Synopsis:
This workshop explores the science– the knowledge of things – of psychotherapy to deepen your understanding of the underlying mechanisms of psychotherapy in the context of the whole person from brain to body to genes. We will learn how to integrate scientific understandings into your assessments and enhance your process of attuning with the client, their needs and capacities. Scientific perspectives will include neuroscience, biology and genetics with a focus on natural systems and how these neural and biological systems interact in producing our mental, emotional and behavioural states. We will look at the latest understanding of what emotions are and how they can be considered to inform us about the client’s sense of self, biological conditions, and genetic/epigenetic processes. At the end of the workshop, you will have a deeper insight into the many ways in which the whole person emerges out of the actions and interactions occurring within.Your ability to recognise what the client’s symptoms are saying will enhance your rapport, your attunement, and your effectiveness as a therapist.
Objectives:
To develop an understanding of therelevance of having a broad understanding of both neurobiology, psychology,genetics, and biology when seeking to attune and attend to the client’s needs,in all their complexity.
Learning Outcomes/;
● To understand the essential psycho-neuro-biological processes that produce mental health and mental ill-health.
● To list 4 types of genetic and epigenetic influences on mental health
● To describe the current knowledge of emotions and how this impacts the therapeutic experience.
● To expand the capacity to recognise the complex nature of a client’s presenting symptoms.
● To explore a new paradigm of integrated therapies.
This Workshop is included in the award winning CCC membership, the most cost effective CPD membership in Australia.
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With Kristy Howarth
with Dr Harvey Chochinov
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