38287 - Finding Harmony: a Holistic Perspective on Mental Health
Course Overview
This course will dive deep into mental health from a holistic perspective. Students will learn how emotions can be connected to what people eat and drink. And learn how herbs have been utilized to support and encourage focus, ease, joy, and calm. This course is fully immersive and dynamic, as well as intended to be introspective. Come prepared to learn from the teacher, from the group, and from yourself. This is a great course for holistic practitioners, as well as curious learners who are interested in learning more about how to practically implement and encourage focus, ease, joy, and calm in one's life. Students will learn how lifestyle habits can hinder or support mental health. Students will come to understand the influences of both plants and the health of the physical body on human psychology.
Expect to explore historical, cultural, and ancestral relationships to well-being, peace, and mental health, as well as touch on the state of the current mental health system and pharmaceutical industries in the United States. Students will learn what they can do to increase and support the health of specific bodily systems. They will come to understand the connections between those specific systems and human psychology.
What You'll Learn
Students will walk away with new understandings about how supportive protocols such as plants, breath, and movement can be implemented in a myriad of situations for the end result of a quieter, more peaceful mind.Who Should Attend
- Holistic health students and practitioners
- Those who work in counseling and behavioral health
Additional Information
Student has to attend 5 of the 6 sessions to receive a completion certificate. This course is approved with NAADAC for 12 professional contact hours. NAADAC CEU hours are recognized by the NM Counseling and Therapy Board.UNM Tuition Remission
UNM Staff, Faculty, and Retirees: This course is Tuition Remission eligible under Professional Development. For more information, visit the UNM Tuition Remission information page. To see UNM HR's Tuition Remission for eligibility and tax liabilities, click here