Empowering Therapists and Counselors to Address the Root Causes of Mental Health Challenges with Functional & Integrative Approaches
Functional and Integrative Medicine is reshaping how we understand mental health—looking beyond symptoms to uncover the biological, nutritional, and lifestyle factors that drive emotional well-being. This Functional Medicine for Therapists Training is designed specifically for therapists, counselors, and other behavioral health professionals who want to bring a more holistic, whole-person approach into their practice.
Join James Greenblatt, MD, and expert Psychiatry Redefined faculty to learn practical strategies for incorporating these approaches into your therapeutic practice, and gain essential knowledge that can positively impact your practice approach, helping you support your clients in a more comprehensive and informed way. You’ll receive expert guidance on collaborating with other clinicians to foster a team-based approach to better client care, and learn strategies to empower clients to find lasting wellness.
Why Integrative & Functional Medicine for Therapists?
Every client’s mental health story is unique. Beyond life experiences and emotional patterns, genetics, nutrition, hormones, inflammation, and environmental stressors can all impact mood, cognition, and resilience. Functional and integrative approaches focus on identifying and addressing these underlying factors to support more personalized and lasting recovery.
Blending traditional therapy with a root-cause approach allows you to:
- Expand your understanding of the biological and nutritional contributors to mental health.
- Incorporate practical, evidence-based strategies like nutrition, lifestyle optimization, and stress management into client care.
- Support your clients with tools that complement therapy, helping them achieve more sustainable progress.
Your clients are seeking comprehensive, modern solutions for mental health. This program will give you the knowledge and confidence to integrate functional and holistic strategies into your practice—enhancing the impact of the work you already do.
START DATE & LIVE SESSIONS: The Fall 2025 training concluded on October 1, 2025. Please stay tuned for details on the next training.
TRAINING FORMAT: Self-paced, online curriculum featuring: five (5) guided lectures, one dedicated online course, three exclusive webinars, and five (5) live sessions with faculty
ENROLLMENT FEE: $249
ACCREDITATION: 3 Continuing Education (CE) Credits
CURRICULUM ACCESS: 6 months of acces
WHO SHOULD ENROLL: This training is specifically designed for a diverse range of professionals in the mental and behavioral health field, such as:
- Psychologists
- Therapists
- Social Workers & Counselors
- Behavioral Health Coaches
- Integrative Health Practitioners
- Health & Wellness Coaches
- Nutrition Specialists & Dietitians
- Other Non-Prescribing Behavioral Health Clinicians
“Every week, I hear from therapists eager to integrate functional medicine into their psychotherapy practices. They want to understand how nutrition, lifestyle changes, and functional lab testing can support clients struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and more. They’re also looking for trusted practitioners they can refer for specialized testing. If you’re ready to expand your therapeutic toolkit and begin your journey into functional medicine for mental health, this intensive—designed specifically for therapists—is for you. I wish it were around when I first started!”
– Josh Friedman, Psy.D, FDN-P, CFMP
Instructor / Faculty Member
The Psychiatry Redefined
Functional & Integrative Medicine for Therapists Intensive Training
Join James Greenblatt, MD, and expert faculty to examine effective functional and integrative medical approaches for whole-person health that move away from traditional symptom classification and medicated approaches. You’ll explore effective techniques for enhancing sleep hygiene and lifestyle interventions that can complement your current therapeutic practice. Most importantly, this program will empower you, patients, and entire care teams on how to make better-informed decisions about whole-body health, and the impact on mental health.
What’s Included in the Training
- Live Sessions with Faculty: Join faculty for 5 live discussion sessions to examine curriculum, key topics, practice strategies, helpful tools, and real patient cases.
- 9 Hours of Clinician-Led Curriculum: Discover curriculum on wide-ranging functional and integrative medicine research, new applications, and effective treatments
- Guided Lectures: Enhance your ability to address client needs with 5 guided lectures on foundational topics—plus, the online course, The Amuse System: Utilizing Laughter in Therapy by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
- 3 CE Credits: Master new skills and gain effective client protocols while you gain 3 Continuing Education (CE) credits
- Special Webinars: Access four exclusive webinars by Dr. Greenblatt: Supplements for Happiness & Health: OPCs (Part 1) and Nutritional Lithium (Part 2); Functional Medicine for Aggression, Irritability & Disruptive Behavior Disorders; and ADHD & Eating Disorders in Females.
- Self-Paced Study: Learn at your own pace with online curriculum and ongoing faculty support
Is this Functional Medicine Training Right for You?
- Are you a mental health provider who works in a therapeutic setting?
- Are you seeking to move beyond symptom suppression, and offer your clients real, lasting recovery?
- Do you feel that “one size fits all” mental health care doesn’t work for you or your clients?
- Do you wish to transform your practice and expand your therapeutic toolbox with the most effective and cutting-edge interventions available for mental health?
If so, this training is for you! Join us to redefine the treatment of mental illness and offer new hope for recovery.
“It’s been amazing to have live access to Dr. Greenblatt and faculty… it makes such a difference to review tough case questions and functional labs together. There’s nothing else out there like this, with total emphasis on the real-life clinical applications of functional medicine for mental health. As a Certified Nutrition Specialist with a focus on nutrition for mental health, it means a lot to me to have this kind of support from a seasoned expert.”
– Jill Sheppard Davenport, MS, MPP, CNS, LDN
Functional & Integrative Medicine for Therapists Training Basics
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
Gain an foundational understanding of functional and nutritional medicine for mental health; learn how to enhance client recovery with personalized, diagnostic insights, and how to improve therapeutic outcomes with biological, root-cause strategies; how to improve sleep, reduce stress, utilize nutritional interventions, and incorporate integrative lifestyle strategies into client care.
ELIGIBILITY
Social workers, counselors, behavioral health coaches, nutritional experts, integrative health practitioners, and other non-prescribing behavioral health clinicians
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Combined live and recorded instruction; 5 hours of live clinical discussions and 9 hours of self-paced curriculum, accessible from any device
FACULTY MENTORING
Yes; 5 hours of direct mentorship from faculty during live sessions
ACCREDITATION
3.0 CE credits
TUITION & ACCESS
$249 tuition fee with 6 months of access to all curriculum
ENROLLMENT
Enrollment is now closed. The Fall 2025 training concluded on October 1, 2025. Please stay tuned for details on the next training.
How Can Integrative and Functional Medicine Help Therapists & Counselors?
- Apply Integrated Wellness Protocols: Implement evidence-based strategies that combine lifestyle changes, stress management, sleep, and nutritional support to enhance therapeutic outcomes.
- Develop Personalized Strategies: Use diagnostic insights to create tailored, science-backed treatment plans that address the unique needs of each client.
- Address the Whole Person: Focus on supporting clients comprehensively, considering all aspects of their physical and emotional well-being, rather than just isolated symptoms.
- Support Your Clients with Root Cause Recovery: Develop therapeutic approaches that prioritize understanding the biological and root causes of mental health challenges. Collaborate with clients’ clinical teams to monitor and report symptoms in real-time, ensuring comprehensive care.
- Incorporate Holistic Assessments: Integrate objective assessments of lifestyle factors, nutrition, and well-being into your therapeutic evaluations.
- Build Confidence in Modern Practices: Feel empowered and informed as you contribute to evolving approaches in mental health care, embracing a holistic model of treatment.
Clinical Mentoring & Support
Join Psychiatry Redefined faculty for 5 live clinical sessions to walk you through each week of the training. Sessions are designed for collaborative case discussions with faculty and peers, where you can exchange clinical insights, review practice tools, and navigate challenging, real-world cases. Each discussion is led with practical application in mind, focusing on clinical concepts to ensure that the knowledge you gain can be immediately implemented with your clients.
Sessions & Topics
Introduction to Functional Medicine & Integrating into Practice with James Greenblatt, MD
Explore the foundational principles of integrative and functional medicine and their relevance to therapeutic practice. Learn how to incorporate a holistic approach to treatment that considers the mind-body connection.
Building Referral Relationships and Collaborating with Medical Professionals with Holly Harmon, LICSW
Comprehensive care and a coordinated team is essential for patient well-being. Join Holly for a session where you’ll gain expert guidance on collaborating with other clinicians to foster a team-based approach to better client care.
Core Labs and Specialty Testing with Jaquel Patterson, ND
Gain practical knowledge and a thorough understanding of core labs and specialty tests to run with clients. Learn about key deficiencies and imbalances that can be addressed without medication, and how to improve treatment approaches with targeted, data-informed results
Lifestyle & Nutritional Foundations for Mental Health with Josh Friedman, Psy.D, CFMP, FDN-P
Join Josh Friedman to examine integrative strategies for enhancing private therapy practices. This session covers practical approaches to support clients in managing lifestyle factors such as nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress.
Integrating Functional Medicine into Practice / Final Q&A with faculty
Join faculty for the final live session to review case studies with detailed examples and tools for client education (handouts on diet, lifestyle, stress, sleep, etc). Faculty will help you create a roadmap for incorporating functional medicine principles into behavioral therapy, and developing strategies for educating clients and tracking progress.
Self-Paced Training Curriculum
Guided Lectures
- Module 1: Introduction to Functional Medicine for Therapists (James Greenblatt, MD)
- Module 2: Core Labs and Functional Ranges for Psych Patients (Jaquel Patterson, ND)
- Module 3: Lifestyle and Nutritional Foundations for Mental Health (Josh Friedman, Psy.D, CFMP, FDN-P)
- Module 4: Building Referral Relationships and Collaborating with Medical Professionals (Holly Harmon, LICSW)
- Module 5: Specialty Testing and Direct-to-Consumer Resources (Jaquel Patterson, ND)
The Amuse System: Utilizing Laughter in Therapy
An online course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
In this course Dr. Carson will discuss the genetics and neuroscientific foundations of laughter, the therapeutic benefits of laughter, and how it restructures neurological pathways, especially for clients with depression and eating disorders. You’ll discover how to work with clients on developing a sense of humor, and bring laughter into therapy sessions with a “humor kit” to generate humor for therapeutic benefits.
What You’ll Gain from This Functional Medicine Training:
- A foundational understanding of functional and nutritional medicine for mental health, tailored for behavioral health professionals.
- Practical insights into the role of gut health, inflammation, micronutrient deficiencies, and lifestyle factors in mood and cognition.
- Tools to bridge therapy and integrative care, creating a more holistic approach that supports your clients’ mental and physical well-being.
Clinician-Led Education & Guidance
Discover a wealth of research-backed instruction developed and led by Dr. James Greenblatt and Psychiatry Redefined faculty, a team with decades of clinical experience in therapy and functional medicine.
James Greenblatt, MD
A pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, James M. Greenblatt, MD, has treated patients since 1988. After receiving his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Greenblatt currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA for nearly 20 years, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine.
An acknowledged integrative medicine expert, educator, and author, Dr. Greenblatt has lectured internationally on the scientific evidence for nutritional interventions in psychiatry and mental illness. Through three decades of practice and research, Dr. Greenblatt is a leading contributor to helping physicians and patients understand the role of personalized medicine for mental illness.
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He is the author of eight books, including the best-seller, Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD. His updated edition of Answers to Anorexia was released in October 2021 and his newest book, Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal is available now.
Dr. Greenblatt is the founder of Psychiatry Redefined, an educational platform dedicated to the personalized, evidence-based treatment of mental health. Psychiatry Redefined offers continuing online education, CME-approved courses, webinars, and a professional Fellowship in functional and integrative medicine for mental illness. To learn more, please visit www.JamesGreenblattMD.com.
Josh Friedman, Psy.D, CFMP, FDN-P
Dr. Josh Friedman earned his doctorate in Psychology from New York University and did post-doctoral training in Psychoanalysis from the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology (TRISP) in New York City. To enhance his effectiveness in helping people heal and grow, he became certified as a Holistic Health Counselor at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York and went on to earn a Diploma of Comprehensive Nutrition (Dip.CN) from Huntington College of Health Sciences. He has been lead to go deeper into the biochemistry of mental health by becoming a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, and studying with mental health nutrition greats such as Julia Ross, MA, Dr. Charles Gant, MD, and Dr. William Walsh, Ph.D.
Dr. Josh has an Integrative Psychotherapy practice in Omaha, Nebraska and has a web based mental health functional medicine practice called Alternative Mental Health Solution to help people find and fix the ROOT causes of their mental health struggles.
Holly Harmon, LICSW
Holly Harmon, LICSW is a therapist and founder of the private practice Mindful Body Therapy and Wellness, located in Andover, MA. Holly has been working in the treatment of eating disorders for 19 years and utilizes an integrative approach to the clients she sees. Holly combines talk therapy, yoga, analysis of symptoms and clinical collaboration to treat each individual client with unique care. Holly is 2005 graduate of University of Massachusetts – Lowell with a Bachelors in Psychology and 2009 graduate of Boston University where she obtained her Masters in Social Work.
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Holly began her professional career at Walden Behavioral Care as a mental health counselor working at in-patient, partial and residential levels of care. Holly remained at Walden for 5 years before she shifted to the role of Director of Education and Outreach at the Multi-service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA). While at MEDA, Holly would present and train at colleges, universities and clinical practices throughout New England. Holly enjoyed being able to combine her clinical training with educating children, adolescents and adults. In 2010 Holly began working for Dr. Greenblatt at his private practice, Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, and went on to be the Clinical Director for several years before opening her own practice in 2016.
Holly is a registered yoga instructor and trained in EMDR. Holly’s biggest passions are her two sons, Travis and Evan. Through motherhood Holly has learned more about herself and how she applies an integrative approach in her life and the way she guides clients to finding fulfillment with where they are and what they want for their future.
Jaquel Patterson, ND
Dr. Jaquel Patterson is a nationally recognized naturopathic physician, sought-after speaker, success coach, 3x Amazon best-selling author, and Forbes contributor. She is the medical director and founder of Fairfield Family Health and has over 15 years of clinical experience with expertise in Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, autoimmune conditions, integrative psychiatry, ADD/ADHD, PANS/PANDAS, allergies and environmental medicine. In addition to seeing patients and running the medical practice, Dr. Patterson is a sought-after speaker, presenting nationally and published in places like USA Today, New York Magazine, Forbes, CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC.
She is the Past President for the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and currently serves on the board of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and Connecticut Association of Naturopathic Physicians. She is a certified practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and has completed a fellowship in functional medicine for psychiatry and ADD/ADHD. In addition to her naturopathic medical degree, she has her MBA in Healthcare Management from Quinnipiac University and has her undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Enroll today to elevate your therapeutic practice with advanced integrative and functional medicine protocols.
Tuition Details:
Only $249
This training is designed as a professional, clinical training for clinicians, but patients and families are welcome to enroll. Enrollment grants 6 months of access to all training curriculum (from program start date). Training program commences with the first live session. The Fall 2025 training concluded on October 1, 2025; details on the next training coming soon. All refunds must be requested within seven (7) days of enrollment. In order to qualify for a refund, learners must have progressed through less than 10% of the educational content in question. All refunds will be processed minus a 10% transaction fee. Questions? Please email education@psychiatryredefined.org.
