16 Diet courses in Potters Bar

The YMCA qualifications support every learner, whether they are taking their first steps into fitness or simply wish to boost their skills.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW This award is suitable for learners of all ages, who wish to gain knowledge in diet and nutrition for their own use, as well as learners who wish to enhance the role they already have in the fitness industry. Learners will cover: • Structure and function of the digestive system • The glycaemic index • The role of cholesterol, macro nutrients and micro nutrients • Guidelines for a healthy, balanced diet • Obesity and weight management STRUCTURE: Mandatory units: • Diet and Nutrition for Healthy Living • Food Groups and Digestion Progression Routes: • YMCA Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing • YMCA Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Physical Activity Entry Requirements: None -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DURATION 50 Hours WHATS INCLUDED Course Material Case Study Experienced Lecturer Refreshments Certificate

Gain the knowledge and skills to assess, manage, and support individuals with dysphagia through our comprehensive "Understanding Dysphagia and Safe Swallowing" course. Learn about its causes, assessment methods, and strategies for safe swallowing.

This course is suited to those who are involved in the planning, provision, and assistance of meals for those in care. It provides a solid insight into the basics of good nutrition as well as providing practical guidance for how to put these into practice within a care setting. Learners will also look briefly at Food Hygiene. This subject forms standard 8 in The Care Certificate.

Enhance your Nutrition and Hydration skills with practical training and expert guidance

On this course we go into far greater detail on understanding the dog’s needs, behaviour, state of mind, language, and improving your leadership skills.

Join Dr Andrew Morrice for a deep dive into what the latest mind-body research tells us about the impact of sleep, the microbiome, nutrition, culinary practices and more on our mental and physical health, and recovery … -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Length: 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A brilliant framework to understand the neurobiology of our needs and how to > manage stress > > DR ALLY JAFFEE, NHS DOCTOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Sleep and sound nutrition are widely recognised to be essential to mental health – this day gives you an opportunity to learn about these two areas in depth, including the role of the Microbiome. A greater understanding of these two areas can be vital in freeing ourselves from the ‘mind-only mindset’ to help us quickly and effectively resolve many of our difficulties in life. Sleep has always been integral to the human givens approach and this course is a chance to catch up on recent advances in understanding and evidence as to which approaches best help with poor sleep. We will explore how sleep allows for the physical recuperation, learning and emotional regulation that are key to improving many mental health problems. The role of food and the microbiome in mental health is seldom part of managing the immediate challenges we face, yet is so important in preventing difficulties, or maintaining recovery, that it is an area in which we can benefit from feeling greater confidence when guiding and advising our clients (or ourselves!). Throughout the day, tutor and GP Andrew Morrice [https://www.humangivens.com/person/dr-andrew-morrice/] draws on the latest research and his decades of experience managing the complex combination of mental and physical health problems in General Practice (20 of those years, using the Human Givens model), to take us on a deep dive into two of the key interfaces between mind and body: sleep and food, and their effects on our health. > Andrew is a most inspiring teacher who is passionate about his subject. > Furthermore, his experience as a doctor was invaluable... > > PSYCHOTHERAPIST / COUNSELLOR WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * The structure of sleep – and the functions of the different stages of sleep, including Non-REM and Slow Wave/Deep sleep * The fundamental conditions required to promote healthy sleep * The challenges of assessing sleep properly both for ourselves and others * The complex relationships between sleep disturbances and depression, anxiety, pain syndromes and fatigue states, plus * Simple organising ideas for navigating all this complexity * What we can do to help resolve sleep difficulties so that we can wake feeling refreshed and emotionally prepared for the next day * The fundamental science of the Microbiome – and its links to inflammation, mental health and physical health * The eating patterns that worsen or help in mental and emotional health * How and why processed foods undermine and confuse our innate guidance systems * An understanding of the many other factors impinging on our ability to ‘forage’ well in the modern ‘food environment’ * The basis on which foods or eating can become addictive, and how this can point to ways to address these difficulties * Why we should consider the implications of the fasting state for our work * How Human Givens tools can help clarify many of the confusions around food * How to spot diet cults, tribes, and misleading claims * Eating patterns we can confidently recommend to support health and wellbeing * A review of how depression can be seen as a mind-body state rather than a ‘mental health disorder’ * You will also have time to ask our expert tutor questions and benefit from group discussions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Programme The ‘The Mind-Body Connection in depth: Movement, Emotion and Calm’ course starts at 9.30am and runs until 4.00pm. * From 8.30am Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am) * 9.30am Microbiome and Diet – Finding our Food: how did this get so complicated and confusing? * 10.45am Discussion over tea/coffee * 11.15am Understanding Processing, Addiction and Tribalism * 12.45pm Lunch (included) * 1.30pm Getting a good night's sleep * 2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee * 3.00pm Sleep, depression and inflammation * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? * The Mind-Body Connection In Depth series is open to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of mental and physical health. * If you previously attended Andrew Morrice’s Mind-Body Connection course, and would like to spend more time on practical applications, the microbiome, the interface between diet and mental health and to thoroughly review the topic of sleep – this course is for you. * Please note: you don’t need to have attended the previous Mind-Body Connection course to come on this one, or its sister course ‘Movement, Emotion and Calm’. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office [https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/] for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

The latest mind body research gives us profound insights into the effects on mental health of 'physical' factors, including breathwork and time in Nature, new ways to improve mental and physical health, and more… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This wide-ranging day will deepen your knowledge of the mind-body system and the impact ‘physical factors’ can have on our emotions, state of mind and memory – with additional ways to help people quickly and effectively… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD: 6 hours * Length: 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A brilliant framework to understand the neurobiology of our needs and how to > manage stress > > DR ALLY JAFFEE, NHS DOCTOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Having a deeper understanding of the latest research into the effects on mental health of ‘physical’ factors – such as movement and exercise, time in Nature, ‘breathwork’ and real-time connection with others – enables us to tailor powerful therapeutic interventions and deliver more informed psycho-education. This jam-packed day also covers the physiology of responses such as ‘freeze, fight or flight’, the effects of physical activity on emotional, mental, memory and brain health, why stress can become chronic, the many ways we can activate our innate capacity to restore calm through our breath and attention, why these relaxation techniques work and what they do for us physically. The findings you will explore on the workshop have implications for many areas of mental health, even addiction, and give us additional ways to help people resolve many difficulties quickly and effectively, as well as improve overall health. The HG approach recognises that meeting our emotional needs and using our resources well are key to good mental health – yet the impact of ‘physical’ factors on our emotions and state of mind can be just as profound. Even though our physical needs may appear obvious – a healthy diet, regular physical exercise etc – we know that most of the chronic diseases sweeping through the Western World are linked to “lifestyle”, indicating that many people are not actually meeting their physical needs in healthy balanced ways – despite the vast array of information available to them. Finding clarity about how best to meet our own physical needs can also help us maintain our capacity to help others. Throughout the day, Dr Andrew Morrice, a practising GP, draws on both the latest research and his decades of experience managing the complex combination of mental and physical health problems in General Practice (20 of those years using the Human Givens model). We will sift the sense from the nonsense, and see the fundamentals behind the buzzwords and trends, making it easier to think clearly about our own health as well as that of our patients or clients… > Really insightful course with an amazing way into practical applications of > the HG concepts... > > ALIYA DRAKE, HG THERAPIST WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * How the now well-known human ‘needs and resources’ relate to our evolutionary past, and physical lives * The many ways physical movement affects the functioning of the mind and our emotions * A deeper look into the physiology of emotional responses, such as ‘fight, flight, freeze’ and their impact on health * Greater knowledge of the fundamentals of how we can find calm – and the very many ways these can be used to help people * New information from the latest mind/body research that has implications for therapeutic lifestyle changes ALSO COVERED: * What is ‘health’? And how do we get it? * Key practices to support your own health, as well as your clients’ * How to avoid the unhelpful psychology and aversive ‘pattern match’ that many of us have when it comes to ‘exercise’ * Whether we can really be addicted to exercise and if so why? * A deeper understanding about the role of “Green Space” in mental health * Increased knowledge of the ways in which physical changes in the body contribute to emotional distress * The many ways in which movement and physical activity are connected with mental health * How thinking and moving, memory and place are inextricably linked * Why stress becomes chronic (long-lasting) * Greater clarity about the role some emotions play in creating physical ill health – and the powerful ways in which other emotional states promote health (including the key role of oxytocin) * The science of the relaxation and oxytocin responses, and how these relate to many types of addiction, including smoking * Organising ideas to understand how 6 different types of relaxation practice relate to each other * A practical exploration of the many ways the relaxation response can be activated through breath and attention – including a new technique for dealing with panic * Why some people may have come to believe that ‘the breathing’ can’t or won’t help them * Summaries of the role of diet and sleep on our health – along with the factors considered today in ‘Therapeutic Lifestyle Change’ * Time to ask our expert tutor questions and benefit from group discussions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Programme The ‘The Mind-Body Connection in depth: Movement, Emotion and Calm’ course starts at 9.30am and runs until 4.00pm. * From 8.30am Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am) * 9.30am What is health and how do we 'get it'? * 10.45am Discussion over tea/coffee * 11.15am The physiology of fear and calm * 12.45pm Lunch (included) * 1.30pm The physiology of rapport (and other topics) * 2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee * 3.00pm Physical domains of mental health * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? * This course is open to anyone interested in mental and/or physical health * If you enjoyed the original 1-day Mind-Body Connection course and would like time to explore in more detail the themes covered in the first half of that course, this new course is for you * Please note:  you don’t need to have attended the previous Mind-Body Connection course to come on this one, or its sister course ‘Food, Mood and Sleep’. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office [https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/] for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

Gain comprehensive knowledge and practical skills for safe and effective bowel care management with our "An Understanding of Bowel Care Techniques" course. Ideal for healthcare professionals seeking to promote patient comfort and prevent complications.

Dispelling several myths, this informative live online event explains why anyone can experience problems around food, the impact of eating difficulties, symptoms to look out for, the importance of early intervention, how best to help and support – and more… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * CPD Certificate: 4 hours * Length: 9.15am – 1.30pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Increasing numbers of people have difficulties around food and eating, but miss out on help because they don’t have a clinical diagnosis – this online training event is designed to increase awareness of the importance of early intervention to provide better support and help with recovery. > Time is of the essence - early support is important An estimated 1.25 million people are affected by eating disorders in the UK – but there are many, many more who may not meet diagnostic criteria or simply don’t get the help they need. Absolutely anyone can be affected by eating difficulties; all ages, all body sizes, all genders, all races, and disordered eating can take many forms. It sits on a spectrum between what might be considered ‘normal eating’ and an eating disorder and may include symptoms and behaviours of eating disorders, but at a lesser frequency or lower level of severity. Eating difficulties don’t just affect the person involved but also their families and friends too, who often feel frightened, confused, and powerless to help. The aim of this live, evidence-based, online training with Jo Baker [https://www.humangivens.com/person/jo-baker/], a highly experienced psychotherapist, is to give you a greater understanding of eating difficulties as well as eating disorders and body image. You’ll explore the signs and symptoms, and the effects they have on an individual as well as developing new skills around effective communication with someone who is struggling. It will dispel some of the myths around eating difficulties and also help you find ways of calming yourself in moments of overwhelm to ensure you can be as supportive and helpful as you’d like to be… THIS COURSE IS RELEVANT TO A RANGE OF DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIOURS INCLUDING: * restrictive eating * compulsive eating * irregular eating * inflexible eating * avoiding a type of food or food group * self-induced vomiting * laxative, diuretic, enema misuse * supplement misuse * clinical eating disorders BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording for 2 weeks after the event to maximise your learning. > Jo has a wealth of information and experience to share... > > LINDA HARRISON WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: * why early support is important * how to react if you think someone is struggling around food – including what not to say and do * the potential physical and psychological harm that disordered eating can cause * the function of food in mental health * the common myths around eating difficulties and problems with food * a greater understanding of eating disorders and subclinical disordered eating behaviours – their signs and symptoms * increased knowledge of the physical impact and social effects of having an eating disorder * new skills around communication – how to approach the subject of eating difficulties or food avoidance * why it is important not to focus on food * a deeper understanding of ‘body image’ and perception and how media and society impact people’s body image and perception * a greater understanding of the male experience of eating difficulties and the unique barriers men may face in accessing treatment * new support and communication skills to offer help to anyone struggling with their mental health, body image and eating disorders * what exercise addiction is, and its relationship to eating difficulties * the impact of gym and diet culture on our mental health, body dissatisfaction and the signs and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia * effective ways to look after yourself – managing stress, anxiety and worry for the household * how and when to seek professional help WHO IS THIS TRAINING SUITABLE FOR * Parents, other family members and/or carers of people who are experiencing eating difficulties – or anyone else interested for personal reasons * Anyone who works with people and needs to know how best to help when someone shares that they are struggling with food * Therapists, counsellors and any other mental health and welfare professionals who want to gain a better understanding of eating difficulties, their symptoms and impact so they can support families with a member who is experiencing eating difficulties. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE PROGRAMME The ‘Understanding Eating Difficulties’ course starts at 9.15am and runs until 1.30pm. * 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting * 9.30am Understanding eating disorders and subclinical disordered eating behaviours * 10.45am Comfort break and discussion * 10.55am Understanding body image, perception and influential narratives * 12.00pm Comfort break and discussion * 12.10pm How to approach eating difficulties and be most helpful * 1.15pm Course ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE This live online CPD training event is an awareness raising course, providing you with evidence-based information, facts and effective communication skills. It does not qualify you to work with eating disorders. If you are an experienced, qualified HG therapist /counsellor who would like to learn more about how we can work therapeutically with people with eating difficulties, problems around food or eating disorders – view our advanced CPD training in-person workshop: Working with Eating Difficulties

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