Gaps in clinical training and time-constrained care often leave physiology out of mental health decision-making, despite its central role in emotional regulation.
I'm a retired psychotherapist. I always urged my clients to get bloodwork done, and several came back with results indicating that their symptoms were due to very low vitamin D or thyroid. In another case with a couple having issues around painful sex, I urged the woman to see a specialist, and she came back with a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis. Imagine if I had instead worked with the couple on relationship issues!
This shift toward treating anxiey as a signal rather than a pathology is huge. I've seen family members get stuck in that loop where meds mask symptoms but never adress the underlying metabolic or hormonal drivers. The case with the postpartum mom really stuck out to me becuse it showed how normal physological depletion gets mislabeled as just "postpartum blues."
Looking forward to this webinar! I am a therapist (mental health), but previously worked as a health coach. Doctors tend to be ignorant of/ignore the connection between the mind & body, but the same applies to most therapists. I spend a lot of time educating clients on the physiological response we have to stress (acute and chronic), as well as trauma. They find it very helpful, and I show them ways to help their bodies and emotions become more regulated. I often recommend clients read the book Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs (her podcast, The Cure for Chronic Pain, is very good too).
I'm a retired psychotherapist. I always urged my clients to get bloodwork done, and several came back with results indicating that their symptoms were due to very low vitamin D or thyroid. In another case with a couple having issues around painful sex, I urged the woman to see a specialist, and she came back with a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis. Imagine if I had instead worked with the couple on relationship issues!
This shift toward treating anxiey as a signal rather than a pathology is huge. I've seen family members get stuck in that loop where meds mask symptoms but never adress the underlying metabolic or hormonal drivers. The case with the postpartum mom really stuck out to me becuse it showed how normal physological depletion gets mislabeled as just "postpartum blues."
Looking forward to this webinar! I am a therapist (mental health), but previously worked as a health coach. Doctors tend to be ignorant of/ignore the connection between the mind & body, but the same applies to most therapists. I spend a lot of time educating clients on the physiological response we have to stress (acute and chronic), as well as trauma. They find it very helpful, and I show them ways to help their bodies and emotions become more regulated. I often recommend clients read the book Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs (her podcast, The Cure for Chronic Pain, is very good too).
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