Kimberly Davis-Coniglio, MS, RD, CIMHP, LD is a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional. She is equipped to offer integrative nutritional treatment plans and protocols for many conditions, including:
There is a complex relationship between mental and physical health. As a functional nutrition practitioner and a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional, Kimberly can help you in many ways. The following are just a few examples
If you are already on medications, Kimberly will never encourage you to stop them. That is something that only you and your prescribing physician should decide. Many of the protocols can enhance your current medication treatment so you can feel even better while on medication. In some cases clients begin feeling well enough that their prescribing practitioner can adjust medications to a lower dose or help them wean off entirely.
Some examples of integrative and functional treatment:
- Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Anxiety
- Mood Disorders
- ADHD
- OCD
- Bulimia
- Insomnia
- Addictions
There is a complex relationship between mental and physical health. As a functional nutrition practitioner and a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional, Kimberly can help you in many ways. The following are just a few examples
- improving mood & behavior using micro and macronutrients
- nourishing both the brain and gut ("the 2nd brain") with key nutrients
- testing for gluten sensitivity (which can present as depression)
- implement evidence-based protocols for nutritional and herbal approaches for many mental health diagnoses
- help you balance your sleep/wake cycle, which is important in depression, bipolar and PTSD
- assessing the impact of blood sugar and genetic variations (such as MTHFR) on mental health disorders
- implement strategies to decrease inflammation, a major factor in depression, anxiety, bipolar, and ADHD
If you are already on medications, Kimberly will never encourage you to stop them. That is something that only you and your prescribing physician should decide. Many of the protocols can enhance your current medication treatment so you can feel even better while on medication. In some cases clients begin feeling well enough that their prescribing practitioner can adjust medications to a lower dose or help them wean off entirely.
Some examples of integrative and functional treatment:
- ADHD: ensuring there is enough physical activity and the proper types of exercise, checking for food allergies/sensitivities, balancing sleep/wake cycle, stabilizing blood sugar, enhancing gut microbiome, identifying digestive issues, addressing leaky gut, enhancing detoxification, nutritional therapies such as fish oil, certain amino acids, probiotics, Rhodiola tea, and other lifestyle modifications
- Cognitive Function: encouraging balance work to create new neuronal connections, herbs to enhance blood flow to brain, nutritional therapies to support neurogeneration and preventing cognitive decline, prescribing certain types of exercise, assessing for leaky gut or gluten sensitivity
- Seasonal Affective Disorder: regulating circadian rhythm, chrono nutrition, nutritional therapies and herbs, enhancing detoxification, encouraging certain types of exercise and when to exercise, light therapy
- Anxiety: supporting gut function, decreasing dietary stressors, increasing healing foods, nutritional therapies for GABA support, herbs that are effective for anxious depression, physical activity
- Depression: assessing for leaky gut, inflammation, neurotransmitter function, mitochondria health, nutritional therapies such as certain amino acids, adrenal support, herbs to boost mood and increase dopamine, supporting detoxification, physical activity
- Bipolar: MTHFR genetics, stabilizing blood sugar, checking for food allergies/sensitivities, decreasing inflammation, assessing sleep habits and circadian rhythm, core nutrients and herbs, light exposure mid-day
Would you like to work with me?
I offer in-person sessions in my Norman office location or work with clients virtually. Select the "Apply Now" button if you are interested in working together. You will complete a short form and, if I think I can help you, I will send you an invitation to join my practice portal and you can schedule an appointment. I look forward to working with you!
I offer in-person sessions in my Norman office location or work with clients virtually. Select the "Apply Now" button if you are interested in working together. You will complete a short form and, if I think I can help you, I will send you an invitation to join my practice portal and you can schedule an appointment. I look forward to working with you!