Brain-Based Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

TRAINING

Course Description

For many of the problems that our clients present we might wonder what role the brain plays. Recent knowledge tells us that a full understanding includes many feedback loops: the brain shaping behavior, health, and emotional health AND behavior, experiences, relationships and cognition affecting brain function, physiology, and structure.



The brain-based therapy approach reveals and utilizes these important reciprocal factors to provide guideposts for rich evidence-based treatment.


Table of Contents

1. Foundations




1. Sea Change in Psychotherapy


2. Neuroscience


3. Developmental Neurobiology


4. Memory


5. Nutrition


6. Gender Differences




2. Applications




1. Overview


2. Stress, Trauma, and Change


3. Anxiety, Panic and GAD


4. PTSD


5. OCD


6. Depression


7. SEEDS and Summary

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the professional will be able to:

• Summarize the many reciprocal relationships between brain and behavior.
• Describe key reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience in life span development.
• Outline reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience regarding memory, nutrition, and gender differences.
• Apply reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience to commonly presented emotional/behavioral/interpersonal/mental health problems.

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