing nutritional deficits. Therapeutic interventions such as elimination diets, chrononutrition, sleep and rhythm hygiene, recovery and rituals will be explored in order for the clinician to create an integrative care plan.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to identify physiological imbalance such as oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, blood sugar imbalances as it pertains to trauma.
• Participants will identify common disruption of circadian rhythms (sleep hygiene, disordered eating, fatigue) and implement appropriate lifestyle interventions.
• Participants will learn and incorporate chrono nutritional solutions in their integrative care plans.
• Participants will identify how chronic toxic stress can trigger nutrient deficiencies, immune system dysfunction and dysfunction in the digestive tract.
• Participants will learn symptoms of high cortisol and how to restore balance using nutrition.
• Participants will explore superfoods for mental health and incorporate into integrative care planning.