Neuroscience Applications to Mental Health Treatment

Training Options Duration: 90 Minutes Friday, August 31, 2018 | 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Overview: Over the past couple of decades there has been an exciting merging of psychotherapy and neuroscience research that is revolutionizing clinical practice. Cognitive, affective, social, and positive neuroscience research provides profound insight into the brain changes we are capable of producing.
We are beginning to learn, through this research, how to enact these changes through the practice of psychotherapeutic techniques that target and improve the functioning of specific brain structures.
This webinar, led by clinical expert Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, shares the most up-to-date research discoveries and teaches highly effective psychotherapy techniques clinicians can begin using tomorrow.
Why should you Attend: Neuroscience research is providing insight into why, when, and with whom specific psychotherapeutic approaches may be beneficial to therapy clients. However, translating neuroscience research into clinical practice can be a daunting task, and very few licensed mental health professionals have specialized training in both neuroscience and psychotherapy. This webinar, presented by a clinician with a neuroscience background, bridges neuroscience research and clinical practice in a straightforward, digestible manner.
Attendees of this webinar will gain knowledge about the key brain areas involved in mental health and illness, and will be provided with examples of psychotherapeutic techniques that have been shown to alter those areas of the brain in the direction of health! For example, this webinar will include a discussion of the techniques that have been shown to alter the fear, memory and self-regulation centers of the brain. Scripts and instructions will be provided for the methods discussed, so that attendees can begin using these techniques immediately.
Areas Covered in the Session:
The top 5 areas of the brain involved in mental health and mental illnessAmygdalaPrefrontal CortexCingulateHippocampusInsulaPsychotherapeutic Techniques that alter brain activity for HealthDiaphragmatic BreathingInteroceptive ExposureBody-based MethodsMemory Reconsolidation/RestructuringCognitive Techniques
Who Will Benefit:Social WorkersLicensed Mental Health CounselorsMarriage and Family TherapistsLicensed Professional CounselorsPsychologistsAddiction SpecialistsPsychiatrists
Speaker Profile Jennifer Sweeton, Psy.D., M.S., M.A., is a licensed clinical psychologist and internationally-recognized expert on anxiety, trauma, and the neuroscience of mental health. 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 formerly served as the President of the Oklahoma Psychological Association, and holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. 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.
Price - $139
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