Don’t Hate your Guts! Holistic Treatment for Disorders of the Gut/Brain Interaction with Dr. Jennifer Franklin

Why does psychology matter in gut health? Can you use your psychology as a powerful tool to promote healing in your physical body? How can your body and mind help one another to recenter and find peace? MEET DR. JENNIFER FRANKLINhttps://opendoortherapy.com/dr-jennifer-c-franklin (Dr. Jennifer Franklin) is an experiential, relational, somatic, and mindfulness-based psychologist with about twenty years of psychotherapy experience. She has an educational background in mind-body/holistic psychology. Dually licensed in North Carolina and California, Dr. Franklin offers individual and couples therapy, teletherapy, and consultation. Dr. Franklin worked at the UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders and specializes in healing functional medical problems, especially Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction like IBS, along with issues associated with anxiety, panic, interpersonal relationships, attachment, and trauma. She has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, has taught mindfulness/Vipassana meditation, and has been a long-time yoga practitioner. Visit the https://donthateyourguts.com/ (Don't Hate Your Guts) website as well as http://www.opendoortherapy.com/ (Open Door Therapy). Connect with her on https://www.facebook.com/donthateyourguts/ (Facebook), https://twitter.com/drjcfranklin/ (Twitter), and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXIczrfEkzs41lAdkPt4Rw (Youtube). Email her at drfranklin@opendoortherapy.com See also Dr. Franklin's newly launched https://donthateyourguts.com/the-brain-gut-connection-webinar-series-webinars-for-patients/ (Brain-Gut Connection Webinar Series)! IN THIS PODCAST:Why does psychology matter in treating the gut Be aware of your influence Use your body to help your mind Why does psychology matter in treating the gutThe gut-brain axis … the vagus nerve is part of the nervous system that allows your brain and gut … and other digestive organs as well to communicate … there is always this [gut to brain] communication happening in our bodies and