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Discover the Future of Mental Health Care:
A Functional Genomics Approach
Workshop for Health Professionals
WA University Club, July 4 & 5, 2025
Are you ready to transform your practice and help patients like never before? Join us for an immersive workshop designed to empower health professionals with cutting-edge insights into the genetic and environmental factors influencing mental health.
Why Attend?
Mental health care is evolving, and understanding the intersection of genetics and environment is key to improving patient outcomes. At this workshop, you'll gain practical knowledge and tools to address the unique genetic susceptibilities and environmental triggers that drive mental health conditions.
Watch the preview of our previous workshop below
AN INDUSTRY EVENT BY MTHFR SUPPORT
Hosted by Carolyn Ledowsky, Australia’s leading Functional Genomics Practitioner
Carolyn will guide you through the key genomics pathways and how they influence our biochemistry. If you have always wanted to know how to introduce genetic susceptibility into your practice but just don’t know where to start, this workshop if for you. Day 2 will focus on mental health and patient cases.
Whether you are a naturopath, nutritionist, doctor or allied health professional, this event will equip you with cutting-edge techniques and strategies to advance your practice and improve patient outcomes in mental health.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- Identify Genetic Influences: Discover the key neurotransmitter-related SNPs that predispose patients to mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and treatment resistance.
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Methylation Mastery: Understand methylation pathways and their critical role in acute mental health presentations.
- Environmental Triggers: Explore how lifestyle, stress, and environmental exposures impact mood and mental wellbeing.
- Latest Research Insights: Stay ahead with updates on cutting-edge studies in functional genomics and mental health.
- Hands-On Learning: Participate in interactive case studies and workshops to apply what you learn directly to your clinical practice.
Who Should Attend?
This conference is ideal for:
- Medical doctors
- Psychiatrists
- Naturopaths
- Nutritionists
- Psychologists
- Nurses and allied health professionals
- Anyone dedicated to advancing mental health care through personalised, evidence-based approaches
What You’ll Gain:
- New strategies to identify genetic susceptibilities and environmental factors in mental health conditions.
- Confidence in applying genomics-based insights to improve patient outcomes.
- A network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing mental health care.
Key Highlights:
- World-renowned presenter in functional genomics.
- Interactive sessions and real-world applications.
- Networking opportunities with peers and thought leaders.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your expertise and make a profound impact on your patients' lives.
Seats are limited — secure your spot today!
WA University club, JuLY 4 & 5, 2025
2-day interactive workshop for Health Practitioners
Join us to learn the latest genomics research and techniques to support mental health by using functional genomics testing, blood tests and organic acids testing.
Day 1 – Mastering Methylation: Understanding Key Pathways, SNPs, and Environmental Influences
Dive deep into the biochemical underpinnings of mental health by exploring essential methylation cycles and how genetic and environmental factors interact to impact well-being.
- The Folate Pathway: Learn how this critical pathway influences methylation and why its dysfunction can predispose patients to mental health challenges.
- Methyl Blocks Explained: Understand what a methyl block is, its role in acute mental health issues, and effective strategies to address it in clinical practice.
- The Methionine Cycle: Gain insights into this vital process, its connection to neurotransmitter synthesis, and its role in mood regulation.
- CBS Pathway and Inflammation: Explore the impact of the CBS pathway on sulfur metabolism, inflammation, and their cascading effects on mental health.
- Interactive Case Study: Apply your knowledge through a real-world clinical example, analysing and addressing methylation imbalances.
DAY 2: Personalized Mental Health Care: Neurotransmitter Cycles, Medications, and Nutrition
Focus on the practical application of genetic insights to mental health care, with an emphasis on neurotransmitters, medication selection, and nutritional support.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways:
- Serotonin Cycle: Understand how genetic SNPs and environmental factors affect serotonin production and balance.
- Dopamine Cycle: Learn the genetic and biochemical factors that influence dopamine regulation and its role in mental health conditions.
- Medication Insights:
- Learn how to identify genetic variations that predict why certain antidepressants may work—or fail—for individual patients.
- Discover strategies to determine the most effective treatments for different types of depression.
- Treatment Resistance: Understand the biochemical and genetic factors contributing to why some individuals don’t respond to traditional therapies.
- Nutritional Support for Medication Management: Learn how to support patients using targeted supplements and nutrients based on their genetic profile to:
- Optimize neurotransmitter function.
- Titrate or safely reduce medication use, where appropriate, for improved long-term outcomes.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Learn The Skills Required to Improve the Health Outcomes of Patients With Autoimmune and Thyroid Conditions... With Functional Genomics
- Learn how to identify key genetic SNP’s that may predispose to mental health issues
- Learn how to identify and address a methyl block that may be the key contributing factor to acute presentations of anxiety and depression
- Learn the key environmental influences to mood disturbances
- Review the latest research and clinical updates on the mechanisms driving these disorders.
- Get hands on experience – participate in interactive sessions and case studies to apply what you learn directly to your practice
- Improve patient outcomes
- Networking opportunities
Discover how to apply your MTHFR learnings to your practice.
A practical, mentored group that focuses on real-world situations and learnings.
“I have a clear plan to assess clients and prioritise the direction of treatment. I feel more confident to put together the consultation information with the genetic and other recommended tests. ”
Louise B.
Have you encountered patients who report lifelong depression with little to no relief from antidepressants?
Or patients whose symptoms worsened after starting SSRIs?
The answers may lie in their genetic susceptibility. Certain neurotransmitter-related genetic SNPs can predispose individuals to deficiencies or excesses in key neurotransmitters, impacting their response to treatment.
Research highlights that environmental factors often act as triggers for mental health conditions, further complicating the picture.
Understanding these genetic and environmental influences is crucial for providing personalised, effective care.
MENTAL HEALTH 2-DAY WORKSHOP
Specialist Speakers
Carolyn Ledowsky
Functional Genomics for Autoimmune and Thyroid Health
Carolyn is the founder of MTHFR Support Australia and The Functional Genomics Institute.
A university-trained health scientist, researcher, naturopath, herbalist, and nutritionist with additional qualifications in genetics at Duke University and the University of Maryland.
For almost two decades, she has dedicated her career to helping chronically ill patients from around the world—individuals who have often searched for years, even decades, to find answers for their ongoing health struggles.
Carolyn now has the the privilege of helping other doctors, naturopaths, and health practitioners incorporate genomics into their practices so they can experience phenomenal patient outcomes and build thriving clinical practices like she has.
Dr Nathan Francis
Dr Nathan Francis graduated from UWA in 1977 (M.B.B.S) and has gained further specialist qualifications in various areas such as Fellow of ACNEM, FRACGP, GRAD.Dip. Nut. Medicine(UNE), FAARM (USA).
Dr Nathan Francis specialises in Integrative Medicine which combines the knowledge and practices of conventional medicine with evidence-based, complementary and nutritional medicine to enable individuals to reach their optimal health potential. Dr Francis dedicates his practices into finding the root cause of a patient’s symptoms by treating the underlying causes.
His specialist interests are:
- Preventative Health and Healthy Aging
- Healthy Lifestyle
- Female hormonal treatment
- Methylation testing with DNA Profiles
- Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
LIMITED EARLY BIRD TICKETS REMAINING
Here is what other practitioners have said after learning from Carolyn in previous workshops and courses...
“I can’t wait to apply what I’ve learned with my clients, I know it was the missing piece in my tool kit. Before doing the mastermind course with Carolyn, I already knew a bit about methylation, but I didn’t feel confident recommending supplements to improve methylation, I was scared of messing things up even more. I’m so glad I did the course with Carolyn. She has a talent for taking complex concepts and making it a lot more simple to grab.”
Genevieve St-Cyr
Nutritionist, A5M Practitioner, Herbalist, Naturopath, Functional RN
Discover how to apply your MTHFR learnings to your practice.
A practical, mentored group that focuses on real-world situations and learnings.
“Completion of the Mastermind mentoring has taken me to another paradigm in managing the complex patients that we all have. Understanding the Methylation Pathways is so important in having this integrated approach, the complexity of patients that we see with mood disorders, chronic fatigues, underlying histamine and oxalate problems and methylation is the core in managing these problems that front us. I cannot help but fully endorse this Mastermind class.”
Dr. Nathan Francis
Nutritionist
“This gave me some new ways to help really complex and sensitive clients. I also gained a much richer perspective on gut health and am excited about some of the new techniques I now have tucked up my sleeve. I’m always looking for new and different ways to approach tricky and stubborn symptoms and I feel that I really got this box ticked.”
Leisa Porteous-Semple
Doctorate of Medicine, MTHFR Practitioner, Certified Health Coach, Certified Body Ecology Coach, Yoga & ThetaHealing Practitioner
“I feel more confident to implement a treatment protocol. Carolyn's vast knowledge and practical approach provide you such a powerful method and expand your clinical expertise. Highly recommended.”
Sachiko Giorgilli
Nutritional Medicine Practitioner
“To understand MTHFR is functional medicine in practice and it is the future kind of medical thinking that will optimize our patients health. The mastermind has given me a very important tool to use in my practice, that will help a lot of my patients as well, with certain chronic, complex and disabling conditions.”
Anne-Jo Kristiansen
Acupuncturist, lecturer and journalist in health-promotion
“My main reason for studying this course was to gain a deeper understanding of how genes impact health. This course ticked all my boxes. I feel more confident, view testing, health history etc through a different lens and have already found more success with complex health conditions. Overall, I loved this course and found the content and experience of Carolyn invaluable. ”
Melanie Sheen
Naturopath and Nutritionist
“Carolyn is brilliant and an excellent educator. She explains complex and complicated concepts in an easy to understand way. She gives you the framework of methylation. She explains where to start and where to go next. Then, she drills down into the major pathways. After I took her class, I felt much more confident about learning the details that she provides in the Methylation and Genomics Institute. I was always intimidated and overwhelmed by methylation and genetic information. Knowing where to start and what to focus on first and then where to go from there was essential. You will get much more out of this program if you have some education and experience as a functional or integrative practitioner under your belt. I felt like I was ready for this information and so excited to continue learning the underlying details and applying this amazing and important information to myself and my clients.”
Carrie Bailey
Functional Nutritionist
2-DAY WORKSHOP
Discover the Future of Mental Health Care: A Functional Genomics Approach.
Workshop for Health Professionals
4-5 JULY 2025
WA University Club
First 25 Bookings Only!
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