Dr. Neil Nedley's 10 HIT Categories

DARP Program:
​Dr. Nedley's Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program is highly recommended for those seeking to find a way out. His educational program creates awareness, which is the first step to change. The 10 HITS Assessment helps one to know where they can start to be able to make positive and impactful changes.
​For more information about his program go to nedleyhealth.com   
10 HIT Categories
1. Frontal Lobe
2. Lifestyle
3. Circadian Rhythm
4. Nutrition
5. Toxins
6. Social/Grief
7. Addiction
8. Medical Condition
9. Developmental
10. Genetic

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Dr Nedley's Depression & Anxiety Recovery Community Program
​For Afton, Wyoming.
Next Class Begins September 9th, 2024

The DARP is a series of 8 two-hour sessions. The first half of each session includes a pre-recorded presentation given by Dr Nedley while the second part of the session incorporates group discussion, weekly goal setting and added information pertaining to the week's topic.  In this eight week time frame, the ten "hit categories" will be discussed in more detail and will be combined with added helpful information, doable action steps and a peer support group specific to the Star Valley area. I will also be providing 2 bonus classes for this area. This program is meant for those who are looking to understand mental health better whether or not you are suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or addictions this class is for you.
The DARP Community program begins January 4th and runs until March 7th once a week every Thursday evening from 6 - 8 pm and will be shared via Zoom Conferencing. The cost is per family as long as you are all willing to share the materials (workbook etc...) Age appropriateness is approximately 12 and older.
This 10 week program includes the following classes:
  1. How to Improve your Brain
  2. Lifestyle Therapies for Depression and Anxiety
  3. Nutrition for the Brain
  4. How Thinking Can Defeat Depression and Anxiety
  5. How Changing Your Thinking Can Combat Stress
  6. Enhancing Frontal Lobe Function and Overcoming Addiction
  7. Finding Purpose After Loss or Trauma
  8. Making and Staying With Lifestyle Choices
​​I will be adding two bonus classes to this program including The Brain and Its Functions the first week of class, as well as the Power To Change Introductory Course the last week of class.
Program Cost: $197
DARP 8 week program plus 2 bonus classes
​10 week program
Class Begins September 9th, 2024
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DARP Community Class Details - Afton Wyoming

Bonus Class
Messages from the Brain
Course Code: Brain1
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Brain Anatomy & Memory:
Becoming aware of the brain's anatomy and function has the ability to expand one's understanding of the importance of consuming healthy brain foods, taking part in activities that help strengthen neurological pathways as well as empowering memory mechanisms in the brain. As one comes to understand how the functions of the brain can be disrupted or blocked by certain activities, tools can be initiated to help support, heal and strengthen the brain. A few of these tools create focus and memory retention which strengthen the overall health and vitality of the brain both physically and mentally. Invitations and action steps given in this course will encourage knowing specific anatomy of the brain as well as provide opportunity to apply practices that support memory retention and focus. These practices can be implemented at any age. ​

Session 1 with Dr. Nedley
How to Improve Your Brain
Course Code: DARP 1
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

In learning how to improve the brain, join Dr Nedley in a pre-recorded presentation for the first hour of this session. Discover the signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety, The recovery that is possible, what one can change about themselves, what to expect when they do and individually uncover the areas correlating to the "10 Hit Categories" that, with a little focus, will enhance physical and mental function. The second hour action steps for application in learning how to improve the brain include how to make gratitude a part of everyday life, how to stay hydrated and which exercises are best suited for individual needs. Through these applications one will begin to improve brain function and be benefited by organizing their life more and tracking their daily successes.

Session 2 with Dr. Nedley
Lifestyle Therapies for Depression & Anxiety
Course Code: DARP 2
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Improving depression and anxiety includes certain lifestyle therapies. In the first hour, join Dr Nedley in a pre-recorded presentation on such therapies. These therapies involve learning about the benefits of the outdoors, how to improve individual circadian rhythms and enhance sleep as well as creating a space for specific types of music that will improve frontal lobe function. In the second hour, begin to apply his teachings by practicing good deep breathing techniques, setting the body's light cycle, tuning up the mind for tuning into music and other activities to help improve blood flow. These action steps support one in improving depressive and anxious symptoms, encourage one to organizing their life more and track daily successes.     

Session 3 with Dr. Nedley
Nutrition for the Brain
Course Code: DARP 3
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

With a pre-recorded presentation, Dr Nedley will express how the brain functions best when it is given the nourishment it needs. In this first hour, discover how to enhance the production of important neurotransmitters (particularly serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine) in the brain by becoming aware of the benefits of omega-3, which diet is best for the brain, and how this awareness and application can enhance a healthy 4-step weight loss plan. The second hour invites one to put this awareness into action by creating meals including brain essential ingredients with the given recipes, the invite to search out other recipes to help create a healthy brain snack or meal, understanding and applying the benefits of organizing a space for creative cooking and being able to track daily successes.

Session 4 with Dr. Nedley
How Thinking Can Defeat Depression & Anxiety
Course Code: DARP 4
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

In the first hour, join Dr Nedley in a pre-recorded presentation as he emphasizes the five components of emotional intelligence, the benefit of cognitive behavior therapy for every individual, how to recognize cognitive distortions and how to use cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. Begin practicing and applying cognitive behavioral therapy in the second hour by implementing the four steps of identifying thoughts, correcting thinking errors and becoming aware of negative automatic thinking. Put into action the avoidance of critical speaking while expanding truthful, present and rational thinking. This will be organized to track daily thinking successes. 

Session 5 with Dr. Nedley
How Changing Your Thinking Can Help Combat Stress
Course Code: DARP 5
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Dr Nedley begins the first hour, in his pre-recorded presentation, by creating awareness on how recognizing one's thinking patterns can combat stress. This works as one learns how to identify cognitive distortions, combat stress with CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and how forgiveness improves emotional health and reduces stress. The second hour includes action steps to encourage the correction of thinking errors listed in CBT, the practice of five big short term and long term stress reducers and the organization of tracking daily thinking and stress relief successes.   

Session 6 with Dr. Nedley
Enhancing Frontal Lobe Function & Overcoming Addiction
Course Code: DARP 6
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Becoming aware of important points that enhance frontal lobe function and overcoming addiction can be invaluable. Dr Nedley shares, in the first hour of his pre-recorded presentation, the importance of a well-functioning frontal lobe, the effects of any addiction on the brain and how to overcome addictions by implementing an addiction relapse prevention plan. The second hour will involve lifestyle in action by examining activities to enhance frontal lobe function, practicing the tracking of thoughts that lead to addictive behaviors, implementing four steps to overcoming addictions, choosing new behaviors and creating an addiction relapse prevention recovery plan. These thoughts and ideas will be organized and tracked to celebrate daily successes.

Session 7 with Dr. Nedley
Finding Purpose After Loss & Trauma
Course Code: DARP 7
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Loss is something every individual will experience throughout their life. In the first hour of this session, Dr Nedley shares, in a pre-recorded presentation, the stages of grief, the tasks of mourning that bring healing and the process of healthy grieving. The second half of this session includes the written "Growing From Loss" exercise, discovering ways one can show support to others who are grieving, the practice of how to start a conversation with them and understanding how to relocate the loss to the healthier side of grief.

Session 8 with Dr. Nedley
Making & Staying With Lifestyle Choices
Course Code: DARP 8
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Though one may be in the awareness state, it may still be difficult for them to create the movement of change they desire. In the first hour of this pre-recorded session, Dr Nedley highlights how to move through the stages of change, the benefits of self-control for mental, physical and emotional well-being and the strengths that can develop to be able to experience true mental health. This will precede the implementation of discovering the stages of change applicable to individual understanding and experience, listing positive character strengths, developing worthy goals and ways to track the every day successes.

Bonus Class
Power to Change Intro.
Course Code: HCA
Course Value: 4 STARS Credits 

Understanding what drives one into action becomes an invaluable skill, especially when it is individual and personal. There is an awareness that goes deeper than the appearance of setting goals and creating schedules. It rests at the very core of creating, pursuing and living individual habits. Though a habit may be something that one must perform day in and day out repeatedly, it will, in turn, deliver results of success every time. Discover the secrets of habits and how one can create lifelong shifts by small and simple means, how these habits can be more effectively tied into and beyond goal-making and what allows these shifts last over time. Using the steps to observe, adjust and practice, one will create a set of individualized habits and begin implementing these steps into a personalized daily routine. 

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Dr Nedley's Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program
​For Afton, Wyoming