PANNY Spring Conference Event - Maybe It's Not What Eating Them, Maybe It’s What They’re Eating

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Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Presented by Dr. Taylere M. Markewich, PhD, LP, LMFT

Where: Online via Zoom (After registering, you will receive a Zoom link for the conference.)

Program Overview

All mental health professionals, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, are welcome.

In this two-hour presentation and Q&A session, speaker Dr. Taylere M. Markewich, PhD, LP, LMFT will provide attendees an overview of metabolic psychiatry and how its principles can be utilized by psychologists in their practice. Metabolic psychiatry views metabolic health as a mediating factor in mental health functioning, and metabolic health is impacted by what we eat. Taylere will share the latest research on the types of foods and micronutrients in the modern food environment in the U.S., such as sugar, seed oils, and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) that have been correlated with depression and anxiety disorders, as well as more severe psychiatric diagnosis, such as bipolar I & II, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. She will describe how mental health practitioners, across professions, are using the latest data to update their own treatment protocols and bring into the discussion the relationship between food, inflammation, and emotional regulation in their practices. Information on best practices and available training will also be provided, and the presentation will conclude with a Q&A discussion.

About Dr. Taylere M. Markewich, PhD, LP, LMFT

Dr. Taylere M. Markewich, Ph.D., LP, LMFT is an organizational psychologist and psychotherapist, and member of HVPA and NYSPA. Her work as an executive coach was profiled under her maiden name “Joseph” in the American Psychological Association Monitor Magazine. Taylere holds a B.A. in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University, an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saybrook University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP). She is a New York licensed psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York and California. Taylere also completed a certificate in Ketogenic Diets for Mental Health Clinician Training with Dr. Georgia Ede, MD in 2024. Taylere runs her consulting practice, Insights & Advantage, LLC, and clinical practice from her home office in New Paltz, New York.

The course learning objectives are:

1. Participants will be able to list three food substance variables in the standard American dietthat correlate with psychological conditions, such as depression, anxiety, and bipolardisorder.
2. Participants will be able to identify two ways glucotoxicity, inflammatory cytokines, and oxygen free radicals affect brain functioning and, thereby, psychological functioning.
3. Participants will be able to list two best practice methods for incorporating low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets into patient treatment plans to improve psychological outcomes.

2 CE contact hours available for N.Y. State Licensed Psychologists

PANNY has partnered with the National Register of Health Service Psychologists to offer continuing education contact hours (NYSED) for this course.  The National Register of Health Service Psychologists is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PST-0010.

Feel free to reach out with any further questions to the PANNY Education Chair: Heidi Wright, Psy.D - HeidiRW@drwrightpsychologist.com or PANNY President Tania Khan at taniakhan.phd@gmail.com.