Jennifer Sweeton – 2-Day Mastery Course on Neuroscience Informed Therapy: Connect Complicated Brain Research with Accessible Therapeutic Strategies for Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain, Substance Abuse & Trauma
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Jennifer Sweeton – 2-Day Mastery Course on Neuroscience Informed Therapy: Connect Complicated Brain Research with Accessible Therapeutic Strategies for Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain, Substance Abuse & Trauma course with special price just for you: $439.99 $83
- Faculty:
- Jennifer Sweeton
- Duration:
- 12 Hours 23 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Sep 27, 2018
Description
Outline
DAY 1
Understand the Brain’s Reward System
- Habit formation & maintenance
- Why the brain doesn’t always choose well
- The conscious brain myth
- Brain dictated actions
- Impulse vs routines
- Reward & habit
- Coping & stress
- Brain-wise change
- Impulse strategies
- Serotonin
- Solidifying change – from neurons to brain regions
- From state to trait: Brief experiences to long lasting change
- Willpower
- Willpower: where does it reside?
- Role of exercise
- Mindfulness
- A brief willpower workout
The Body’s Impact on the Brain: Alter Physical State to Manage Stress and Anxiety
- Body-Brain-Mind Talk
- The Vagal Nerve
- Heart rate variability
- Interoception
- Build stress resiliency & emotional regulation
- Breath, posture, deep relaxation
- The Body-Brain-Mind connection across treatment approaches
The Brain’s Impact on the Body
- Chronic pain, nociceptors and neurotransmitters
- Dorsolateral prefrontal lobe and the centralization of pain
- The influence of stress on pain and inflammation
- Pain measurement
- CBT interventions to reappraise pain
- Pain catastrophizing
- Biofeedback
- Mind-Body interventions for pain
How Relationships Change the Brain: The Neuroscience of Attachment
- Neuropeptides: behavior and oxytocin
- Healing through the social brain
- The role of storytelling
- The brain in love
- Brain behavior of long-term love
- Novelty vs. habit
- Engendering secure attachment
- Key brain networks
- Build compassion & empathy
DAY 2
From a Depressed Brain to a Resilient Brain
- How the depressed brain gets stuck
- Hemispheric laterality
- Cytokines & depression
- The neuroscience of guilt & shame
- Opposing pathways
- Brain intercommunication
- Gratitude – neurochemistry & practice
- Neurofeedback: Research on direct communication with the brain
Trauma Treatment and the Science of Memory
- Grounding
- Titrating emotions with mindfulness
- The fight/flight/freeze response in trauma
- Executive functioning
- Implicit memories
- Dual awareness
- Brain savvy narratives
- Breath/Movement/Awareness
- The treatment of shame in trauma
The Addicted Brain: Clinical Implications of the Neuroscience of Craving
- The role of the reward center
- The neuroscience of craving
- Mindfulness & movement based supports
- Identifying false sanctuaries & underlying beliefs
- Dual awareness
- Overcome conflict and risk avoidance
- The Aging Brain
- Brain changes across the lifespan
- Memory improvement strategies
- Buffering from Alzheimer’s Disease
- Is Mindfulness a neuroprotective approach?
Nutrition & the Brain: We Are What We Eat!
- Nutrition for optimal brain functioning
- The brain on sugar
- Nutraceuticals
- Creating an interdisciplinary team
The Limitations of Neuroscientific Research and Potential Treatment Risks
- fMRI imaging – blood flow vs. neuronal activity
- How only looking at brain activations produces an incomplete picture
- Neuroscientific studies, sample size, and validity
- Animal research – directly applicable to humans?
- Psychotherapeutic techniques – specific limitations and risks
Faculty
Jennifer Sweeton, Psy.D., M.S., M.A. Related seminars and products: 12
Organizational Consultant, Clinical Psychologist
Mind Works Professional Education Inc
Dr. Jennifer Sweeton is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and internationally-recognized expert on trauma, anxiety, and the neuroscience of mental health. Dr. Sweeton has been practicing EMDR for nearly a decade and has treated a variety of populations using EMDR and other memory reconsolidation approaches, including combat veterans, individuals with PTSD and complex trauma, and those suffering from treatment-resistant anxiety.
She completed her doctoral training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and the National Center for PTSD. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in affective neuroscience from Stanford University, and studied behavioral genetics at Harvard University.
Dr. Sweeton resides in the greater Kansas City area, where she owns a group private practice, Kansas City Mental Health Associates. She is a past president of the Oklahoma Psychological Association and holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She is the president-elect of the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association. Dr. Sweeton offers psychological services to clients in Oklahoma, Kansas, and internationally, and is a sought-after trauma and neuroscience expert who has trained thousands of mental health professionals in her workshops.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Sweeton is in private practice. She has an employment relationship with the Oklahoma City VAMC. Dr. Sweeton receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Jennifer Sweeton has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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