Aging with Wisdom
Integrative Strategies for Mental Health Across Midlife and Beyond
- Speaker:
- Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP, BCTMB
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 01 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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May 14, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150823
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
When symptoms persist despite “doing everything right,” anxiety, depression, and trauma responses often deepen – especially for midlife and older clients navigating hormonal shifts, chronic pain, sleep disruption, and existential stress.
In this training with Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH – a renowned integrative medicine clinician and educator – you’ll gain practical tools to support client well-being while staying clearly within your scope of practice.
You’ll be able to:
- Personalize mind-body and lifestyle-based recommendations for clients over age 45
- Support sleep, energy, and cognition using integrative approaches appropriate for mental health clinicians
- Motivate sustainable lifestyle changes that improve mental and physical health
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Speaker
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP, BCTMB Related seminars and products
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP, BCTMB, is a renowned integrative medicine clinician and educator specializing in the use of nutritional, herbal and culinary medicine for the treatment of trauma and emotional and chronic physical illness. She is known for her dynamism and humor providing clients effective alternatives to psychotropics. She completed her graduate education in the department of psychiatry and public health at Harvard Medical School and her life training in the jungle of Mexico where she lived and worked alongside local healers for over 25 years. She directed a naturopathic medicine and training clinic facilitating health, culinary and fitness retreats. She is licensed and certified in nutritional therapy, mental health counseling, and bodywork (Polarity and Cranial Sacral and medical massage therapies) and is an approved clinical supervisor. She introduced somatic therapies for complex trauma patients in outpatient psychiatry at Harvard Medical school in 1985 and served Acupuncture and faculty at National College of Naturopathic Medicine.
She is the author of the seminal book on the body and complex trauma: Rhythms of Recovery: Integrative Medicine for PTSD and Complex Trauma, 2nd Edition (Routledge, 2012, 2023); The Brainbow Blueprint: A Clinical Guide to Integrative Medicine and Nutrition for Mental Well Being (PESI, 2023), Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health (W.W. Norton, 2016), Eat Right Feel Right: Over 80 Recipes and Tips to Improve Mood, Sleep, Attention & Focus (PESI, 2017); Multicultural Counseling Workbook: Exercises, Worksheets & Games to Build Rapport with Diverse Clients (PESI, 2015); The Good Mood Kitchen (W.W. Norton, 2017); and Natural Woman: Herbal Remedies for Radiant Health at Every Age and Stage of Life (Shambhala, 2019). She was a founder of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, a Fullbright scholar in Herbal Medicine and an NIH-funded scientist, in mind/body medicine. She is an approved clinical supervisor and is the research director at the Center for World Indigenous Studies where she designs culinary and herbal medicine programs with tribal communities engaged in developing integrative medicine programs.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Leslie Korn has employment relationships with Health Alternatives, LLC., Center for World Indigenous Studies, and the Center for Traditional Medicine. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Korn receives royalties as a published author. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Leslie Korn is a member of the Nutritional Therapy Association and Integrative Medicine for the Underserved.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Identify anxiety and disordered breathing patterns in adults over age 45 and use this information to guide personalized, mind-body interventions.
- Determine two herbal medicines and three nutritional supplements with evidence supporting sleep, energy, muscle health, and cognitive functions in adults over age 65.
- Analyze lifestyle-based research on memory and well-being and use evidence-informed strategies to engage clients in sustainable lifestyle changes.
Outline
Understanding Aging-Related Transitions
- Midlife and later-life stressors impacting mental health and physical health
- Anxiety, breathing patterns, sleep disruption, and cognitive concerns
Integrative Strategies Within Clinical Scope
- Nutrition, supplements, herbs, movement, and mid-body approaches
- Personalizing recommendations across aging stages
Clinical Application and Engagement
- Translating research into practice
- Motivating sustainable lifestyle change
- Referrals, limitations of the research, and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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