Rewiring The Brain After Trauma: A Brain-Based Therapy Approach

Presented by John Arden, Ph.D., ABPP

Monday, November 16, 2015 – Tuesday, November 17, 2015  |  Edmonton, ab

Date & Location

Rewiring The Brain After Trauma: A Brain-Based Therapy Approach

Recent advances in neuroscience have increased our knowledge of how and why people change. Brain-based therapy synthesizes neuroscience, evidence-based treatment, psychotherapy research, and attachment theory into a hybrid therapeutic model. This model helps identify which elements of psychotherapeutic schools are effective and which may be counter-therapeutic. Brain-based therapy envisions the therapeutic process as brain changing as necessary to change mood and behaviour. The model proposes moving beyond the theoretical school paradigm. This training will examine the use of brain-based therapy to enhance outcome with people who have been traumatized. The role that brain function plays in mood, memory and behaviour will be identified, including discussions on the difference between male and female brains, the middle aged brain and how alcohol affects the brain. Using a synthesized model of neuroscience, attachment theory and evidence-based treatment, you will learn how to more effectively treat clients with PTSD. In this workshop you will develop a new way of looking at the therapeutic process enabling you to move beyond the traditional theoretical school approach. You will learn how to use the Brain Based Therapy approach to educate your clients and make the goals of treatment understandable.

Who Should Attend

Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.

Agenda

DAY 1 – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

(9:00am – 4:00pm)

Morning Session I

• Psychotherapy research that are part of a sea change occurring in psychotherapy
• The Demise of Pax Medica
• Evidence-Based Practices & Outcome Management

Morning Session II

• New Developments in Neuroscience that informs and can be part of the dialogue in therapy. Learn how to communicate these finding to enhance therapeutic outcome
• Affect asymmetry, neuroplasticity & neurogenesis
• Social brain networks & the prefrontal cortex
• The fast and slow routes to the amygdala

Lunch Break (lunch not provided)

Afternoon Session I

• The role of diet will be explore with respect to how healthy brains can be enhanced on the one hand and destabilized on the other.
• Amino acids, Essential Fatty Acids & Simple Carbs
• Alcohol & marijuana

Afternoon Session II

• The developing brain through old age
• Temperament & Attachment
• Adolescents, the middle years & the senior years
• The foundational role of memory will be explored
• Implicit memory & Explicit memory

DAY 2 – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

(9:00am – 4:00pm)

Morning Session I

• How stress is reconceptualized
• Allostasis
• Allostatic load affect the brain and psychological functioning
• Brain-Based Therapeutic Approaches for Panic and flashbacks
• The fast and slow track to the amygdala
• Interceptive Exposure

Morning Session II

• The broad area of PTSD will be examined
• Pathphysiology & Dual Processing Theory
• Lunch Break (lunch not provided)

Afternoon Session I

• Simple and Complex PTSD
• Intrusion, Avoidance & Arousal
• EMDR, EFT, the Orienting Response, and the Reconsolidation of Memory

Afternoon Session II

• Brain-Based Therapeutic Approaches for clients with PTSD with depression
• Therapy with depressed clients
• The role of anxiety
• Cytokines and “sickness behavior
• The Effort-Driven Reward System
• The use of mindfulness

Learning Objectives

• Describe the role that attachment plays in the development of affect regulation and recovery from trauma
• Explain why the future of treatment necessitates a dynamic understanding of the brain and a shift away from the medical model
• Describe the relationship between diet and mental health
• Differentiate between implicit and explicit memory and their roles in therapy and recovery from PTSD
• Describe how mindfulness meditation affects the brain and is used in the treatment of anxiety disorders

Your Presenter

John Arden, Ph.D., ABPP

John Arden, Ph.D, ABPP is the author of 15 books, including his most recent, Mind-Brain-Gene: Toward Psychotherapy Integration.   His other books include: Brain2Brain, The Brain Bible, as well as Rewire Your Brain 2.0, and Brain-Based Therapy with Adults and Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents. He previously served as Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in the Northern California region where now over 300 postdoctoral residents and interns are trained each year in 24 medical centers. He has presented seminars in over 30 countries and in all US States.

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Testimonials

“This was the best workshop I have been to. Dr. Arden is so engaging. He makes complex information accessible and available.”
– Alyssa Ryan | Edmonton, AB | November 16 & 17, 2015

“Great use of video to emphasize a concept. Emphasis on amygdala and hippocampus interactions. I have been on the right track working with clients with PTSD and anxiety. The research is reassuring. I liked assimilating the old research. Part of celebrating their research and how we can prove it. His personal experiences were entertaining, thoughtful, and relative.”
– Angie Smith-McMenemy | Oakville, ON | November 5, 2015

 “John was a very engaging speaker.”
– Oakville, ON | November 5, 2015

“Dynamic speaker.  Relevant information. Covered old info (DSMIII) to new techniques and studies (small & large scale). Went to his afternoon lecture – wonderful speaker, a variety of topics, relevant studies, examples and slides.”
– Oakville, ON | November 5, 2015

“Outstanding, engaging, challenging, and useful!”
– Janet Ryan-Newell | Edmonton, AB | November 16 & 17, 2015

“I look forward to reading his books and articles! Great presentations, very satisfied.”
– Oakville, ON | November 5, 2015

“Great speaker – relevant info with great ability to create an understanding and make it useful. John makes understanding neuroplasticity fun and easy to understand and more importantly to apply.”
– Oakville, ON | November 5, 2015

“He was a fantastic speaker who used personal stories, a sense of humour and experience to create a purposeful and live use of information.”
– Edmonton, AB | November 16 & 17, 2015

“I enjoyed the workshop/ conference. It served as confirmation of how to practice my profession. John Arden is extremely knowledgeable and has helped me to connect a number of dots/ gaps in my knowledge regarding cellular level. Excellent, excellent job!”
– Edmonton, AB | November 16 & 17, 2015
 

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