Keri Brooks FDN-P, is a leading Functional Medicine Practitioner, Certified Diagnostic Nutritionist, and Women’s Wellness Specialist with over 15 years of experience dedicated to helping individuals reclaim their health and vitality. As a trusted expert, Keri served as the lead Nutritionist in a groundbreaking Functional Medicine study in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic. She also led content development and nutrition support for a local telehealth Mental Health company, where she worked with hundreds of clients and provided direct support to all the mental health providers within the organization.
In her private practice, Keri has guided thousands of individuals in overcoming FLC Syndrome ("Feel Like Crap Syndrome") and chronic digestive issues using a root-cause approach. Her practice integrates advanced lab testing, customized nutritional therapies, whole-food education, and holistic lifestyle coaching, to empower men and women to reclaim their health and step into the most radiant version of themselves.
In addition to her core expertise, Keri holds certifications in Personal Training, Yoga, Intuitive Healing, and Mindfulness Coaching. Beyond her professional achievements, she is a mother of two amazing teenage daughters, and an avid food and outdoor enthusiast dedicated to simplifying healthy living and fostering lives filled with purpose and play.
Michelle Foy LCSW will be moderating the presentation. Understanding the impact of nutrition and physical health on mental health is critical for psychotherapists. In her professional and personal experiences, Michelle has witnessed the benefits of proper screening, psychoeducation, referrals, and support in accessing nutritional services. This presentation will be focused on providing tools to psychotherapists to comprehensively address client’s needs in assessment and treatment by providing base knowledge for understanding the impact of nutrition on client’s symptoms, view nutrition as a coping skill for clients and clinicians alike, and inform on how to identify when referrals may be necessary and which type of professional to refer to.
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Moderator Bio: Michelle L. Foy has been working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California for over 10 years. She is currently working as a Telehealth psychotherapist for Octave Behavioral Health and supervising Associate Social Worker’s through the Conrad Prebys Clinical Supervision Program at San Diego State University. She is a Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician and Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist through Evergreen Certifications.
Michelle started her social work career in community work providing bilingual Spanish/English child abuse prevention services via the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and Comprehensive Assessment and Stabilization Services with foster families, both through the Fred Finch Youth Center. She served as a psychotherapist and Director of Behavioral Health in a community medical center setting at Operation Samahan.
Transitioning to private practice, Michelle practiced psychotherapy through the Office of Kristin Filizetti PhD, Fusion Care Center, and Foresight Mental Health where she treated children and adults in individual therapy.
Michelle graduated with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Master of Social Work from San Diego State University (SDSU). While attending SDSU, Michelle was active in student organizations where she was awarded the School of Social Work Leadership Award.
Activism and community engagement have always been a priority for Michelle and she has served in leadership with the SDSU Social Work Alumni Chapter and is now also serving as the San Diego District Coordinator for the California Society for Clinical Social Work. Other volunteering favorites are the Jornada volunteer rehabilitation clinic at the Hospital Infantile de Las Californias in Tijuana, Mexico and the Latino Social Work Network Tamale Fundraiser for the Barrio Logan Preschool.
Michelle is also a Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant pediatric specialist and is currently treating children ages 0-3 in the Early Start Program with PT in Motion. She has presented the Triple P Program at the WE CAN’T WAIT Conference and California Children Services Grand Rounds. Her hobbies are hiking, ocean sports, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.
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