INFINITE NORTH OFFERS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. INTERVENTIONS ARE BUILT ON THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE, WELL-BEING, AND OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE.
Services
Infinite North provides a variety of services related to mental health and professional development. If you have any questions about the support we can provide, contact us immediately.
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Resources
There is plenty of work to do between sessions. Explore the resources below to find new ways to improve your mental and emotional fitness.
Guided Relaxation and Mindfulness
Use these guided exercises to develop controlled breathing, muscle relaxation, and mindfulness. Explore each recording to identify the aspects that are most helpful for you. For additional, alternative, or more in-depth exercises, peruse the extensive selection of Amazon or iTunes.
Headspace
The Headspace App puts mindfulness meditation in the palm of your hand with instructional videos and guided exercises. It’s a science-based, well-built tool for improving your ability to control your attention, nonjudgmentally, in the present moment.
Prana
The Prana Breath app for Android is a simple visual guide for controlled breathing will help you practice slow consistent breathing. The streamline features make it ideal for younger users or anyone looking for some basic tool for structuring their brief relaxation exercises.
Superbetter
Superbetter was developed, as an app and a website, by a video game designer hoping to ‘gamify’ the process of living with mental health issues. For more information, check out our Superbetter blog post
Blog
Need a friendly reminder of what it means to practice gratitude, how to challenge distorted thinking patterns, or why you’ll thrive by pursuing values and accepting difficult emotions? Look no further than the Infinite blog. Some of the best snippets and nuggets of wisdom at your fingertips.
Events
Nutrition for Mental Health
On Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 join us for a two-hour workshop exploring the impact of nutrition on mental health. We will identify practical strategies for applying meaningful dietary changes to better manage emotional distress.
The workshop will be held at Vibe Coworks in Poulsbo.
Workshop facilitator, Dr. Matt Poinsett, earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology, is a licensed mental health counselor and is a certified mental health integrative medicine provider.
The workshop is hosted in collaboration with The Victory and the Struggle Podcast. The registration link will take you to the podcast website and allow you to reserve your spot today for only $40.
- Improve mood and behavior using micro and macronutrients
- Ideas for practical, affordable and individualized diets along with optimal cooking methods and recipes
- Improve understanding by learning to differentiate between a clinical presentation of mental illnesses vs. nutritional and/or hormonal imbalances
- Learn to identify gluten and casein sensitivity with the presentation of depression, psychosis, and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
- Implement evidence-based protocols for nutritional and herbal approaches for mental health issues
- Evaluate how eating patterns may influence mental health by using a food-mood assessment tool
- Learn when psychotropic medications, herbal medicines, and nutrients can be harmful.
- Improve anxiety and depression symptoms with essential fatty acids
- Evaluate the impact of blood sugar and genetic variations on mental health disorders and effective treatment
Check back often you see which workshops and community outreach programs will be available locally. Want to make a suggestion for a seminar, workshop, or event? Click here.
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