This course is based on Counselor Toolbox Episodes 99, 100 & 101 Preventing Vulnerabilities Sleep, Nutrition and Pain

Objectives:

• Define vulnerabilities
• Identify some of the most common vulnerabilities: sleep disturbances, poor nutrition and pain and discuss how they can negatively impact mental health
• Explore their effects ways to prevent them
• Review the nutritional building blocks for health and wellness
• Examine how these nutrients (or lack thereof) contribute to neurotransmitter balance
• Identify several nutrient dense foods that you can include in your diet
• Explore the effects of pain
• Helping client's understand their pain and exacerbating and mitigating factors
• Medical Interventions for pain
• Nonmedical Interventions for pain