6 CE Virtual Workshop!
In this 4-week workshop, you will learn about anti-inflammatory, functional nutrition and nervous system programming to heal the gut, balance blood sugar, and promote liver detoxification.
Elyse D. Schunkewitz, LCSW is a holistic & functional psychotherapist and neuro performance coach. With a background as a clinician in the Bellevue Hospital psychiatric emergency room and personal experience overcoming burnout and medication reliance, she pioneers holistic psychotherapy informed by functional neuroscience & medicine, somatic therapies, nutrition, psychology, and fitness. Elyse works with passionate go-getters and motivated high achievers to effectively shift mindsets, overcome obstacles, create better habits, increase focus, and reduce anxiety. She trains other mental health clinicians in how to integrate brain and body-based modalities into lifelong mental wellness. She’s taught to the U.S. Air Force, the NYC Dept. of Education, as well as to numerous clinical practices and universities across the country.
Dr. Sarah Khan, PhD, is an Integrative and Functional Nutritionist dedicated to helping individuals uncover the root causes of their health challenges and reclaim balance through personalized nutrition and lifestyle interventions. Drawing from both scientific research and holistic practices, she specializes in supporting clients with autoimmune conditions, gut health issues, hormonal imbalances, and chronic fatigue.
This presentation is appropriate for: clinical professionals, psychologists, therapists, counselors, and social workers.
OBJECTIVES: After this workshop, you will be able to:
1. Explain how chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation drive inflammation and affect mood, blood sugar, and gut health.
2. Apply at least three anti-inflammatory nutrition strategies to stabilize blood sugar and support consistent energy.
3. Practice and demonstrate multiple nervous system regulation techniques (somatic movement, vagus nerve activation) to shift out of fight-or-flight.
4. Identify their personal root contributors to inflammation (stress patterns, blood sugar fluctuations, emotional triggers).
SCHEDULE: Thursdays in 2026: Jan 15th , Jan 22nd , Jan 29th , and Feb 5th
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST
Week 1 — Understanding Stress-Inflammation Cycle & Blood Sugar
Theme: How chronic stress + nervous system dysregulation drive inflammation, gut issues, hormone imbalance & mental health symptoms.
6:00 – 6:10 | Arrival + grounding + orientation
6:10 – 6:38 | Education: Stress physiology, HPA axis, CRP, cytokines, blood sugar & inflammation
6:38 – 6:58 | Mental health & Inflammation
6:58 – 7:12 | Somatic practice: Tai chi
7:12 – 7:25 | Anti-inflammatory anchors for the week
7:25 – 7:30 | Q&A + close
Weekly Focus: Awareness + baseline + stabilizing the nervous system
Week 2 — Gut Health & Inflammation
Theme: Stabilizing glucose + gut function to reduce inflammation, anxiety, cravings & fatigue.
6:00 – 6:08 | Check-in + gentle regulation
6:08 – 6:28 | What is the gut?
6:28 – 6:48 | Food strategies for gut health
6:48 – 7:05 | Mental health: Emotional eating + stress-eating cycles
7:05 – 7:20 | Vagus nerve activation
7:20 – 7:30 | Integration + Q&A
Weekly Focus: Stabilization + consistency + microbiome support
Week 3 — Autoimmunity & Inflammation Expression
Theme: How chronic inflammation expresses through the thyroid, skin, joints, hormones & immune dysregulation.
6:00 – 6:12 | Education: Autoimmunity root causes
6:12 – 6:37 | Key lab markers for diagnostic purposes
6:37 – 6:55 | Mental health: Hypervigilance, people-pleasing, sitting with discomfort
6:55 – 7:10 | Sitting with Discomfort
7:10 – 7:23 | Nutrition + supplement support + lifestyle practices
7:23 – 7:30 | Q&A + reflection
Weekly Focus: Regulation + immune calming + emotional resilience
Week 4 — Liver Detox, Oxidative Stress Reduction, & Stored Stress
Theme: Supporting detoxification, liver health & creating a sustainable anti-inflammatory identity.
6:00 – 6:15 | Yin-based body scan + emotional awareness
6:15 – 6:35 | Education: Liver, detox phases, oxidative stress
6:35 – 6:55 | Mental health: Emotions in the body
6:55 – 7:10 | Tai Chi/lymphatic flow + discharge
7:10 – 7:22 | Anti-inflammatory blueprint + reintroduction roadmap
7:22 – 7:30 | Commitments + future self integration
Weekly Focus: Release + empowerment + longevity
LOCATION:
Virtual: Sign up for course HERE
COST:
$400 for the course which includes the certificate for 6 CE’s.
Cancellations and Refunds/ Missed Time
Partial credits will not be given. You must participate in the entirety of the workshop.
GRIEVENCE POLICY:
We take your feedback seriously. For grievances, questions or concerns, please contact Heather Claibourn, LCSW, CE coordinator at Heather@ShinePsychotherapy.org.
CERTIFICATES:
Upon completion of the workshop and evaluation, certificates will be issued via email.
PROVIDER STATEMENTS:
SOCIAL WORK: Jumana Grassi LCSW NY# 0556 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the New York State Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers.
ACE: Jumana Grassi, #1721 is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Jumana Grassi maintains responsibility for this course.
ACE provider approval period: 6/14/23-6/14/26. Social Workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.
ADA Accommodations: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact us at least 7 days in advance of the event so that we can ensure accommodations are made.
*There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.