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• Archive: Faculty:Melanie GreenbergDuration:12 Hours 10 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Jul 12, 2018 Description This training program will help you master applying neuroscience in your clinical practice - transforming clients' lives and improving your clinical skills.Few trainings can offer you the following taught by skilled trainer and clinician, Melanie Greenberg, PhD:Apply proven brain-based and mindfulness strategies for treating anxiety, GAD, depression, PTSD and help clients handle major life events and chronic stressorsTeach clients stress resilience skills like positive focus, growth mindset, engaging mind and body, and mental toughnessMotivate clients and calm the brain's stress response using the power of neuroplasticityIncrease client engagement by focusing on changing the brain not just reducing symptomsAdvances in neuroscience and health psychology, positive psychology, and mindful self-compassion provide us with new tools to energize, strengthen, and update our approach to therapy.Melanie began incorporating these brain- and strengths-based techniques 5 years ago and they have transformed her practice - making therapy more dynamic and interesting and creating more hopeful, engaged, and empowered clients.When clients understand that they can actually rewire their brains by practicing new ways of thinking and behaving, they feel less stigmatized and stuck and more motivated to tolerate the discomfort in order to change.
• With these new techniques, we can help clients overcome helplessness, avoidance, and rigid negative self-views and instead develop a growth mindset that helps them overcome the constraints of the past and rebuild their inner and outer worlds for increased happiness and success.
• Handouts Manual - Applied Neuroscience for Brain Change (16.30 MB) 161 Pages Available after Purchase Outline Using Neuroscience in Treatment of Stress and TraumaPositives:Science gives authority, evidence, de-stigmatizes mental health problemsIncreased motivation and hope for changeConcerns: Oversimplification, unrealistic expectations, changing state of science, see self as damaged or differentThe Promise of NeuroplasticityDescribe neuroplasticity in everyday languageTherapy is about creating a new, more resilient brainWe are changing beings - don’t have to be stuck in rigid views of selfTeach brain to be less reactive to stress and triggers“Rewiring” as a metaphor for changeChanging “raw,” unprocessed memories to organized narrativesThe Brain’s Stress ResponseHistorical view - Hans SelyeThe brain’s stress response “fight, flight, freeze”The triune brain - reptilian, mammalian, humanThe amygdala and the prefrontal cortexHow the amygdala “hijacks” the brain into emergency modeHow the Stress Response is Spread Throughout the BodyNeurotransmitters - Epinephrine, norepinephrine and cortisolThe HPA axis and role of cortisolThe sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systemsThe dorsovagal “freeze” response to unavoidable threatThe Upside and Downside of StressIncreased motivation and engagement - “flow”stateCan create mental toughness and resilience to future stressorsInflammatory response to chronic stressStress and health risk behaviors (excess alcohol use, smoking, overeating etc)Stress and cellular aging (telomeres)Traumas - Effects on the BrainCortisol attacks the hippocampus - center of narrative memoryAmygdala response increases in strengthImpaired anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and prefrontal cortical functionCortisol halts production of BDNF - fewer new brain cells formedLink to depression, anxiety disorders, PTSDCognitive rigidity and inability to take in new informationChanges in sense of self and dissociationLong-Term Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)The ACE Study (Kaiser and the CDC)Addictive and unhealthy ways of managing anxiety & negative emotionsDisease, mental health issues, behavioral problems, PTSDExplaining Neuroscience Concepts to ClientsUse drawings and imagesIndividualize to the type of difficulty (e.g., disengaged vs reactive - different brain areas)Redirect vs eliminateHelp client label & recognize when happening (e.g., freeze, flooding, negative thinking, rigidity, impulsivity)Find coping strategies for each type of brain difficultyStress-Proofing the Brain - OverviewCalming the amygdala - Grounding, mindfulness, self-compassion, perceiving controlMoving forward with the prefrontal cortex - Cognitive reappraisal, priming positive mindsets and, growth focus, health psychology toolsGrounding Strategies for Clients with Trauma or Attachment InjuriesYoga, relaxation, breathing, present-moment focus, soothing with the senses, pets, drawing, gardening, walkingMental imagery - safe place, boundaries, energetic, times they felt strong/competentLeft-brain strategies - task focus and engagementMindfulness StrategiesQualities of mindfulness states - open, nonjudgmental, fluid, deliberate,Observing and accepting inner experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations)Using the senses to self-regulateDe-fusing from negative thoughts and self-imagesHow mindfulness changes the brainMindfulness practices - breathing, watching thoughts, urge surfing, open awarenessApplication to anxiety, depression, addictions, PTSDSelf-Compassion StrategiesSelf-kindness, common humanity, focus on unmet needsApplication to depression, anxiety, stress-management, trauma, insecure attachmentLink to Schema Therapy - healthy adult modePractices - Metta meditation, soften, soothe and allow, dialogues with inner criticCognitive StrategiesHow stress and anxiety narrow attention, create cognitive rigidityDepression and negative thinkingPTSD and internalized negative appraisals (helpless, unworthy, unsafe etc.)Worry and rumination cycles - link to prefrontal cortex and default mode networkWhy thought suppression doesn’t workDe-catastrophizing and probability estimationExposure and tolerating negative thoughtsUsing metaphors (monsters on the boat, bouncy ball underwater)Creating Positive States of Mind to Counter StressHow our brains are wired to the negativePositive emotions can promote physiological recovery from anxiety and fearReappraising anxiety as excitementGratitude diariesCommitment, control, and challenge; growth mindsetLiving Healthy in the Face of StressSleep disturbance - behavioral strategiesHealthy coping strategies - exercise, meditation, yogaDealing with emotional eating Faculty Melanie Greenberg, PhD Related seminars and products: 3 Melanie Greenberg, PhD, is a practicing psychologist, author, speaker, and executive coach with more than 20 years of professional experience.
• She has an active practice in Mill Valley, CA where she sees individuals and couples, teens and adults.
• Originally from South Africa, Melanie has a passion for psychological growth and healing.