from the Bridge Academy of Innovative Mental Health
Supporting the Fertility Journey of Your Clients
3-Module Webinar
For clinicians working with those undergoing fertility treatment or experiencing fertility struggles, this course provides a depth of information essential for better understanding and meeting your clients where they are within your scope of practice as a mental health professional. This three-module course focuses on terminology, reproductive function, potential causes of fertility struggles, and understanding each step of the fertility treatment process.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
This program provides 4.75 hours of continuing education units​
-- Approval NASW-KY 050522. NASW-KY is an approved provider for social work credits through the KBSW.
-- Approved Provider for Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists.
-- Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors states (201 KAR 36:030 Section 2) that programs authorized by bodies (NASW state) are acceptable forms of CEU.
-- Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Board states (839 IAC 1-6-2) that programs approved by authorized bodies (NASW state) are acceptable forms of CEU.
-- Approved provider #50-33522 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.
-- Accepted by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.
This three-module course will focus on terminology, reproductive function, potential causes of fertility struggles, and fertility treatment. In Cycle Science, we will break down the menstrual cycle, hormones, and the organs involved. In Fertility Foes, we will discuss many potential causes of fertility struggles including lifestyle factors, physical factors, hormonal factors, male factor, and complex conditions. And in Now What we will explore the world of Western fertility treatment including testing for both men and women, as well as treatment interventions from medicated cycles, to IUI, to IVF and donor.
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the phases of the menstrual cycle.
2. Learn how to chart and interpret the basics of a menstrual cycle using primary and secondary fertility signs.
3. Develop an understanding of lifestyle factors that impact fertility.
4. Learn hormonal factors that can impact fertility.
5. Understand physical factors that impact fertility.
6. Grasp the complex conditions of endometriosis, PCOS and autoimmune infertility.
7. Know the testing involved in both male and female fertility workups.
8. Acquire knowledge of the Western medical treatments for infertility.
9. Know when you need to refer your client for more support.
Contents
-- Getting Started
-- Cycle Science
-- Fertility Foes
-- Now What - Western Medical Treatments
-- Finishing Up
Shelby VanCleve
MAOM., L.Ac., FABORM
As Clinical Director at Common Ground Wellness, I am honored to offer Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine as amazing tools with centuries of empirical evidence for healing and self-development to my community in Louisville and beyond. My training in Functional Medicine provides a modern lens that further deepens the resources available for real transformation and self-empowerment. Using the combination of thorough health history, diagnostic assessment, and compassionate touch I guide patients on their path to wellness and coach them on ways to live more aligned, intentional, and ease-filled lives. I was fortunate enough to find Chinese Medicine at a young age. I began meditating at age fifteen, started doing yoga at eighteen, and delved into Eastern philosophy with the intention to become an acupuncturist at age twenty. This early exposure to alternative health endowed me with a discerning mind and breadth of experience that I now offer to my patients as they seek true wellness. My undergraduate studies in Eastern philosophy, Western Medicine, and nutrition at Indiana University paved the way for my Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, one of the leading acupuncture schools in the county with research funding through the National Institute of Health. My Fellowship with the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine brings fertility expertise to my patients seeking assistance with getting pregnant and maintaining healthy pregnancies, an issue I am incredibly passionate about. As a Holistic Fertility Specialist and Certified Women’s Integrative Medicine Institute Practitioner, I offer highly customized and effective solutions to hormonal, digestive, and emotional struggles via one on one coaching. I currently reside in The Highlands neighborhood of Louisville Kentucky with my tech-savvy husband, my soon-to-be engineering college student son, my extroverted creative elementary school daughter, Timber the One-eyed Dog, and Juniper the Adventure Kitty. We own a travel trailer and camp all over the country as often as we can because communing with nature has always been the way I nourish myself most deeply. I am also a vegetable and herb gardener, an avid supporter of local farmer’s markets, a fairly good cook, a voracious reader of fiction, and prioritize authentic communication and deep conversation.
A note on pronouns and terminologies used in this course
This courses uses 'women' to signify people with uteri who menstruate.
'Men' is used to signify people with peni who produce sperm.
This is not meant to be exclusive in any way.